World News: 06 July 2022

EU lawmakers back gas, nuclear energy as sustainable
As the EU wants to set the best global standards in the fight against climate change, the decision could tarnish the bloc's image and question the region's commitment to reaching climate neutrality by 2050.

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India to supply fuel to Sri Lanka only after advance payment
The larger South Asian neighbor stopped supplying gasoline and diesel on credit after the island nation ran out of dollars to purchase fuels amid its worst economic crisis.

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Pope to give women a say in appointment of bishops
In addition, Francis has named Nathalie Becquart, a French member of the Xaviere Missionary Sisters, as co-undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, which prepares major meetings of world bishops held every few years.

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Congo and Rwanda to begin talks amid tensions over insurgency
The two neighbors have been locking horns since the M23 rebel group began a major offensive in Congo’s eastern borderlands at the end of March.

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Fewer chickpeas means cheap protein and hummus could be harder to find
Chickpeas are made into hummus, flour, soups, stews and curries. While they are growing in popularity in the United States, they have long been key to the diets of people in India and the Middle East - places that are already struggling to cover rising costs of food imports.

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Mexico leader to end daylight saving, keep “God’s clock”
The change would mean central Mexican time, which covers most of the country, potentially could be permanently two hours behind the east coast of the United States; it is now one hour behind for most of the year.

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