London, Mercedes will not appeal the outcome of last Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is Formula One world champion, the team said in a statement on Thursday. Verstappen, 24, took the title after overtaking Merc…
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UN says hunger on the rise in the Arab world; Somalia and Yemen worst-affected countries
ROME, A third of people in the 420-million-strong Arab world do not have enough to eat, the United Nations said, highlighting that 69 million suffered from malnutrition last year. In a report, the world body’s Food and Agriculture Organization said th…
Read MoreUS State Department: Terrorism Still a ‘Pervasive Threat Worldwide’
WASHINGTON — Terrorist groups remained “a persistent and pervasive threat worldwide” through last year, the U.S. State Department concluded in a new assessment on Thursday.“The United States and its partners made significant major strides against terro…
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