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Rome, Italy | Xinhua | After 30 years on the run, notorious mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested in Sicily, the Italian authorities said on Monday. He was captured by the police at a private health clinic where he was receiving treatment in Sicilian capital Palermo. Messina Denaro, 60, is …

United Nations | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned a deadly attack at a church in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), his spokesman said on Sunday. Citing preliminary reports, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman, said at least 12 civilians were killed and 50 others injured when …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Soaring greenhouse gas levels and accumulated heat have led to the warmest eight years on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday. According to temperature data gathered by WMO, 2022 was the eighth consecutive year when annual global temperatures reached at least one degree Celsius …

Washington, US | Xinhua |  U.S. President Joe Biden will deliver his State of the Union address to the divided Congress next month, the White House said on Friday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that Biden had accepted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s invitation to address a joint …

Kathmandu, Nepal | Xinhua | At least 36 dead bodies have been recovered after a local passenger plane with 72 people onboard crashed in the Pokhara region in central Nepal on Sunday, a local official said. Thirty-six dead bodies have been brought out from the wreckage and the fire has …

United Nations, USA | Xinhua | The United Nations calls on countries to rethink policies and expand opportunities as the world ages, the world body said in a new report launched on Thursday. The World Social Report 2023 recommends that countries “rethink long-held policies and practices associated with livelihoods and work” …

While Moroccan team members ranked high in categories including the best goalkeeper, coach, and playmaker in the 2022 rankings, there were plenty of Africans named in the “Men’s World Best” list. Doha, Qatar | BIRD AGENCY | Morocco’s national team goalkeeper, Yassine Bounou, was ranked third-best goalkeeper in the world …

Berlin, Germany | Xinhua |  One of German football’s most famous names is about to take over the challenging job of rescuing the country’s struggling national team. The final steps to an official announcement are yet to go, but the return of 1990 world champion Rudi Voller appears the only …

Washington, US | Xinhua |  A second batch of classified documents belonging to U.S. President Joe Biden was reportedly discovered by his aides at a new location, according to multiple U.S. media outlets on Wednesday. The news emerged two days after White House special counsel Richard Sauber released a statement, …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov has been appointed the new commander of Russia’s integrated group of forces in Ukraine, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. Gerasimov will succeed Sergei Surovikin, commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, who was appointed …