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Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova arrested at Ukraine border

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6 years ago

Maria Kolesnikova, one of Belarus's leading opposition figures, has been detained while trying to cross into Ukraine.

Coronavirus cases increase in 22 U.S. states

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6 years ago

Coronavirus cases are rising in 22 of the 50 U.S. states, mostly in the less-populated parts of the Midwest and…

ECOWAS gives Mali junta ultimatum to name civilian transitional president

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6 years ago

ECOWAS leaders who met in Niamey, Niger on Monday have given the military junta in Mali until Sept. 15 to…

Trump whines again about China, says America not fully developed

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6 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States was not a fully developed country and is just like…

Trump calls Joe Biden ‘stupid’

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6 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump, never known for temperate language on Monday called Joe Biden, his Democratic rival “stupid” and demanded…

Putin critic Navalny out of coma, UK summons Russian envoy

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6 years ago

Russian dissident, Alexei Navalny has improved and is now being weaned off mechanical ventilation, Charite Hospital in Germany said

Saudi Arabia lenient with Khashoggi killers

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6 years ago

A Saudi Arabian court today sentenced eight people to between seven and 20 years in prison in the 2018 killing…

Photo News: Buhari attends ECOWAS Summit in Niger

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday attended the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government…

WikiLeaks Assange’s U.S. extradition case resumes today in London

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6 years ago

The US extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Australian Julian Assange will resume at the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey…

Birmingham knife attacker arrested, faces murder charge

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6 years ago

Police in the UK city of Birmingham have arrested a 27-year-old man in connection with the horrific knife rampage in…

Egypt discovers sealed coffins 2,500 years old

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6 years ago

Egypt has announced the discovery of a collection of more than 13 intact sealed coffins, dating back to 2,500 years…

India overtakes Brazil in COVID-19 cases, now second to US

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6 years ago

India's COVID-19 cases surged past 4.2 million on Monday, overtaking Brazil as the country with the second-highest number of cases…

Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases near 1.3m

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), on Sunday, said the number of coronavirus positive cases has…

Germany slams Trump as ‘unscrupulous’

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6 years ago

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Sunday that an "unscrupulous" President Donald Trump was trying to sow doubt about the…

“Every 24 hours it’s pain” – Jacob Blake speaks from hospital bed

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Jacob Blake, the African-American shot in the back at close range by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has…

India set to topple Brazil in COVID-19 case records

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6 years ago

With another world record 90,000 cases of COVID-19 reported on Sunday, India is now set to topple Brazil as the…

Early morning stabbings in Birmingham city centre

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6 years ago

Police in the English city of Birmingham declared a “major incident” after reports that a number of people were injured…

Trump says all African nations ‘complete toilets’ in new book by Cohen

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6 years ago

In a new book out this week, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, alleges that Trump regarded…

Dozens killed by typhoon in North Korea, Kim sacks top official

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6 years ago

Dozens of people have been killed by typhoon in North Korea and a top official has been sacked by the…

Ousted Malian President Keita evacuated to UAE

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6 years ago

Ousted Malian President Boubacar Keita, was evacuated late Saturday to the United Arab Emirates for medical treatment, reports from Bamako…

Japan on full alert as typhoon approaches

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Japan has put about 22,000 of its soldiers on full alert as typhoon Haishen is expected to hit southwestern Japan…

North Carolina kicks off US election today with mail-in-voting

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6 years ago

North Carolina is kicking off the U.S. election today as it distributes ballots by post to registered voters.

Trump sees no Russian state hand in Navalny poisoning

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6 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump said he had not yet seen any direct evidence of Russian state involvement in the suspected…

Jamaica opposition leader Peter Phillips resigns after party lost election

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6 years ago

Jamaican opposition leader Peter Phillips on Friday announced his resignation, after preliminary results gave Prime Minister Andrew Holness a landslide…

Former Cook Islands prime minister dies of COVID-19

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

The Pasifika Medical Association announced on Saturday the death of Joseph Williams, a former prime minister of the Cook Islands…

192,000 Americans killed by COVID-19, to hit 200,000 in 7 days

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6 years ago

COVID-19 pandemic has now killed 192,012 Americans, with fresh 984 deaths by Friday night, according to the tracking by worldometers.info.

China mulls dumping US treasury bonds

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6 years ago

China may gradually cut its $1.074 trillion holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds and notes, Chinese newspaper Global Times reported, quoting…

President Mnangagwa approves 65 as retirement age for civil servants

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved the harmonization of the retirement age in the civil service to 65 years with…

Ex-Italian PM billionaire Berlusconi hospitalised for coronavirus

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6 years ago

Italy’s former prime minister, billionaire Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalised in Milan for further checks after testing positive for the…

More Republicans desert Trump for Biden

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6 years ago

Exactly two months to US presidential election, a group of more than 100 prominent Republicans dumped President Donald Trump and…

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