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Ship carrying Ukrainian corn briefly stranded in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (AP) — A cargo ship carrying tons of grain from Ukraine was stranded in Istanbul’s Bosporus and needed to be rescued early Friday....
For exiled Uyghurs, UN report is long-awaited vindication
BEIJING (AP) — When Zumret Dawut heard that the United Nations had declared that China’s crackdown in its far-western Xinjiang area might represent crimes...
Waterborne diseases spread among flood victims in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani well being officers on Thursday reported an outbreak of waterborne illnesses in areas hit by current record-breaking flooding, as authorities...
UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant despite fighting
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine accused one another of waging assaults Thursday close to Europe’s largest nuclear energy plant simply as a...
China rejects UN report on Uyghur rights abuses in Xinjiang
BEIJING (AP) — China has denounced a long-delayed U.N. report that was launched over its protest and that claims the federal government’s arbitrary detention...
IMF set to provide $2.9 billion to help crisis-hit Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Worldwide Financial Fund will present Sri Lanka $2.9 billion over 4 years to assist salvage the nation from...
N. Korea may send workers to Russian-occupied east Ukraine
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Because the struggle in Ukraine stretches into its seventh month, North Korea is hinting at its curiosity in sending...
UN cites possible crimes vs. humanity in China’s Xinjiang
GENEVA (AP) — China’s discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and different principally Muslim ethnic teams within the western area of Xinjiang could represent crimes towards...
Africa urged to propose action on climate at conference
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s nations should develop methods to deal with local weather change which poses an existential menace to the continent’s megacities,...
In Pakistan, fears of waterborne diseases as floods recede
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officers in Pakistan raised concern Wednesday over the unfold of waterborne ailments amongst hundreds of flood victims as waters from highly...
UN weather agency predicts rare ‘triple-dip’ La Nina in 2022
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. climate company is predicting that the phenomenon generally known as La Nina is poised to final by way of...
UN inspectors moving to Ukriaine nuclear plant in war zone
KYIV (AP) — A convoy of jeeps carrying United Nations nuclear inspectors was crossing Ukraine early Wednesday towards the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia energy plant, holding...