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West Africa faces historic food crisis driven by conflict, price surge

(Reuters) – West Africa is facing its worst food crisis on record driven by conflict,

WHO says 99% of world’s population breathes poor-quality air

(AP) — The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that

Suddenly, Tesla’s Elon Musk is Twitter’s biggest stakeholder

(AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken a 9% stake in Twitter to become

Sri Lanka’s president seeks unity government to solve economic crisis

(Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa called for a unity government on Monday to

California police search for shooters who killed 6, hurt 12

(AP) — The usual crowds filled the streets as bars and nightclubs were closing in

Protesters in Sri Lanka defy curfew, police fire tear gas at students

(Reuters) – Protesters in the Sri Lanka’s largest city Colombo held numerous small, peaceful demonstrations

China sends military, doctors to Shanghai to test 26 million residents for COVID

(Reuters) – China sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help

Ukraine accuses Russia of massacre, city strewn with bodies

(AP) — Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered

Ukraine accuses retreating Russians of civilian massacre

(AP) — Ukraine’s troops found brutalized bodies with bound hands, gunshot wounds to the head

In war-torn Syria, a charity offers hope to kids with cancer

(AP) — At the children’s cancer ward in a hospital in the Syrian capital of