WASHINGTON - The United States has concluded that Ethiopian and Eritrean troops as well as rebels committed war crimes during the brutal two-year conflict, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, days after he visited Addis Ababa.
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday voiced skepticism over Chinese President Xi Jinping's "peace" proposals in Moscow, warning they could be a "stalling tactic" to help Russia on the ground in Ukraine.
GENEVA - FIFA said on Monday it was appealing after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned a life ban for rape on former Haitian Football Federation president Yves Jean-Bart.
LAGOS - Nigeria's ruling party held onto the powerful Lagos governor post on Monday, following local elections at the weekend that observers said were marked by violent intimidation, thuggery and vote buying.
Kenyan riot police fired tear gas on Monday to disperse opposition protesters gathering outside government offices in the capital Nairobi for demonstrations over inflation. About two dozen people were arrested, including two opposition MPs.
BLANTYRE: Malawi faces increased risk of a surge in cholera cases following the devastation caused by Cyclone Freddy that has destroyed water systems and toilets, the health ministry warned Monday. Cyclone-hit Madagascar also faces a rising level of cholera.
PARIS - Devastating climate impacts are hitting faster than expected as the world teeters on reaching the 1.5 degree Celsius warming limit in a little over a decade, the UN said Monday.
UNITED NATIONS HQ, NEW YORK - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on wealthy countries Monday to move up their goals of achieving carbon neutrality as close as possible to 2040, mostly from 2050 now, in order to "defuse the climate time bomb."
LONDON - One of Britain's most senior ministers, Suella Braverman, came under fire Monday for laughing uproariously in front of a future migrant camp and asking for tips on interior design during a trip to Rwanda.
LONDON - International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan said Monday that the ICC "won't hesitate to act" over possible war crimes in Ukraine, as ministers from more than 40 countries met in London.
LONDON - Gold topped $2,000 per ounce for the time in more than a year Monday on haven demand as investors fretted over global bank fears despite the buyout of Credit Suisse.
GENEVA - The UN's migration agency, the International Organization for Migration, should not get itself dragged into domestic policy debates, its chief Antonio Vitorino told AFP, as he seeks a second term leading the body.
OTTAWA - Half of the money spent globally on bottled water - sales of which have exploded in recent decades - would be enough to provide universal access to clean drinking water from taps, according to a UN study released Thursday.
LAKE SILS, SWITZERLAND - David Vencl emerged from the depths of Switzerland's Lake Sils on March 14 after a record dive beneath the ice to a depth of more than 50 meters without a wetsuit.
PARIS - Scientists have created eggs using the cells of male mice for the first time, leading to the birth of seven mice with two fathers, according to research Wednesday hailed as "revolutionary."
SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Tuesday began letting some developers and businesses access the kind of artificial intelligence that has captured attention since the launch of Microsoft-backed ChatGPT last year.
LAGOS — Vote counting started following local elections in Nigeria on Saturday, three weeks after the ruling party won a presidential poll that the opposition said was marred by fraud.
WASHINGTON - Logging, wildfires and farming are causing mountain forests, a habitat to 85 percent of the world's birds, mammals and amphibians, to vanish at an alarming rate, according to a study published on March 17.
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook and Instagram parent Meta has released a framework for exposing and combating malicious online campaigns from election lies to terrorist recruitment.
BRUSSELS - Microsoft said on Friday that it has offered formal commitments to the EU in its bid to persuade the bloc to approve its $69-billion takeover of video game giant Activision Blizzard.
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