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Sat, 23 Jul 2022 10:37:13 EDT
Ukraine, UN denounce Russian missile strike on Odesa following deal to unblock grain exports
Russian missiles hit Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa hours after Moscow and Kyiv signed deals to allow grain exports to resume from there. The Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry denounced Saturday's...

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 09:00:00 EDT
Expect more wildfires — in Europe and beyond — as society grapples with warming climate
The frightening wildfires afflicting Europe during bouts of extreme heat this summer are a scourge that experts say the world can expect to see more of in the future, but prevention and growing publi...

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 18:52:08 EDT
Weekslong monsoon rains, flooding in Pakistan have now killed more than 300
The death toll from more than five weeks of monsoon rains and flash flooding across Pakistan has reached 304, authorities said Saturday.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 15:38:28 EDT
Wildfires force hundreds to flee Greek holiday resort
Greece's fire service was fighting four major fires across the country on Saturday, including one where more than 450 people at an island holiday resort had to be evacuated

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 10:28:37 EDT
WHO chief declares expanding monkeypox outbreak a global emergency
The chief of the World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration on Sa...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:59:00 EDT
What happened in week 22 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fires top officials over alleged treason, Russian energy flows return to Europe at limited capacity, and Ukraine and Russia sign a UN-backed agreement to reopen...

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDT
The long-term threats to global food security go far beyond Ukraine
A deal between Russia and Ukraine to reopen the Black Sea ports to grain shipments brought a ray of hope as the week closed. But the world still faces multiple threats to food security — and Canada ...

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 11:37:55 EDT
Flash flooding kills at least 21 people in southern Iran
Flash floods in Iran's drought-stricken southern Fars province have killed at least 21 people, state television said Saturday.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:59:01 EDT
Trump ally Steve Bannon guilty of contempt for refusing to appear before committee probing U.S. Capitol attack
Steve Bannon, one of former U.S. president Donald Trump's longtime allies and top advisers, has been found guilty on two counts of criminal contempt for refusing to appear before the House committee ...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:53:07 EDT
2 children diagnosed with monkeypox in U.S.
Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the United States, health officials said Friday.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 11:49:33 EDT
Trudeau says he has no faith Russia will uphold deal to export Ukrainian grain
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's not convinced that Russia will hold up its end of a deal to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports to grain exports.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:24:51 EDT
Russia blamed for airstrikes that killed 7, including 4 children, in Syria
Russian airstrikes on a rural swath of northwest Syria on Friday killed at least seven people, including four children, a war monitoring group and rescuers said, following months of relative calm in t...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:57:00 EDT
Wildfires in Europe scorch large tracts of land
Satellite imagery reveals the scale of devastation caused by wildfires across Europe, showing how some affected landscapes looked before the blazes began, and how they looked after.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:01:39 EDT
3 men charged in Brazil rainforest killings of Indigenous expert, U.K. journalist
Public prosecutors have charged three individuals with the June murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the remote western reaches of Brazil's Amazon rainfores...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:17:19 EDT
Vince McMahon announces retirement from WWE amid hush money scandal
World Wrestling Entertainment impresario Vince McMahon announced Friday he is retiring amid an investigation into alleged misconduct involving the flamboyant showman who turned a small wrestling compa...

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 08:05:28 EDT
Trump 'chose not to act' as mob attacked U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6 panel hears
Despite desperate pleas from aides, allies, Republican congressional leaders and even his family, Donald Trump refused to call off the Jan. 6 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol, instead "pouring gasoline ...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:36:00 EDT
Kenya's first female pro gamer is the first Kenyan signed to an esports company
Sylvia Gathoni is Kenya's first female pro gamer and the first Kenyan to be signed to a top esports company, making Forbes Africa's 30 Under 30 list.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:51:18 EDT
Lee Zeldin, candidate for New York governor, attacked while making speech
Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was assaulted by a man who apparently tried to stab him at an upstate event Thursday, but the congressman escaped serious injury. ...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Europe is burning. Is this finally a wake up call?
With extreme weather events on the rise, some wonder if Europe's deadly, record-breaking heat wave will finally jolt leaders into action on climate change.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:40:56 EDT
Sri Lankan security forces raid protest camp as new leaders sworn in
Sri Lankan security forces raided a protest camp occupying government grounds in Colombo early on Friday and cleared out a section of it, fuelling fears that President Ranil Wickremesinghe had launc...



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