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6 students, 2 others hospitalised after Carbon monoxide leak in Kansas

Six students and two adults were taken to a hospital for evaluation after a carbon monoxide leak was detected at a Kansas City elementary school, officials said

EU leaders united against Russia, divided over today's energy summit

The European Union has shown rock-solid unity in confronting Russia over its war in Ukraine, but lack that common purpose heading into today's summit to seek joint measures to contain an energy crisis

CO2 emissions rise in 2022, but more slowly due to renewables growth: IEA

The International Energy Agency said that it expects CO2 emissions to rise again this year, but by much less than in 2021 due to the growth in renewable power and electric cars

'Joe Biden's climate act will tip level playing field between US and EU'

Senior French and German officials warned that recent measures by the Biden administration to address climate change could upend the level playing field on trade between the EU and the US

Trump knew vote fraud claims in legal docs were false, rules judge

Former President Donald Trump signed legal documents challenging the results of the 2020 election that included voter fraud claims he knew to be false, a federal judge said in a ruling

UK inflation returns to 40-year high of 10.1% as food prices rise

British food prices rose at the fastest pace since 1980 last month, driving inflation back to a 40-year high and heaping pressure on the embattled government to balance the books

UK PM Liz Truss faces test in Parliament over economic plan, seeks lifeline

British Prime Minister Liz Truss faces a House of Commons grilling from a hostile opposition and her own furious Conservative Party as she tries to fend off calls to quit over her economic plan

Pakistan: World Bank estimates floods caused $40 bn in damages

Pakistan has said that the World Bank estimates this summer's record-breaking floods have caused $40 billion in damages in this impoverished South Asian nation

Russia's Iran made drones complicate Israel's balancing act with the West

The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent slamming into central Kyiv this week have complicated Israel's balancing act between Russia and the West

Cuba seeks to qualify for Football World Cup after almost a century

Every recess, Gabriela Alfonso Cabrera would watch the boys play soccer out of the corner of her eye

N Korea fires artillery shells near border a day after S Korea began drills

North Korea fired artillery shells near its sea border with South Korea late Tuesday, a day after the South began annual military drills to better deal with North Korean provocations.

'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' by Sri Lankan writer wins Booker Prize

Writer Shehan Karunatilaka won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction for "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida," a satirical "afterlife noir" set during Sri Lanka's brutal civil war.

Meta agrees to sell Giphy, ending battle with UK regulators

Facebook parent Meta said Tuesday that it will sell off Giphy after running out of options to thwart a ruling by UK regulators

UK prime minister Liz Truss' waning power brings political plots, and jokes

Powerless, humiliated, labeled a ghost prime minister and compared unfavourably to a head of lettuce this is not a good week for Liz Truss

Soaring US dollar spreads pain worldwide, cost of living increases

The cost of living in Cairo has soared so much that security guard Mustafa Gamal had to send his wife and year-old daughter to live with his parents in a village to save money

English rugby bosses to face government on club financial crisis

English rugby bosses are headed to a parliamentary hearing next month to address the game's financial crisis.

As winter approaches Ukrainians dig in for brutal season amid war

Nine-year-old Artem Panchenko helps his grandmother stoke a smoky fire in a makeshift outdoor kitchen beside their nearly abandoned apartment block

Smartphone maker Foxconn unveils electric SUV for Taiwan brand Yulon

The company that assembles smartphones for Apple Inc and other global brands unveiled an electric SUV that will be produced for a Taiwanese automaker under a similar contract model

Taliban killed 27 captives in Afghan's Panjshir Valley last month: Report

The Taliban captured, bound and shot to death 27 men in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley last month during an offensive against resistance fighters in the area, according to a report

Australia drops recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Australia has reversed a previous government's recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the foreign minister said Tuesday.