Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere hit new high: UN
Agencies, Geneva :The levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, have hit a new record high, the UN said...
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Former UK PM Blair says Britain is in a mess
Reuters, London :Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday that Britain was in a mess, warning that neither his own Labour Party nor...
More secrets of China’s Xinjiang camps leaked to foreign media
Reuters, Shanghai :Classified Chinese government documents made public by an international group of journalists describe the repressive inner workings of detention camps in Xinjiang, in...
Kim orders N Korea artillery firing, drawing Seoul rebuke
AP, Pyongyang :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops to practice firing artillery near a disputed sea boundary with rival South Korea, Pyongyang’s...
Showdown looms over Syria chemical weapons probe
AFP, The Hague :Russia and the West are braced for a fresh showdown at the world’s chemical weapons watchdog this week over a new team...
Tanzania holds local polls, without opposition
AFP, Dar Es Salaam :Tanzania on Sunday (Nov 24) held local government elections, viewed as a test case ahead of national polls next year, with...
Pope Francis calls for nuclear weapons-free world
Agencies, Nagasaki :Pope Francis has condemned the “unspeakable horror” of nuclear weapons during a visit to Nagasaki, one of two Japanese cities destroyed by American...
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Former CIA officer sentenced to 19 years for conspiring to spy for ChinaAP, VirginiaA former CIA case officer was sentenced by a federal judge in...
US Security Adviser says world silent on China camps
AP, Halifax :President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser is criticizing what he says is silence from the rest of the world over China’s confinement...
Mexicans hit streets to demand end to violence against women
AP, Mexico :Four women walked barefoot Saturday on hot asphalt, clothed in shreds of organza in pastel shades of pink and yellow, the favorite colors...
Johnson unveils manifesto for Brexit Britain
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveils his Conservative Party’s manifesto on Sunday, pledging to move on from Brexit and austerity in a bid to secure...
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Putin to address Russia’s crisis-hit ruling partyAFP, Moscow Russian leader Vladimir Putin is set Saturday to address a United Russia convention as the ruling party...