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SEOUL, South Korea — Watching Asia-Pacific leaders mingle with their European counterparts on the annual NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania this week, U.S. strategists would possibly properly have lit up celebratory cigars. ...

Aspartame, a sweetener generally present in eating regimen drinks and chewing gum, has been declared a possible most cancers threat by the World Health Organisation (WHO).The sweetener has been listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans". The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the WHO's most cancers analysis arm, mentioned there was "limited evidence" aspartame prompted most cancers in people."While safety is not a major concern at the doses which are commonly used, potential effects have been described that need to be investigated," the WHO's Dr Francesco Branca mentioned.And giving recommendation to the general public, he added: "If consumers are faced with the decision of whether to take cola with sweeteners or one with sugar, I think there should be a thi...

PARIS — France is staging a seduction marketing campaign for visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, visitor of honor at Friday’s annual Bastille Day parade, with the French president calling India a “key” participant “in our future.” ...

UNITED NATIONS — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor stated Thursday he's investigating alleged new struggle crimes and crimes towards humanity in Sudan’s Darfur area throughout the nation’s present battle that has killed greater than 3,000 individuals and compelled over 3 million to flee their houses. ...

French police are doing a "final sweep" seek for a lacking two-year-old boy within the French Alps.Today's search will proceed till 4pm native time (3pm UK time) and entails 50 officers who will search a 1.8km (1.1 miles) stretch of highway close to the place the boy's grandparents stay. The boy, named solely as Emile, was final seen strolling down the road close to his grandparents' home by two witnesses on Saturday afternoon, in response to authorities. Image: Pic: Gendarmerie Nationale They stay in a distant mountain village with solely two dozen inhabitants simply outdoors Le Vernet within the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence between Grenoble and Nice.On Wednesday, police mentioned it was ending its "large-scale" s...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi officers defended Thursday a deal inked this week to barter oil for gasoline with Iran, saying it doesn't violate U.S. sanctions on Tehran however will assist alleviate a worsening electrical energy disaster in Iraq. ...

The UK and Switzerland would be the worst affected globally by a relative improve in "uncomfortably hot days" on the way in which, an enormous new examine has warned.Homes within the UK and far of northern Europe will undergo extra from the relative improve as a result of they're typically designed to maintain warmth in, leaving these locations "dangerously underprepared" for overheating. "Even a small increase in the temperatures are actually showing a high relative change [in the number of uncomfortably hot times]," which might "make these countries more vulnerable to needing more cooling," mentioned lead examine creator Dr Nicole Miranda from Oxford University.The examine outlined "uncomfortably hot days" utilizing a fancy scientific measure of when individuals need assist...

President Biden stated Russian President Vladimir Putin has misplaced his conflict in Ukraine, including that the combating gained’t drag on for years. ...

The probability of a summer time heatwave within the UK is "below average", meteorologists have mentioned. As southern Europe swelters in temperatures of as much as 45C (113F), the Met Office mentioned there isn't any signal of the Cerberus heatwave arriving within the UK. But the Met Office's Rachel Ayers mentioned this week's unsettled situations will "settle down" subsequent week. Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant 1:50 Life in Greece's 'brutal' warmth The nation is about to expertise temperat...

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand’s nine-year wrestle to revive civilian democracy hit a significant roadblock Thursday when the government-appointed Senate voted in opposition to the largest winner in May’s nationwide elections, plunging this U.S. ally right into a contemporary political disaster. ...