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Global temperatures over the past three years have, on average, exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for the first time, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed, underscoring a rapid escalation in warming and its risks. The service reported 2025 as the third warmest year on record and said the last 11 years have been the 11 warmest in modern records. The new analysis, produced by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), places 2025’s average global surface air temperature…

Mogadishu’s first local vote in nearly 60 years peaceful, but disinformation and state-media bias clouded campaign, watchdog says NUSOJ report urges stronger safeguards for media freedom as Somalia eyes broader direct elections MOGADISHU — Somalia’s first direct local council elections in Mogadishu since 1969 were peaceful and orderly but marred by disinformation and political bias in coverage, according to a monitoring report released Wednesday by the National Union of Somali Journalists. The Election Observation and Media…

MOGADISHU — The man at the center of a viral deportation saga stepped into Mogadishu last month to cheers, ululations and a crush of cellphone cameras. For many Somalis online, Mahad Maxamud — a TikTok creator with a following now exceeding 450,000 — returned a folk hero. For others, he was the face of a bruising fight over truth, power and the politics of migration. In late October, the official White House account on X labeled Maxamud a “criminal illegal scumbag,” alleging he helped kidnap two French intelligence officers…

Overview: Global emissions climb as 1.5C window narrows The latest Global Carbon Budget warns that carbon dioxide from fossil fuels is poised to reach a fresh peak in 2025, and that the remaining CO2 allowance to keep warming below 1.5C is vanishing fast. Scientists say current levels of emissions make meeting the Paris Agreement’s most ambitious goal effectively out of reach without unprecedented rapid action. Fossil CO2 emissions are projected to be about 1.1% higher in 2025 than in 2024, despite rapid deployment of…

A UN finding that reverberates beyond headlines: what it means to call Gaza a site of genocide When an independent United Nations commission concluded this week that Israel has “committed and continues to commit genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza, it did more than add a grim line to a long list of UN reports. The finding reopened questions about the limits of international law, the responsibilities of powerful states that arm and finance warring parties, and whether the world’s institutions can halt mass suffering when…

Gordon Nets as Man City and Newcastle Grind to Exhausting 1-1 Stalemate Gordon Scores as Man City Held at Newcastle in Gruelling 1-1 Draw Anthony Gordon found the back of the net as Newcastle United pushed Manchester City to a draining 1-1 tie. It wasn't just a game, but a relentless tug-of-war on the field. “It was a battle from start to finish,” expressed one spectator, capturing the heart of the clash. The Etihad giants set the tone early with quick passes and deft maneuvers, but Newcastle didn't just roll over.…

Egypt finds answer to include Nile water circulate amid Ethiopia's distrust Cairo, Egypt - The present battle between Egypt and Ethiopia over the building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam may come to an abrupt finish following Cairo's newest choice which has but to be applied. Ethiopia has maintained that it should fill the dam alongside the Blue Nile regardless of complaints from Sudan…

Laurent Gbagbo continues his stay in Kinshasa. The former Ivorian president met on Tuesday, July 6, in Kinshasa with his former comrades and prisoners from the International Criminal Court (ICC). A total of six Congolese, including former warlords, were invited to this reunion. as reported from Kinshasa, Patient LigodiLaurent…

Repressal Homicide Concentrating on Reporters Doubled in 2020, New Document Unearths The Committee for the Coverage of Reporters (CPJ) says that 21 reporters international had been singled out for homicide in retaliation for his or her paintings in 2020, greater than two times as many as closing…

A Kenyan court on Wednesday found two men guilty of their role in helping al-Shabaab gunmen who attacked the Westgate shopping center in Nairobi in 2013 and killed 67 people. A third man accused of the attack was acquitted. Following a trial that began in January 2014, Judge Francis Andayi found that Mohamed Ahmed Abdi and Hassan Hussein Mustafa conspired with and assisted the four assailants who died in a siege claimed by the Somali-based al-Qaida-based group. The third accused, Liban Abdullahi Omar, was acquitted of…