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Analysis: Liz Truss faces her party faithful after a disastrous week. Many Conservatives fear defeat looms at UK's next election

Liz Truss's first full week as British Prime Minister has not been an easy one. It began with the pound crashing to its lowest level in decades following her government's mini-budget last Friday. It ended with her meeting the UK's independent financial forecaster and having to explain herself after a week of economic chaos. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/C4L5vKn

Iranian security forces arrest a woman for eating at restaurant in public without her hijab, family says

Iranian security forces arrested a woman after a photo of her and another woman eating at a Tehran restaurant without their head scarves was widely circulated online, her family said Friday. The photo emerged Wednesday showing the two women having breakfast at a cafe that, like most coffeehouses in Iran, is traditionally patronized by men. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/M4dWLxE

Thousands attend funeral for 7-year-old who died, Palestinians say, in Israeli troops chase

Thousands of Palestinians turned out Friday to mourn a seven-year-old Palestinian boy who died, his father said, while being chased by Israeli troops on Thursday -- an account rejected by the Israeli army but which prompted the US State Department to call for an investigation. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/PTtliBj

Poland tightened abortion laws. It didn't count on where help would come from next

It's early evening in an affluent neighborhood in the Dutch city of Haarlem and bed and breakfast owners Arnoud and Marika are waiting for their next guest to arrive. They've prepared their single room for her, a brightly colored space with massive windows overlooking a leafy drive. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/lS9OBnK

Intel is the Dow's biggest loser

Semiconductors are in everything. Our phones, our laptops, our televisions. Even our cars. But concerns about a global recession and continued worries about supply shortages stemming from lingering pandemic-related shutdowns in Asia over the past two years are hurting top chip companies. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/MSLtTH3

What it's like to visit Saudi Arabia now

I have seen countries change before, but I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like the change taking place in Saudi Arabia. It is not like the fall of Soviet Europe, nor the upheaval recently witnessed in Sri Lanka. Saudi's change is deliberate, deep-reaching and dramatic. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/lkKZj27

Fifth Iranian paramilitary member killed as president warns protesters will be dealt with 'decisively'

A fifth member of an Iranian volunteer paramilitary group died Sunday after clashing with what state media called "rioters and thugs," as the country's President Ebrahim Raisi warned that protesters would be dealt with "decisively" after days of nationwide unrest. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/UqR9nrN

International chess group criticizes ex-world champion for quitting after one move but says it shares his concerns about cheating

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) reprimanded former world champion Magnus Carlsen for resigning from an online chess match against fellow grandmaster Hans Niemann after just one move but added that it shared the world No.1's "deep concerns about the damage that cheating brings to chess." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/S7EhYTe

Lavrov skips all of fiery UN meeting on Ukraine — except for his own address

Russia's foreign minister was absent from the chamber as his country faced wide rebuke from the United States and others for its war in Ukraine at a UN Security Council meeting, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warning fellow diplomats "the very international order we've gathered here to uphold is being shredded before our eyes." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/FVBMkqS

Hurricane Fiona escalates to Category 4

Hurricane Fiona is still strengthening as it continues its catastrophic path northward on Wednesday, leaving behind disaster-stricken communities in Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos and the Dominican Republic who must now begin working toward recovery. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/cENwBQh

Colombia's President slams 'addiction to irrational power' and calls to end war on drugs in fiery first UNGA speech

In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, recently elected Colombian president Gustavo Petro delivered a fiery speech that recalled some of his campaign themes, slamming the war on drugs as a failure and accusing the global north of turning a blind eye to the destruction of the Amazon. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/hY42PIO

Experts slam 'pittance' in aid to Pakistan as they find climate crisis played a role in floods

An analysis of Pakistan's devastating floods has found "fingerprints" of the human-made climate crisis on the disaster, which killed more than 1,400 people and destroyed so much land and infrastructure it has plunged the South Asian nation into crisis. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/bXj4Z1h

