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Climate activist Greta Thunberg is to be awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki’s theology department in late Spring.  The 20-year-old Swedish climate activist was named Monday among 30 other individuals to be awarded the title of “doctor honoris causa” – the university’s highest recognition. Among the most …

New clashes between gangs in Haiti’s capital and beyond have killed at least 187 people in less than two weeks and injured more than 150 others, the U.N. said Tuesday. The fresh wave of violence recorded between Feb. 27 and March 9 in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and in the central …

Russian authorities on Tuesday raided the homes and offices of multiple human rights advocates and historians with the prominent rights group Memorial that won the Nobel Peace Prize last year. The wave of searches, after which police took Memorial activists in for questioning, is part of a steady and sweeping …

The Pentagon is now pushing to get more than two dozen U.S. Abrams tanks to battlefields in Ukraine as soon as this fall, two American defense officials confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday.  A decision has been made to send an older M1-A1 model of the tank from U.S. Army stocks …

Chinese officials claim the country is willing to work with the U.S. for peace in Ukraine. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin spoke to journalists Tuesday about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and his country’s willingness to work internationally to solve the conflict. Asked if China would be willing to …

A Polish woman who claims that she could be Madeleine McCann is likely not the missing British girl, according to a Swiss artificial intelligence company that matches photographed faces. The Polish woman, Julia Faustyna, who also goes by Julia Wendlet, has been claiming on Instagram and TikTok that she may …

African countries saddled with debt and ravaged by losses and damages from weather events like cyclones, drought and extreme temperatures have agreed to consider swapping debt to invest in climate action in a meeting of finance ministers in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. The “debt-for-climate swap” option is an economic …

Taiwan on Tuesday is expressing skepticism of China’s push to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine, declaring to the world that “we ain’t no idiots.”  Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu made the remark as Chinese President Xi Jinping is currently on day two of a three-day trip to Russia, while …

After years of hostile and frayed relations, Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reestablish diplomatic ties and reopen mutual embassies – a deal reportedly brokered by China that has raised eyebrows across the globe. Over the weekend, Iran claimed that Saudi Arabia extended an invitation to Tehran for a …

China intends to play a “constructive role” in resolving Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, according to its foreign ministry. On Monday, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs put out a statement regarding the ongoing dialogue between Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is visiting Russia this week, and Russian President Vladimir …