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Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1
A new study finds that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years More »
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Blinken in Kyiv says US arms will make a difference as Ukraine reels from a new Russian offensive
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that American military aid on its way to Ukraine will make a “real difference” on the battlefield More »
Russian president Putin to make a state visit to China this week
The Chinese Foreign Ministery says Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a two-day state visit to China this week More »
Top US and Chinese officials begin talks on AI in Geneva
Top envoys from the U.S. and China huddled Tuesday in closed-door talks in Geneva to lay out their national approaches to both the promise and perils of artificial intelligence More »
France imposes curfew in New Caledonia after unrest by people who have long sought independence
Authorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia have announced a curfew and banned gatherings after violent unrest on the archipelago with decades of tensions between indigenous Kanaks seeking independence and colonizers’ descendants who want to remain part of France More »
EU agrees on a new migration pact. Mainstream parties hope it will deprive the far right of votes
European Union nations have officially endorsed a major overhaul of the bloc’s failed asylum system More »
A French court clears director Roman Polanski of defaming a British actor
A French court ruled Tuesday that filmmaker Roman Polanski did not British actor Charlotte Lewis, who has accused him of raping her as a teenager More »
Georgian lawmakers approve a divisive foreign influence bill that has sparked weeks of protests
Georgian lawmakers have approved a “foreign influence” bill that sparked weeks of mass protests, with critics seeing it as a Russian-style threat to free speech and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union More »
Army whistleblower who exposed alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan is sentenced to prison
A former Australian army lawyer has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for leaking classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan More »
Migration tracking group says 76 million people were displaced within their countries in 2023
A top migration monitoring group says conflicts and natural disasters left nearly 76 million people displaced within their countries last year, a new record More »
