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Auckland mayoral hopeful Efeso Collins speaks during a candidates’ debate in Howick in July. Times photo Wayne MartinEfeso Collins says should he become Auckland’s next mayor, the!-->…
Coalition deadlock leaves Austria’s climate ambitions in limbo
Can’t be in breach of your climate law if you don’t have a climate law. That’s the situation Austria finds itself in as the country marked 600 days without national climate…
Fall rains predicted to ease Europe’s historic drought
This fall may bring respite from a great drought that may be Europe's worst in at least 500 years, EU scientists said today. Almost half of the European landmass is currently under…
Russia blames Ukraine for murder of Putin ally’s daughter
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed Monday to have “solved” the murder of the daughter of Russian ideologue and Vladimir Putin ally Alexander Dugin. The crime “was…
The latest social media misinformation: Abortion reversal pills
This type of content falls into a gray area in many social media platforms’ policies about how to handle misinformation — one where definitive research doesn’t exist and the level…
UK COVID inquiry bill tops £85M before hearings begin
LONDON — The official U.K. probe into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic is on course to cost more than £85 million before it's even begun to take evidence. The total maximum…
Cyprus and Greece oppose ban on Russian tourist visas
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Cyprus and Greece are rallying behind Germany in opposing a block on visas for Russian tourists wanting to visit the EU, rejecting a call for…
An unofficial guide to Olaf Scholz’s ‘unusual’ trip to Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host Scholz for a three-day tour jumping across three provinces. The visit was announced in June after the two leaders met on the sidelines of…
What Washington thinks about the next Queen Liz
That represents a branding problem in Washington for Truss, who needs support from both parties to have any chance of securing a long-sought bilateral trade deal with the United…
WHO says monkeypox vaccine ‘not a silver bullet’ as breakthrough cases reported
The World Health Organization said Wednesday that the monkeypox vaccine is not a “silver bullet,” with the health body beginning to receive reports of breakthrough cases after…