This year is “effectively certain” to be the hottest on record and the first above a critical threshold to protect the planet from dangerously overheating, Europe’s climate monitor said Monday.The new benchmark affirmed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service caps a year in which countries rich and poor were hammered by disasters that scientists have …
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As South Korean lawmakers tried to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol for declaring martial law, ruling party MPs stormed out of the chamber to thwart the effort — except for Ahn Cheol-soo.Ahn — a self-made multi-millionaire, trained doctor and software designer — sat alone in his party’s bank of chairs in the National Assembly debating …
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Syrian rescuers searched a jail synonymous with the worst atrocities of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s rule, as people in the capital flocked to a central square Monday to celebrate their country’s freedom.Assad fled the country as Islamist-led rebels swept into the capital, bringing to a spectacular end on Sunday five decades of brutal rule by …
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A French filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting actor Adele Haenel when she was 12 was to go on trial in Paris on Monday, five years after her allegations fired France’s #MeToo movement.Christophe Ruggia is accused of sexually assaulting the star of “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” in the early 2000s when she was between …
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Taiwan’s military was on high alert Monday after detecting Chinese warships near the island, Taipei said, as it prepared for likely drills by Beijing in response to President Lai Ching-te’s US visits.The Taiwanese defence ministry said it also spotted Chinese coast guard vessels and that Beijing’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had restricted the airspace off …
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A volcano erupted in the central Philippines on Monday, sending a huge ash column high into the sky as the government ordered the evacuation of surrounding villages.Rising more than 2,400 metres (8,000 feet) above sea level on the central island of Negros, Kanlaon is one of 24 active volcanoes in the Philippines.”An explosive eruption occurred …
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Syrians flocked to the main square of the capital city Damascus on Monday to mark what many regard as a long-awaited new dawn after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad, AFP journalists saw.Assad fled to Russia on Sunday after a lightning offensive spearheaded by Islamist rebels ousted him from power, opening a new chapter in …
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Squid Game is back. Netflix’s most popular show ever, a dystopian South Korean vision of divided society, premieres its highly-anticipated second season on Monday as Seoul battles real-life policial chaos.The show’s return comes just days after South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol triggered a national crisis by briefly declaring martial law, until he was forced …
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Billie Fusto is not after a fat pay cheque: he is training to be an archivist and wants nothing more than “a quiet life” at home in Italy.But like tens of thousands of other young Italian graduates, the 24-year-old fears he has little choice but to emigrate.More than a million Italians have left in the …
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The Kenyan parliament was ablaze, protesters running through the streets, police firing into the crowds. Among them was John, who believed the unrest could bring about meaningful political change.But it would be John’s last time protesting.Days later, he was seized by two men in the city’s Kibera slum and bundled into an unmarked Subaru car. …
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