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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pushed for further U.S. and European aid for Ukraine as he set off Thursday for a visit to Washington, declaring it was time to send Russian President Vladimir Putin a “very clear signal” that the West won’t let up on supporting Kyiv.Scholz is to meet members…
Unusually mild weather and droughts in Italy are destroying crops and threatening livelihoods this winter, Italy’s main farming lobby Coldiretti said on Thursday.The world has just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fueled by climate change, according to data published by the European Union’s…
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry urged his constituents to remain calm in a Thursday address, as protests over his leadership turn violent across the country.”I think the time has arrived for all to put our heads together to save Haiti, to do things another way in our country,” Henry said,…
A former British soldier will be prosecuted for the killing of a man in Belfast during sectarian violence known as the “Troubles” half a century ago, Northern Irish prosecutors said Thursday.The ex-soldier, who is not named, is accused of the murder of Patrick McVeigh, 44, who was shot in the…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday replaced the country’s highest-ranking army general of the country in a national military shake-up. Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi was relieved of his position and thanked by Zelenskyy for his service — the president said it was not indicative of poor performance but part of bigger refresh…
Rescuers dug out more bodies from a landslide-hit southern Philippine village on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 11 as the number of missing rose to 110, officials said.At least 31 residents survived with injuries when the landslide hit the gold-mining mountain village of Masara in Davao de Oro province…
An Olympic medal inlaid with a piece of the Eiffel Tower. How’s that for a monumental prize?A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes’ necks at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris…
Chinese coast guard vessels have been passing by Japanese-claimed waters for weeks in the East China Sea and China’s warships have been edging near Japan’s southwestern islands in recent days, Japanese officials said.A fleet of four Chinese coast guard vessels on Thursday passed just outside of the territorial waters of…
Thailand plans to open a humanitarian corridor within a month to deliver aid to suffering civilians in war-torn Burma.The plan initially targets a small proportion of the 2.6 million displaced civilians in Burma due to ongoing armed conflict.The aid plan is described as a government-to-government deal, to be managed by…
President Katalin Novák of Hungary is facing mounting pressure to resign after it was disclosed that she granted a presidential pardon to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case.Novák issued the pardon to the former deputy director of a state-run children’s home who had been…
