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Associated PressUN envoy: Talks on now to extend Yemen's 2-month cease-fire
With just two weeks left in a two-month cease-fire in Yemen, the U.N. envoy to the war-torn country said Tuesday that talks with the government and Houthi rebels are going on right now and he hopes the truce will be extended. “During these past six weeks we have seen considerable positive impact on the daily lives of many Yemenis,” he told reporters after a closed briefing to the U.N. Security Council. The two-month truce is the first nationwide cease-fire in six years in Yemen’s civil war, which erupted in 2014.
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Egypt: Mubarak son says family clear of corruption charges
The son of Egypt's former president said Tuesday that he and family members were innocent of corruption charges made in international courts after the country’s 2011 popular uprising. In a video statement released online, Gamal Mubarak, the son of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, said that recent court decisions in the European Union and elsewhere demonstrate their innocence, but did not explain how the family had amassed its significant wealth.
Associated PressGlobal pollution kills 9 million people a year, study finds
The United States is the only fully industrialized country in the top 10 nations for total pollution deaths, ranking 7th with 142,883 deaths blamed on pollution in 2019, sandwiched between Bangladesh and Ethiopia, according to a new study in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health. Tuesday’s pre-pandemic study is based on calculations derived from the Global Burden of Disease database and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle. When deaths are put on a per population rate, the United States ranks 31st from the bottom at 43.6 pollution deaths per 100,000. “9 million deaths is a lot of deaths,” said Philip Landrigan, director of the Global Public Health Program and Global Pollution Observatory at Boston College.
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UPDATE 1-N.Korean leader Kim slams officials' 'immature' response amid COVID outbreak
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed his country's response to its first officially confirmed COVID-19 outbreak as "immature," accusing government officials of inadequacies and inertia as fever cases swept the country, state media reported on Wednesday. North Korea reported 232,880 more people with fever symptoms, and six more deaths after the country's first admission of the COVID outbreak last week.
Idaho StatesmanU.S. Sen. Jim Risch, of Idaho, weighs in on Ukraine situation: Putin can smell weakness
“There’s only one thing that Putin respects, and that’s strength. The main thing he is most disrespectful of is weakness. If you show weakness, he will come after you like a shark to a bleeding dolphin.” │ Opinion
AFPMore than 100,000 people officially missing in Mexico
More than 100,000 people are now listed as missing in violence-wracked Mexico, a grim milestone that the United Nations rights chief on Tuesday called "a tragedy of enormous proportions."
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Legal advocates sue US over Iranian-born scholar's treatment
A Canadian diabetes researcher scheduled to start a two-year fellowship at Harvard Medical School was wrongfully denied entry to the U.S. and discriminated against based on her Iranian heritage, according to legal filings. Harvard Law School’s Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program said Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the federal government as well as a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security's civil rights office on behalf of the researcher, identified in court papers as Maryam Shamloo. The civil rights complaint alleges that Customs and Border Protection officers denied Shamloo and her husband entry to the U.S. based on their Iranian birth and violated procedures by demanding DNA samples.
Associated PressWHO: 2nd COVID booster for most vulnerable offers benefits
An expert group convened by the World Health Organization says there may be some benefit in giving a second booster dose of coronavirus vaccine to the most vulnerable people amid the continuing global spread of omicron and its subvariants. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the United Nations health agency said there was “a growing body of evidence regarding the value of an additional booster dose” for groups including health workers, people aged over 60 and those with weak immune systems. The WHO said its expert group had assessed the limited data from seven studies for second booster doses of messenger RNA vaccines, saying there wasn't enough information proving their effectiveness in younger, healthy people.
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North Korea may stage ICBM test launch as Biden prepares for Asia trip, source says
Senior U.S. intelligence officials are tracking indications that North Korea may test launch an intercontinental ballistic missile at some point this week, Fox News has learned.
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Iran inaugurates new drone production line in Tajikistan
Iran said Tuesday it inaugurated a production line for manufacturing a new military drone in Tajikistan, a first for both nations. A report by the official IRNA news agency said the ceremony took place during a visit to the Central Asian nation by Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces. The move is seen as an effort by Iran to address the balance of power in the region: Afghanistan under its Sunni Muslim Taliban rulers poses a threat to its two neighbors, predominantly Shiite Iran and secular Tajikistan.
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8th sandstorm since April turns everything orange, overwhelms Iraq
Another sandstorm blanketed Iraq Monday, turning the skies orange and forcing schools and offices to close, as well as suspending flights at Baghdad Airport. This is the eighth dust storm since mid-April to hit the country, which has been plagued by desertification, record-low rainfall and climate change. On Monday, satellites captured the massive cloud of sand from above as it raced across Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia. As sand blew through Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, buildings turned orange an
News Direct7 Companies Leading the Net Zero Energy Revolution
Last year marked a global shift in corporations adopting low-carbon and net-zero pledges as experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, declared that the climate crisis is at a ...
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Editorial: Putin wanted to deter NATO expansion. Instead, he’s making it essential.
