Bamako, Mali’s bustling riverside capital of more than 2.5 million people, is on heightened alert as jihadi attacks have moved perilously close to the city. At least 15 extremist attacks hit Mali …
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By BABA AHMED
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8/4/22
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Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to …
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By KAREL JANICEK and JOVANA GEC
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8/4/22
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The United Nations chief is sharply criticizing the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies for making record profits from the energy crisis on the back of the world’s poorest people. …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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8/3/22
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The United Nations chief says he is appointing a fact-finding mission in response to requests from Russia and Ukraine to investigate the killings at a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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8/3/22
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New coronavirus cases fell 9% globally last week while deaths remained stable. That's according to the latest weekly assessment of the pandemic, which was released Wednesday by the World Health …
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8/3/22
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Authorities in Iceland say a volcano in the southwest of the country is erupting just eight months after its last eruption officially ended. The Icelandic Meteorological Office urged people to stay …
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8/3/22
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Iran, the United States and the European Union say they will send representatives to Vienna amid what appears to be a last-ditch effort at reviving talks over Tehran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal …
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By NASSER KARIMI
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8/3/22
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A massive fire has engulfed a warehouse outside Moscow, killing at least one person and injuring 13 others. Wednesday's fire at a warehouse belonging to Russia’s leading online retailer, Ozon, has …
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8/3/22
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A record amount of seaweed is smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados as tons of brown algae kill wildlife, choke the tourism industry and release toxic gases. More than 24 million …
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By DÁNICA COTO
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8/3/22
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The family of a comatose British boy at the center of a life-support battle says it has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in a last-ditch bid to stop a hospital ending his treatment. …
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8/3/22
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Paris’ regional authorities have warned residents to be vigilant as temperatures soar to 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit). In a tweet, the Ile-de-France prefecture also asked residents to …
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8/3/22
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Pope Francis has marked the second anniversary of the Lebanon port explosion by insisting that truth and justice “can never be hidden.” Francis' comments were an apparent reference to the …
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8/3/22
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The U.N. nuclear chief is warning that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control.” Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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8/3/22
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New Zealand’s government has released its first-ever climate adaptation plan, which includes the possibility of moving some communities to higher ground. But the six-year plan, which runs nearly …
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By NICK PERRY
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8/3/22
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The United Nations says Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to renew an existing truce for another two months after concerted international efforts. The U.N.‘s envoy to Yemen said in a statement …
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By SAMY MAGDY
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8/2/22
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Hundreds of evacuees have left Ukraine's Donetsk region days after the government issued an order to evacuate as soon as possible. Continued fighting in the region and potential shortages of heating, …
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By JUSTIN SPIKE
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8/2/22
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British prosecutors have charged a man with intending to “injure or alarm” Queen Elizabeth II after he was arrested at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day. Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, has been charged …
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8/2/22
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A former deputy leader of the al-Shabab extremist group has been named a government minister by Somalia’s new administration in what some call a chance to persuade fighters to denounce violence. …
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By OMAR FARUK
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8/2/22
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Guatemalan authorities have arrested more than a dozen alleged members of a migrant smuggling network near the shared border with Mexico, including four sought by the United States in connection with …
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By SONIA PÉREZ D.
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8/2/22
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Britain’s Supreme Court says it has received an appeal from the family of a brain-damaged 12-year-old boy whose life support treatment had been due to end on Tuesday. The parents of Archie …
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8/2/22
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