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Malaria, Likely Spread by Mosquito on Plane, Kills 2 Airport Workers in Germany

Six employees at Frankfurt Airport were infected this summer, according to German health officials and the airport’s operator. Four recovered.

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Mosquito traps had been placed at Frankfurt Airport, and any insects caught would be analyzed to find out about their species and origins, a spokesman for the airport’s operator said.
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‘They’re Always Going to Be Polarizing’: Britons Split on Harry and Meghan’s Return

Recent surveys suggest the broader public views both of them negatively, especially in comparison to Harry’s brother, William, and his wife, Kate.

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Prince Harry and Meghan during a visit to Australia earlier this year.
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England’s Ancient Trees Are Dying in the Heat

Extreme temperatures and drought are adding to the stress on oak trees that have lived for hundreds of years and play a key role in the national imagination.

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The Major Oak at Sherwood Forest Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire, England, in May.
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Driver Sets Record for Hydrogen-Powered Vehicle at More Than 406 M.P.H.

Andy Green, a 64-year-old retired Royal Air Force pilot from Britain, was already the only person to break the sound barrier on land. “The ground comes at you very, very quickly,” he said.

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Andy Green after setting a new land speed record for a hydrogen-powered vehicle on Tuesday at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
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Driver Sets Record for Hydrogen-Powered Vehicle at More Than 406 M.P.H.

Andy Green, a 64-year-old retired Royal Air Force pilot from Britain, was already the only person to break the sound barrier on land. “The ground comes at you very, very quickly,” he said.

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Andy Green after setting a new land speed record for a hydrogen-powered vehicle on Tuesday at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
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Before Trump’s Catering Container Ruse, Other Presidents Obscured Risky Travel Plans

President Trump was part of a particularly elaborate deception last month, boarding one jet before being spirited away to another.

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President Trump disembarking Air Force One in Britain last month.
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How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Protected Dobby’s Grave From the Path of a U.K.-Ireland Power Cable

Here lies Dobby, a free elf. There will be no electricity cables in sight.

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A memorial for Dobby, a fictional elf from the “Harry Potter” fantasy series, at Freshwater West beach in Wales.
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