Trump fossil-fuel push setting back green progress decades, critics warn
The Guardian : Ever since Donald Trump began his second presidency, he has used an “invented” national energy emergency to help justify expanding oil, gas...
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Tsunami alert in Russia
AFP : A series of powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia’s Fareast on Sunday, triggering a tsunami alert, the US Geological Survey said....
Japan’s ruling coalition likely to lose upper house majority
Japan Today : Japan’s ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper house, exit polls showed after Sunday’s election, potentially heralding political...
180 die in Pakistan floods amid intense monsoon rain
REUTERS: At least 180 people have been killed and more than 500 have been injured since early July as Pakistan weathers a monsoon season up...
Contaminated Fukushima soil delivered to Japan PM’s office
Japan Today : Dozens of bags of mildly radioactive soil collected from near the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant were delivered Saturday to the Japanese prime...
Australia delivers Abrams tanks to Ukraine for war
Agency : Australia’s government said on Saturday it had delivered M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine as part of a A$245 million ($160 million) package to...
Trump pulls US from World Health pandemic reforms
AFP : President Donald Trump’s administration said on Friday the United States was rejecting changes agreed last year for the World Health Organization on its...
UK won’t compensate Afghans
BBC : Thousands of Afghans whose personal details were leaked but who were not evacuated to Britain are not expected to receive any compensation. The...
Germany-EU allies push for tougher, stricter asylum rules
Al Jazeera : Germany’s interior minister has hosted five of his European counterparts to discuss ways of tightening the region’s asylum rules, as his country...
Indian activists take Palestinian solidarity protest into major market
Arab News : Indian activists gathered for a Palestinian solidarity rally in one of New Delhi’s busiest commercial areas on Saturday, looking to raise public...
Gaza students sit exams since war began
Al Jazeera : Hundreds of Palestinian students in Gaza are taking a crucial end-of-secondary-school exam organised by the besieged enclave’s Ministry of Education in the...
90 killed as Israel targets food aid sites in Gaza again
Al Jazeera : At least 90 Palestinians, including 36 people near food aid sites in Rafah, killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza today. World Food...