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Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion

Shawdesh desk: Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa was cleared on Tuesday of tax evasion following a five-year legal battle, hailing the verdict as a win for press freedom and voicing

Ukraine regains control of Black Sea oil platform

Shawdesh desk; Kyiv said on Monday its forces had recaptured an oil and gas drilling platform in the Black Sea that had been controlled by Moscow since 2015. The platform

Window to reach climate goals ‘rapidly closing’, UN report warns

Shawdesh Desk: The world is not on track to meet the long-term goals set out in the Paris Agreement for limiting global temperature rise, a major UN report warned, calling

Morocco quake kills more than 600 people

Shawdesh Desk: A powerful earthquake that shook Morocco late Friday killed more than 600 people, interior ministry figures showed, sending terrified residents fleeing their homes in the middle of the

UN chief warns global family is ‘dysfunctional’

Shawdesh Desk: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday the world was facing the risks of conflict as divisions between nations widen, speaking ahead of a G20 leaders summit. “If

US President Biden arrives in Delhi for G20 summit

Shawdesh desk: US President Joe Biden arrived Friday for the G20 summit in India, where he hopes to seize on the no-shows by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir

2023 likely to be hottest year on record: EU monitor

Shawdesh desk: 2023 is likely to be the hottest year in human history, and global temperatures during the Northern Hemisphere summer were the warmest on record, the EU climate monitor said on

Cyclone leaves 21 dead in southern Brazil

Shawdesh desk: Torrential rain and winds caused by an extratropical cyclone have left at least 21 people dead in southern Brazil, officials said Tuesday, warning more flooding may be coming.