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Sunak to be appointed UK's third PM this year
Rishi Sunak will on Tuesday be installed as Britain's third prime minister this year, replacing the humiliated Liz Truss after just seven weeks and inheriting a daunting array of problems. The 42-year-old Hindu will be Britain's first prime minister of colour and the youngest in more than two centuries.
Vote could hobble Biden foreign policy but Ukraine shift seen unlikely
Kevin McCarthy, who could soon be second in line to the White House, startled US allies when he warned that his Republican Party would no longer write a "blank check" to Ukraine.
Indigenous Guarani live in deepening poverty in Brazil
In the middle of a football match on an improvised dirt pitch in southern Brazil, a famished young Indigenous boy abruptly abandons the game, throws a stick into the sky and fells a bird. Of the 725 Indigenous lands identified in Brazil, 237 are still awaiting official recognition as reservations, according to the Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA). app/jhb/mdl
Will climate change doom US truck habit? Detroit says no
The US consumer's love for enormous vehicles has been seen by outsiders as a curiosity and sometimes a sign of profligacy. "You're removing the emissions for the large vehicles that are the most emitting," he said.
Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in West Bank: Palestinian ministry
Four Palestinians were killed and nearly 20 others injured early Tuesday in a raid by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. After the operation early Tuesday, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad said in a statement that its "fighters were involved in violent clashes" with Israeli forces in Nablus and threatened Israel with reprisals "against these crimes" there.
Amnesty urges ICC probe of possible Gaza war crimes
Amnesty International on Tuesday called for an International Criminal Court (ICC) probe into possible war crimes committed in August by both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants during deadly fighting in Gaza.
Adidas under pressure over Kanye West after anti-Jewish outbursts
Sportswear giant Adidas was under growing pressure Monday to sever ties with Kanye West after a series of anti-Semitic outbursts by the controversial rapper. "There should be no tolerance anywhere for West’s anti-Semitism."
US left-wing lawmakers urge Biden to negotiate on Ukraine
Left-wing US lawmakers on Monday urged President Joe Biden to seek a negotiated settlement with Russia to end the Ukraine war including by exploring security arrangements acceptable to both sides.
Weinstein used Hollywood power to rape, court hears
Harvey Weinstein used his power and influence in Hollywood to rape women, leaving them terrified for their careers if they stood up to him, a court in Los Angeles heard Monday. He now faces 11 more charges, including sexual battery by restraint, forcible rape and forcible oral copulation against women in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles hotels between 2004 and 2013.
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