Climate crisis contributing to chocolate market meltdown, research finds

Scientists say more-frequent hotter temperatures in west African region are part of reason for reduced harvests and price rises

The climate crisis drove weeks of high temperatures in the west …

Source: The Guardian

Almost 30 wounded in suspected vehicle ramming attack in Munich

A regional official says a man drove a car into a crowd in Munich in a suspected attack that has left almost 30 people wounded.

Source: CBS News

In U-turn, Hamas says it will release hostages and recommits to Gaza ceasefire

Hamas said Thursday it will release Israeli hostages on the previously agreed upon timeline as part of its fragile ceasefire with Israel.

Source: NBC News

Car plows into Munich crowd in ‘suspected attack,’ authorities say

The driver, a 24-year-old Afghan man whose asylum application had been denied, was immediately detained. Germany has been on high alert after other recent attacks.

Source: Washington Post

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Lava and smoke emerge from a snowy Mount Etna

Drone footage shows plumes of smoke and molten lava spewing from Europe's most active volcano.

Source: BBC

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China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows

Russia, Turkey and Egypt also among worst perpetrators of transnational repression around the globe

A quarter of the world’s countries have engaged in transnational repression – targeting political exiles abroad …

Source: The Guardian

Philippines storm survivors join climate protest outside Shell HQ in London

Greenpeace protest draws attention to worsening typhoons and demands accountability from major polluters

For two days and two nights, Ronalyn Carbonel and her four children clung to the roof of …

Source: The Guardian

Tycoon profited after India relaxed border security rules for energy park

Exclusive: Military experts raise concerns over change to protocols on Pakistan border to allow project that was handed to billionaire Gautam Adani

The Indian government relaxed national security protocols along …

Source: The Guardian

ISIS has an army in waiting — and Trump's next move could decide whether it rises again

In a network of prisons and detention camps across Syria, the Islamic State militant group or ISIS, has an army in waiting, and support for its regime lives on.

Source: NBC News

How Trump's USAID overhaul could lead to famine in Sudan

President Donald Trump’s 90-day freeze on all foreign aid could not have come at a worse time for Sudan, which is facing famine amid it's 2-year civil war.

Source: NBC News