These are hardly halcyon days for Vladimir Putin. His military offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region increasingly shows signs of sputtering. Britain’s latest round of sanctions targeted the Russian leader’s ex-wife, a former Olympic gymnast long believed to be his girlfriend, and three of his cousins. Chicago-based McDonald’s has joined a caravan of Western corporations leaving Russia ...
NBC UniversalUkraine has retaken Kharkiv. Here’s why that’s such a big deal.
Video of Ukrainian soldiers allegedly on the border with Russia near Kharkiv is the latest in a string of setbacks for Russia and President Vladimir Putin.
Associated PressTurkish president in UAE to pay respects, deepening detente
Turkey's president visited the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday to pay respects to the federation's late ruler and congratulate his successor, deepening a rapprochement between the countries after a bitter rivalry in the wake of the 2011 Arab uprisings. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised Abu Dhabi's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on his elevation to power after nearly a decade as de facto leader. From a gleaming reception hall at Abu Dhabi airport, he offered condolences on the death of the long-ailing late President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Turkish government said.
Associated PressOfficials: Georgia execution won't be carried out Tuesday
A Georgia man who killed an 8-year-old girl and raped her 10-year-old friend 46 years ago will not be executed as scheduled Tuesday night, state officials said as a temporary stay put in place by a judge remained in effect. A judge on Monday issued the order pausing the state's plans to administer a lethal injection a day later to Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. The state on Tuesday appealed that order to the Georgia Supreme Court, which still hadn't ruled as the 7 p.m. execution time approached. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Joan Heath said just before 6:30 p.m. that the attorney general's office had advised prison officials that the execution would not be carried out Tuesday.
PR NewswireInnovoPro, the Chickpea Protein Company, Partners with Milkadamia, a US Dairy-Free Leader for Launching Chickpea Ice Cream
InnovoPro, a recognized innovator in the global food industry with great tasting and functional chickpea protein solutions, is one of six sustainable FoodTech organizations that showcased their products at the United Nation event on May 12th, in association with Israel's Permanent Mission to the United Nations and The Good Food Institute.
- Christian Science Monitor
Ahead of crucial party congress, Xi faces doubts over policies
Xi Jinping is poised to claim a rare third term in power at the 20th Communist Party Congress this fall. But experts say his assertive style and efforts to centralize control could cost him – and China.
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Cindy McCain on her new U.N. ambassador role and diplomatic 'baptism by fire'
McCain talked to POLITICO about the world's fast-moving food crisis and the Ukraine war's impact on global hunger ahead of U.N. meetings on food security this week.
Associated PressGreek leader tells Congress democracy is tested by Russia
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the U.S. Congress on Tuesday their shared belief in “freedom over tyranny, in democracy over authoritarianism” is being tested as he focused on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Mitsotakis used his address to a joint meeting of Congress to call out the “heroism of the underdog” of Ukrainians fighting the Russian invasion and the “importance of taking sides” to be on the right side of history.
Associated PressCongress dives into UFOs, but no signs of extraterrestrials
Congress held its first hearing in half a century Tuesday on unidentified flying objects. Testifying before a House Intelligence subcommittee, Pentagon officials did not disclose additional information from their ongoing investigation of hundreds of unexplained sightings in the sky. Ronald Moultrie, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence, said the Pentagon was also trying to destigmatize the issue and encourage pilots and other military personnel to report anything unusual they see.
Associated PressBuffalo suspect: Lonely, isolated -- with a troubling sign
In it, he describes in minute detail how he researched ZIP codes with the highest concentrations of Black people, surveilled the Tops supermarket in Buffalo, and carried out the assault to terrorize all nonwhite, non-Christian people into leaving the country. Classmates described Gendron as a quiet, studious boy who got high marks but seemed out of place in recent years, turning to online streaming games, a fascination with guns and ways to grab attention from his peers. Classmate Matthew Casado said he didn’t think the stunt -– he called it “a harmless joke” — went down well with other students.
Fox NewsInternational groups condemn UN probe on Israel, Palestinian fighting, cite 'bias'
A coalition of over 26 international pro-Israel groups on Tuesday condemned a U.N. probe into the May 2021 Israeli-Palestinian conflict, alleging “bias” and a violation of its own guiding principles.
ReutersIreland says path chosen by U.K. on N. Ireland of 'great concern'
Ireland's foreign minister said the lining up by Britain of new laws that would effectively override parts of a deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade to Northern Ireland was of "great concern." "I deeply regret the decision of the British government to introduce legislation in the coming weeks... The path chosen is of great concern," Simon Coveney said after his British counterpart Liz Truss set out the plans on Tuesday. "Such unilateral action in respect of an internationally binding agreement is damaging to trust and will serve only to make it more challenging to find solutions," Coveney said in a statement that also welcomed London's preference for a negotiated solution with the European Union.
BBCKenya's election 2022: Rigathi Gachagua and Martha Karua chosen as running mates
Kenya's leading presidential candidates have chosen running mates from the biggest ethnic group.
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