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Italy’s President Mattarella rejects Prime Minister Draghi’s resignation

By Livia Borghese and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Thursday that he would resign, after the 5-Star movement — the largest party in the country’s coalition government — withdrew its support in a parliamentary confidence vote. Draghi’s measures — a package designed to tackle Italy’s cost-of-living crisis — passed by 172

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J K Rowling Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series. Personal Birth date: July 31, 1965 Birth place: Gloucestershire, England Birth name: Joanne Rowling Father: Peter Rowling, aircraft factory manager Mother: Anne (Volant) Rowling, lab technician Marriages: Neil Murray (December 26, 2001-present); Jorge Arantes (1992-1995,

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Pavlo Serhienko said he has had to extinguish many fires which have started on his farm.

Ukraine’s harvest becomes the new battlefield, as fires blacken its arable heartlands

By Tim Lister and Petro Zadorozhnyy, CNN Across Ukraine, in the shimmering heat, one sight is becoming familiar this summer: Combine harvesters sweeping across fields of grain in a race against fast-spreading fires. The conflict’s front lines straddle some of Ukraine’s richest farmland. Whether caused by accident or intention, the fires darkening the summer sky

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