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Ireland bids farewell to singer Sinead O’Connor
Celebrities, fans and other mourners of singer Sinead O'Connor turned out Tuesday in the Irish town she once called home to pay their last respects at a poignant funeral procession ahead of her burial.Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s lawyers file legal challenge
Lawyers for former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan filed an appeal Tuesday against his conviction for graft, as he languished in a small cell in a century-old prison at the start of a three-year jail term.South America seeks roadmap to save Amazon at ‘landmark’ summit
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened what he called a "landmark" summit Tuesday, urging fellow South American leaders to chart an ambitious roadmap to save the Amazon rainforest.Russia claims strike on Ukraine command post, Kyiv says 7 civilians killed
Russia claimed Tuesday it had struck a command post in the eastern Ukraine town of Pokrovsk, as Kyiv said the missile attack had hit civilian targets and killed at least seven people. Bids for Niger talks falter as coup summit looms
Efforts by West Africa's bloc ECOWAS and the United States to parlay with Niger's new rulers made no headway on Tuesday ahead of a regional summit to mull options that include military intervention.WFP begins ‘test distribution’ of food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray
The World Food Programme has started distributing food aid in Ethiopia's war-scarred Tigray region, in a test for new monitoring measures after halting assistance over the diversion of supplies, the United Nations agency said on Tuesday.July hottest month on record: EU climate observatory
July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, the European Union's climate observatory confirmed Tuesday, warning of dire consequences.