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Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and his legislator son Faris Maumoon, were released by the high court in Male after they mounted fresh appeals against their controversial convictions. The release followed appeals from President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Orpjfy

Jean-Claude Arnault, a French citizen who is a major cultural figure in Sweden, is at the center of a sex abuse and financial crimes scandal that has tarnished the academy and forced it to take a year off in its deliberations. The 72-year-old is now on trial in Stockholm, facing two counts of rape of a woman seven years ago. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ncqo6f

At current levels of greenhouse gas emissions, for example, the Earth's surface will heat up beyond the 1.5C threshold by 2040.A crescendo of deadly heatwaves, floods, wildfires and superstorms engorged by rising seas — with less than 1C warming so far — has convinced scientists that the danger cursor needed to be reset. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DImbYO

The June deal would end a dispute dating from the early 1990s when Macedonia declared independence from Yugoslavia. Greece argued use of the term implied territorial ambitions on its own province of the same name, and blocked the country's efforts to join NATO. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RcSDVY

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With opposition parties weak, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are likely to extend their almost three decades of sharing power. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NafmPa