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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday refused to accept an environmental award, saying the climate movement needed people in power to start to "listen" to "science" and not awards. Thunberg had been nominated for her efforts by both Sweden and Norway and won the organisation's annual environment prize. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/34nnzZp

British MPs on Tuesday voted in favour of holding general elections on December 12 following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fourth bid to force an early poll, a day after a similar attempt was rejected by the leaders as the European Union further extended the Brexit deadline until January 31. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2BUvzEN

Britain was heading towards its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's bet on breaking the Brexit deadlock with an early ballot gained support from opposition parties on Tuesday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/34fFmBI

Scuffles initially broke out early Tuesday as the men cleared protesters from main roads, before they launched their assault on the main protest site in Beirut, where demonstrators had been camped out for nearly two weeks. Riot police raced through the streets but seemed powerless to stop the counter-protesters, who chanted Shiite religious slogans. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2qUlkhD

Lebanese PM Saad al-Hariri said he would submit his resignation on Tuesday, declaring he had hit a "dead end" in trying to resolve a crisis unleashed by protests. Lebanon has been paralysed by protests against the rampant corruption of the political class that has collectively led the country into the worst economic crisis since the 1975-90 civil war. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JwWT0a

Hamdullah Mohib, a strong critic of earlier US-Taliban negotiations that excluded his government, said the Taliban no longer operate as a cohesive body and some commanders may have joined the Islamic State group. "If the Taliban really want peace, they should prove how much control they have over their commanders and how much they really obey their commands," Mohib said at a press conference. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2q5wgIA

Germany detained the two men earlier this year under its "universal jurisdiction" laws that allow it to prosecute people for crimes against humanity committed anywhere in the world. Prosecutors said charges against the main suspect, identified as Anwar R. under Germany's privacy rules, include 58 murders and multiple sexual assaults in a Damascus prison where at least 4,000 opposition activists were tortured. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/32Z4aO6