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(NEW YORK) — This year’s World Environment Day comes with a sobering reminder about the severity of global warming, according to climate experts. New climate warnings were announced Wednesday, including that the planet is experiencing its warmest May on record – in turn bringing the tally to twelve consecutive months of record-breaking globally, according to […]

(NEW YORK) — This year’s World Environment Day comes with a sobering reminder about the severity of global warming, according to climate experts. New climate warnings were announced Wednesday, including that the planet is experiencing its warmest May on record – in turn bringing the tally to twelve consecutive months of record-breaking globally, according to […]

(LONDON) — There were “serious breaches” of international law and crimes against humanity were committed during the two-year Tigray War, according to a report released by U.S think tank New Lines Institute. The report said it found “reasonable basis” that all parties in the conflict committed war crimes and “serious” breaches of international law. Ethiopia’s […]

(WASHINGTON) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with Cambodia’s prime minister Tuesday amid concerns in Washington over the kingdom’s relationship with China, which may look to the country as a foothold in southeast Asia. The Pentagon chief, who met with Prime Minister Hun Manet for the first time since he took over the […]

(FLORENCE, Italy and LONDON) — An Italian court on Wednesday re-convicted Amanda Knox of slander, upholding the only conviction still standing in association with the brutal murder of her roommate in 2007. The Florence court on Wednesday sentenced Knox to three years for slandering Patrick Lumumba, a Congolese bar owner, in a written statement following […]

avid_creative/Getty Images (LONDON) — Gunfire was heard Wednesday morning near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, officials said, adding that “our team are safe.” “All American personnel in Lebanon are safe and accounted for,” Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, said on ABC News’ Good Morning America on Wednesday. “One of our […]

avid_creative/Getty Images (LONDON) — Gunfire was heard Wednesday morning near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, officials said, adding that “our team are safe.” “Investigations are underway and we are in close contact with host country law enforcement,” embassy officials said on social media. Shots from “small arms” were heard at about 8:34 […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion. Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern: […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion. Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern: […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion. Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern: […]