Putin concedes China has 'questions and concerns' over Russia's faltering invasion of Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised China's "balanced position" on the Ukraine war, though he conceded Beijing had "questions and concerns" over the invasion, in what appeared to be a veiled admission of their diverging views over the protracted military assault. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/UwnkLTt

Highlights from New York Fashion Week

Fashion month returned to New York in a big way, with five-and-a-half-days of in-person runway shows including Gabriela Hearst, Prabal Gurung, LaQuan Smith, Collina Strada and Batsheva, hosted in iconic locations around the city. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/tEqCQe2

Architects propose surrounding world's tallest building with a giant ring

In Dubai, experimental architecture firm ZNera Space has proposed a conceptual design featuring a massive five-story circular structure wrapped around the world's tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa -- which towers at a staggering 829.8 meters (2,723 feet), almost double the height of the Empire State Building. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ynqG3JU

Cloud of colonialism hangs over Queen Elizabeth's legacy in Africa

The death of Queen Elizabeth II has prompted an outpouring of reflection and reaction online. But not all was grief -- some young Africans instead are sharing images and stories of their own elders, who endured a brutal period of British colonial history during the Queen's long reign. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/oWfMPX0

Venice Film Festival: The best fashion on show

As the 79th installment of the Venice Film Festival draws to a close, there's been no shortage of celebrity fashion moments thanks to premieres like Noah Baumbach's "White Noise," starring Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver, the buzzy "Don't Worry Darling" directed by Olivia Wilde featuring Harry Styles and Florence Pugh, as well as "Blonde" -- Netflix's Marilyn Monroe biopic with Ana de Armas. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ymrAiZu

Five Hong Kong speech therapists convicted of sedition over children's books about wolves and sheep

Five speech therapists in Hong Kong were found guilty of a conspiracy to publish seditious children's books on Wednesday, in a case that rights defenders say marks a major blow to free speech amid a tightening of civil liberties in the Chinese territory. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ECp70RX

China's number three leader to meet Putin in most senior face-to-face since Ukraine invasion, Russian state media says

China's number three leader is expected to meet in person with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of an economic forum in Vladivostok on Wednesday, in what will be the most senior-level, face-to-face meeting between the two countries since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/mQfBGbP

Liz Truss says UK can 'ride out the storm' in first speech as prime minister

Liz Truss became the third female prime minister in British history on Tuesday and pledged to immediately set about tackling the United Kingdom's spiraling cost of living crisis, saying she was confident that "together we can ride out of the storm" of economic problems facing the nation. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/92Q4aLA

What should be keeping Liz Truss awake

Liz Truss has a lot on her plate. The United Kingdom is heading for a recession. Workers are going on strike as inflation erodes their living standards. And millions of people and thousands of businesses need immediate relief from soaring energy bills to get through the winter. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/NHn8yT5

Britain's new prime minister, Liz Truss, is a political shape-shifter. Now she's set for her toughest transformation yet

Liz Truss, the next prime minister of the United Kingdom, is a political chameleon who has gone from a radical who called for the abolition of the monarchy to a flag-bearer of the Euroskeptic right wing of the Conservative Party. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/kAODNGS

Thousands of students have attended this French 'finishing school' for the far-right

The first time he walked through the doors of the Institut de Formation Politique (IFP), French student Jacques Smith noticed the cozy atmosphere and the elite feel of the place -- but mainly, that he was "surrounded by right-wing people and right-wing lecturers," he told CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/6G7Auvq

Analysis: The Queen prepares to appoint her newest PM

We're back, royal readers, and in just a few days' time the new leader of the governing Conservative Party -- and consequently, the country's next prime minister -- will be announced. As you'll recall, the Queen and politics don't usually mix, but she is involved in the transition, so let's break it down. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/UmSqADk

China may have committed 'crimes against humanity' in Xinjiang, UN report finds

China has committed "serious human rights violations" against Uyghur Muslims in its northwestern region of Xinjiang, which may amount to "crimes against humanity" according to a long-awaited report released Wednesday by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/s2paVKD