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Global perceptions of US fall below China

NEW YORK, May 12 (Reuters): Global perceptions of the United States have deteriorated across the world over the past year and are now worse than views of China, according to an annual study of perceptions of democracy published on Monday.The survey did not go into details on the criteria used,...

Gaza faces 'critical risk of famine', says UN

PARIS, May 12 (AFP/Reuters): Gaza is at "critical risk of famine", with 22 percent of the population facing an imminent humanitarian "catastrophe" after more than two months of an aid blockade by Israel, a food security monitor warned Monday.Gaza's entire population of around 2.4 million people is at risk of...

Kurdish PKK disbands, ends 40-yr Turkey insurgency

ANKARA, May 12 (Reuters): The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with the Turkish state for more than four decades, decided to disband and end its armed struggle, a news agency close to the group reported on Monday.The PKK's decision could boost NATO...

South Korea's Yoon in court again for criminal trial

SEOUL, May 12 (AFP): South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in court Monday for another hearing in his criminal trial after filing past waiting journalists, as he defends himself against insurrection charges over his declaration of martial law.Yoon was formally stripped of office last month after being impeached...

Ex-UK Special Forces break silence on 'war crimes' by colleagues

LONDON, May 12 (BBC): Former members of UK Special Forces have broken years of silence to give BBC Panorama eyewitness accounts of alleged war crimes committed by colleagues in Iraq and Afghanistan.Giving their accounts publicly for the first time, the veterans described seeing members of the SAS murder unarmed people...

UK lab promises air-con revolution sans polluting gases

CAMBRIDGE, May 12 (AFP): The soft, waxy "solid refrigerant" being investigated in a UK laboratory may not look very exciting, but its unusual properties promise an air-conditioning revolution that could eliminate the need for greenhouse gases.The substance's temperature can vary by more than 50 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit) under...