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Peat extracted from wetlands is often used as an energy source or for farming purposes, emitting large amounts of carbon dioxide
S&P Global's purchasing managers' index (PMI) — a key gauge of the overall health of the economy — dropped to 48.9 in September, down from 51 in August
Despite an official ban, the opposition Chadema party had vowed to go ahead with the rally over the alleged kidnapping and killing of its members by security forces
Self-avowed Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayaka of the People's Liberation Front took his oath at the colonial-era Presidential Secretariat in Colombo
Industry representatives worry imposition of duties could force French liquor from Chinese market
Russia has repeatedly targeted Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, near the Russian border in the country's east that counted 1.4 million inhabitants before Moscow launched its war in February 2022
Kyiv has for weeks been pressing the West to allow it to use Western-supplied long-range weapons to strike targets inside Russia
A UN office says the floods have destroyed 212,111 houses, flooded 357,832 hectares of fields and drowned 69,659 heads of cattle
Voting planned for December is pushed back two years
Many in the East African nation saw Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the head of the Ugandan defense forces, as the president's successor
Missile has an operational range of 1,000 kilometers
Friday strike killed the head of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force, Ibrahim Aqil, and several other commanders
It was their first telephone conversation since the disputed July 28 presidential election
Blasts that killed at least 37 people, wounded nearly 3,000 on Tuesday, Wednesday targeted communication devices used by Iran-backed Hezbollah
Biden chose Wilmington, where he resides, for a summit of leaders from Australia, India and Japan — the last of his presidency after he dropped out of the 2024 election
He’ll be demoted, lose pay and get a dishonorable discharge
Volkswagen said earlier this month it needed significant restructuring to stay competitive, and was considering shutting sites in Germany for the first time in its 87-year history
Taiwan has carried out 35 executions since a moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in 2010, with the latest occurring in April 2020
It had banned it over 2023 release of water from disabled Fukushima nuclear plant
No severe damage or casualties have been reported
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