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First female premier poised to take helm of Italian government

Editorial Bureau September 27, 2022

A party with neo-fascist roots won the most votes in Italian national election, setting the stage Monday for talks to form the country’s first far right-led government since World War II, with Giorgia Meloni at the helm as Italy’s first female premier. Italian lurch to the far right immediately

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NASA strikes asteroid in key test of planetary defence

Editorial Bureau September 27, 2022

NASA’s DART spaceship on Monday (Sep 26) struck the asteroid Dimorphos in a historic test of humanity’s ability to prevent a cosmic object from devastating life on Earth. Impact occurred at 7.14 pm EDT, 10 months after the Double Asteroid Redirection Test probe blasted off from California to carry out its first-of-a-kind experiment. “We’re embarking

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China, Russia face historic scrutiny at UN rights council

Editorial Bureau September 27, 2022

China and Russia face possible action by the UN’s top rights body following historic draft resolutions against the two powerful permanent members of the Security Council. The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva frequently investigates and tries to rein in abuses inside countries but has not taken on the two heavyweights directly until now. A […]

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Italy Takes Step Into Unknown With Far-right Win

Editorial Bureau September 26, 2022

Italy took a sharp turn to the right Monday after Giorgia Meloni’s Eurosceptic populist party swept to victory in general elections, putting a one-time Mussolini admirer on course to become the first woman to lead the country. Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-fascist roots, won 26 percent in Sunday’s election, according to partial […]

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NASA gears up to deflect asteroid, in key test of planetary defense

Editorial Bureau September 26, 2022

Bet the dinosaurs wish they’d thought of this. NASA on Monday will attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly deflect its orbit, in a key test of our ability to stop cosmic objects from devastating life on Earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spaceship […]

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Politics impede long-advocated growth of UN Security Council

Editorial Bureau September 26, 2022

Virtually everyone involved agrees: Almost eight decades after it came into existence, the powerful U.N. Security Council needs to expand, to evolve, to include more voices. But as with so many things, the central question — and the biggest disagreement — is exactly how. Five countries that were major powers at World War II’s end […]

Asia World

Seoul says North Korea, China reopen freight train traffic

Editorial Bureau September 26, 2022

Seoul (South Korea)- North Korea and China resumed freight train service Monday following a five-month hiatus, South Korean officials said, as the North struggles to revive an economy battered by the pandemic, U.N. sanctions and other factors. The reopening came after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month made a dubious claim to have […]

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An inspiration’: Tributes to UK’s late queen at UN meeting

Editorial Bureau September 26, 2022

This year’s U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders came on the heels of another event that reverberated internationally — the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, followed by both an outpouring of tributes and sometimes bitter reflection on the colonialist empire that came to an end during her seven decades on the throne. There […]

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Five rescuers killed in Philippines typhoon

Editorial Bureau September 26, 2022

Five rescuers were killed in the Philippines after they were sent to a flooded community during a powerful typhoon, authorities said Monday, the first confirmed casualties of the strongest storm to hit the country this year. The typhoon dumped heavy rain and unleashed fierce winds as it swept across the main island of Luzon on […]

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Lights out, ovens off: Europe preps for winter energy crisis

Editorial Bureau September 26, 2022

As Europe heads into winter in the throes of an energy crisis, offices are getting chillier. Statues and historic buildings are going dark. Bakers who can’t afford to heat their ovens are talking about giving up, while fruit and vegetable growers face letting greenhouses stand idle. In poorer eastern Europe, people are stocking up on […]