Kenya's economy faces climate change risks: World Bank
The impacts of climate change could shave up to seven percent off Kenya's economic output by 2050 compared to baseline forecasts, unless it adapts, the World Bank warned on Friday.
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Russia cautious on Armenia-Azerbaijan deal, Iran reject border corridor
Russia cautiously welcomed a US-brokered draft deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Saturday, but Moscow's regional ally Iran rejected the idea of a new border corridor backed by President Donald Trump.
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West Ham sign Leicester goalkeeper Hermansen
West Ham have signed Leicester goalkeeper Mads Hermansen on a five-year deal, the Premier League club announced Saturday.
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Overcrowded French prison swelters in 'unbearable' heat
Inmates at a prison in southwestern France are struggling to cope as a heatwave grips the region, with high temperatures set to persist through the weekend.
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UK arrests 200 backing banned pro-Palestine group
Police in London arrested at least 200 people Saturday for supporting Palestine Action at the latest and largest protest backing the group since the government banned it last month under anti-terror laws.
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Four astronauts leave space station for trip back to Earth
After nearly five months onboard the International Space Station, an international crew of four astronauts began their descent back down to Earth in a SpaceX capsule Friday.
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UN plastic pollution treaty talks floundering
Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on what the proposed agreement should cover.
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Death toll from northwest China floods rises to 13
The death toll from flash floods and mudslides in northwest China has risen to 13, state media said on Saturday, after the bodies of three people were found.
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Greeks count cost of wildfire 'tragedy' near Athens
In the municipality of Palaia Fokaia, an hour's drive south of Athens, a typical bucolic Greek landscape of olive groves and hamlets was transformed by a raging Friday wildfire into a dystopia of blackened land and incinerated homes.
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Historic Spanish mosque-cathedral reopens after blaze
A fire at a historic mosque-turned-cathedral in Cordoba in southern Spain caused only "very localised damage," the city's mayor said Saturday as the site reopened to the public.
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