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Earth records its hottest year ever in 2024, passes major climate threshold

WASHINGTON — Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. Last year’s global average temperature easily passed 2023’s record heat and kept pushing even higher. It surpassed the long-term warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius […]

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“Free Imran Khan”: Trump’s incoming envoy Richard Grenell calls for ex-Pakistan PM’s release

WASHINGTON — US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, on Wednesday, called for the release of former Pakistani Prime Minister and founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan, who is detained on charges of corruption in Pakistan. In an interview with the American news outlet Newsmax, Grenell discussed the relationship between […]

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56 people killed in stampede following clashes at a Guinea football match

CONAKRY, GUINEA — Fifty-six people were killed and several injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium in southern Guinea, following clashes between fans, Guinea’s government said Monday. Authorities are conducting an investigation to establish those responsible for the stampede on Sunday, Communications Minister Fana Soumah said in a statement read on national television. Among […]

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US ‘fundamentally rejects’ ICC warrant for Israeli PM, former defense minister

WASHINGTON — The United States “fundamentally rejects” a decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, the White House said Thursday. “We remain deeply concerned by the Prosecutor’s rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to […]