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Surging interest rates and waning financing options threaten a “lost decade” for poor countries.

With Western support for Kyiv softening and Congress holding up urgently needed aid, Vladimir Putin’s bet on outlasting Ukraine and its allies is looking stronger.

Observations from researchers and residents, published annually in a report by NOAA, reveal a region grappling with rapid change.

The concept, important for determining the legality of an act of war, is about weighing civilian harm against military objectives, not about achieving a balanced number of casualties.

President Biden said Israel’s “indiscriminate” bombardment of the Gaza Strip was eroding what had been broad international support for its war on Hamas.

The president’s words exposed a widening rift between his administration and that of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as casualties rise in Gaza.

It may seem counterintuitive to support the annual culling of trees, but environmentalists say Christmas tree farms have ecological benefits.

The opposition leader was endorsed by Parliament as the country’s next prime minister, unseating the right-wing Law and Justice party that had long denounced him as unfit to rule.

Ukraine’s military said that it had shot down all the ballistic missiles targeting the capital, but that falling debris caused significant damage.

Monday’s strike on a Norwegian tanker was the militia’s latest flex on the fringes of the Israel-Hamas war. Once a scrappy tribal group, the Houthis now hold what analysts say are higher aspirations.