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Cameroon cocoa boom raises deforestation fears
Cameroon is emerging as a new frontier for cocoa production, raising concerns about cocoa-driven deforestation, according to not-for-profit group Mighty Earth. In a new report, Mighty Earth warns the...
Greece claims ‘invasion’ in Crete as it halts asylum on Med route
In the centre of a sweltering, cavernous hall, rows of men sit in silence with nothing to occupy them but the wait.Signs from an old tourist fair propped up...
‘From bad to worse’: Ugandan opposition figure describes struggle ahead of next year’s vote
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Opposition figure Bobi Wine said the political climate in Uganda has “gone from bad to worse” ahead of presidential polls set for early next year,...
Israel’s UN ambassador slams UK’s threat to recognize Palestinian state
"The State of Israel will not lower its waiver after the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7," Danon stressed.Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, criticized the United...
Zelensky: Ukraine nearing deal with Netherlands for drone production
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that his country was close to reaching a financing agreement with the Netherlands for drone production in Ukraine.In his evening address to...
74% of evacuated Israelis return to North, but heavier hit towns remain empty – IDF
Part of the increase is from IDF having Hezbollah on the run since the November 2024 ceasefire, with no Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon and no rockets fired at...
Helicopter that crashed in eastern Germany was military chopper
A helicopter that crashed into a river near the town of Grimma in eastern Germany belonged to the country's armed forces, a police spokeswoman told dpa on Tuesday.The fate...
Another 260 aid trucks have entered Gaza, Israel reports
Over 250 lorries carrying aid entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to the Israeli military, three days after it began increasing the flow of supplies into the embattled...
Colombian ex-president Uribe found guilty of witness tampering
Colombia's former president Álvaro Uribe has been found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud in a landmark trial on Monday, the first time a former head of state...
Haiti to send 400 police officers to Brazil for training as gangs seize more territory
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Monday it plans to send 400 police officers to Brazil next month for training as gang violence overwhelms the troubled Caribbean country.Currently,...
