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2024 will be the hottest year on record, EU scientists say
BRUSSELS - This year will be the world's warmest since records began, with extraordinarily high temperatures expected to persist into at...
Dec 9, 20242 min read


Ghana's former President Mahama wins election
ACCRA - Ghana's former President John Dramani Mahama has staged a political comeback by winning the West African nation's presidential...
Dec 9, 20242 min read


Facts-Which countries have completed debt swaps for nature and climate
LONDON - Debt swaps are becoming a more widely used tool to help indebted countries raise money for conservation or climate-related...
Dec 3, 20243 min read


Biden to mark US and Angola's shared slave trade history
LUANDA - Joe Biden will use his visit to Angola on Tuesday, the first by a U.S. president to the sub-Saharan African country, to mark the...
Dec 3, 20243 min read


Guinea stadium crush kills 56 people after disputed refereeing decision
CONAKRY - A controversial refereeing decision sparked violence and a crush at a soccer match in southeast Guinea, killing 56 people,...
Dec 2, 20242 min read


Facts -Soccer-Major stadium disasters over recent decades
Here is a look at major disasters in soccer stadiums over recent decades after 56 people were killed during a stadium crush in Guinea...
Dec 2, 20243 min read


Another bleak Christmas in Bethlehem as Christian families quit West Bank
BETHLEHEM, West Bank - For a second year running, there is no Christmas cheer in Bethlehem, with tourists shunning the Palestinian city...
Dec 2, 20243 min read


Exclusive-UN calls for $2.6 trillion investment to reverse land degradation
RIYADH - Restoring the world's degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of...
Dec 2, 20243 min read


Trump warns BRICS nations against replacing US dollar
WASHINGTON - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded that BRICS member countries commit to not creating a new currency or...
Dec 1, 20241 min read


Facts-Soccer-FIFA Club World Cup 2025 teams
The following are the 32 teams that have qualified for the expanded 2025 Club World Cup to be held in the United States from June 15 to...
Dec 1, 20241 min read


France on the back foot in Africa after Chadian snub
NAIROBI/GENEVA - A French plan to significantly reduce its military presence in West and central Africa risks backfiring and further...
Nov 30, 20243 min read


Mali town at heart of July battle hit by disease and drone strikes
TINZAOUATEN, Mali - Residents of Mali's northern town of Tinzaouaten, caught in the crossfire of a fierce July battle between Tuareg...
Nov 29, 20242 min read
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