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If the activists win their case at the court in Strasbourg, France, the countries would be legally bound to cut emissions in line with the requirements of the 2015 Paris climate accord. (AFP)

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Six young climate activists are taking 33 countries to court

The six filed a claim to hold the countries accountable for their inadequate efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions

4 Sept 2020 1:07 PM IST

Smoke raises during a wildfire over the ancient site of Mycenae, Greece. (AP)

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Still ablaze, this year's Arctic wildfires set new CO2 emission...

Siberia and the Arctic Circle are prone to large year-on-year temperature fluctuations, but persistence of this year's...

3 Sept 2020 3:01 PM IST

$Journalists of Belarusian TUT.BY media outlet hold banners reading \I dont protest but work\, \This is me at work\, \Freedom for journalists!\, from left to right, as they stand in front of police station in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)$ World

Belarusian journalists face charges for covering protests

The Lukashenko-led government had earlier revoked the accreditation of many Belarusian journalists and deported some...

3 Sept 2020 11:13 AM IST

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny casting his vote at a polling station during to the Moscow city Duma election in Moscow. - Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny provide clear proof that he was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, September 2, 2020, demanding explanations from Moscow. (AFP File)

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Germany says Soviet-era nerve agent used on Russia's Navalny

The findings which experts say point strongly to Russian state involvement added to tensions between Russia and the...

3 Sept 2020 8:40 AM IST

$President Vladimir Putin (right) would host Belaruss authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow \in the next couple of weeks\. (AFP)$ World

Putin to host Belarus' Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Minsk on Thursday, after weeks of protests against a disputed...

2 Sept 2020 3:54 PM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a news conference at the Pine Residence, the official residence of the French ambassador to Lebanon. (AFP)

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Reform swiftly or face consequences: Macron to Lebanese leaders

Macron said targeted sanctions could be imposed in case of proven corruption and would be coordinated with the European...

2 Sept 2020 12:44 PM IST

Thousands of people gather at Republique Square in Paris. The January 2015 attacks against Charlie Hebdo and, two days later, a kosher supermarket, touched off a wave of killings claimed by the Islamic State group across Europe. (AP File)

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Charlie Hebdo reprints Muhammad caricatures as terror trial begins

The 2015 attacks against Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket, touched off a wave of killings claimed by the ISIS...

2 Sept 2020 9:20 AM IST

A protester stands half naked and lifts his hands up in front of the Reichstag building guarded by policemen at the end of a demonstration called by far-right and COVID-19 deniers to protest against restrictions related to the new coronavirus pandemic, in Berlin. (AFP)

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Berlin halts 'anti-corona' rally as European cities protest mask...

Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Germany, with daily new infection numbers reaching highs not seen since April

30 Aug 2020 3:40 PM IST

A horse stands in a box at a equestrian club in Les Yvelines, French department west of Paris. (AP)

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France's horses killed in mysterious ritual-like mutilations

Theories abound as to whether mutilations are a morbid rite of an unknown cult or a chilling 'challenge' relayed by...

30 Aug 2020 9:45 AM IST

Protesters wave old Belarusian national flags standing along a street in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

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Belarus revokes accreditations of journalists covering protests for...

Lukashenko had earlier threatened to expel foreign journalists, accusing them of inciting protests against him before...

30 Aug 2020 9:13 AM IST

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Riot in Sweden after Danish leader banned from Quran-burning rally

About 300 people were on the streets of Malmo with violence escalating as the evening wore on, according to police and...

29 Aug 2020 3:53 PM IST

Thousands of demonstrators have again gathered in the major Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk to denounce the arrest of the regions governor a month ago and to support opposition politician Alexei Navalny and Belarusian people. (AP)

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'Putin, have some tea': Russian city holds eighth anti-Kremlin protest

Some also expressed solidarity with opponents of Belarusian leader Lukashenko who have been staging public protests for...

29 Aug 2020 12:27 PM IST