DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of Chad’s military government met Saturday with Qatar’s ruling emir after months of talks between Chadian forces and rebel factions, hosted by the Arab country. Chad’s Gen. Mahamat Idriss Deby spoke with Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Footage from […]
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Kenya election 2022: How a murder haunts the poll
Chris Msando, head of technology at Kenya’s electoral commission, was murdered five years ago A bungled poll and the gruesome murder of a senior official in charge of voting technology in 2017 still haunts Kenya, ahead of the elections next week. The chairman of the independent electoral commission has repeatedly […]
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Migrants targeted in South Africa after gang rape outrage
The homes belonging to people suspected of being in the country illegally were set alight Residents of a South African township near Johannesburg have set ablaze the homes of migrants they believe are illegally working in disused local mines. There has been widespread anger after a large group of miners […]
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UN says nearly 12 million facing acute hunger in Sudan
CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations painted a grim picture for Sudan’s humanitarian situation, saying Wednesday that almost a quarter of the country’s population was inching toward starvation amid a dire shortage of funding. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that 11.7 million people were facing […]
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Africa lays out goals ahead of UN climate summit
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — African officials outlined their priorities for the upcoming U.N. climate summit, including a push to make heavily polluting rich nations compensate poor countries for the environmental damage done to them. The continent will also focus on how countries can adapt to global warming and how the […]
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Return to nuclear deal remains the best outcome for U.S., Iran, the world – Blinken
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 1 (Reuters) – A return to the 2015 nuclear deal remains the best outcome for the United States, Iran and the world, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at global nonproliferation discussions at the United Nations on Monday. Blinken also repeated a U.S. warning that North […]
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Madagascar hunts cattle gang after 32 people killed in fires
The defence ministry says air force pilots have been asked to find the gang Army helicopters have been deployed in Madagascar to search for a criminal gang that killed at least 32 people by setting fire to their homes. The police said the people were forced inside three thatched houses […]
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On Friendship Day, Scientologists Share the Way to Happiness
“While no one can guarantee that anyone else can be happy, their chances of survival and happiness can be improved. And with theirs, yours will be.”—L. Ron Hubbard LOS ANGELES, July 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — July 30 is set aside by the United Nations as International Day of Friendship. There […]
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U.N. nuclear conference on tap, with Ukraine plant in “alarming” state
United Nations — On Monday, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres will be among those expected to gather at United Nations headquarters in New York for the tenth annual review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The […]
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China backs away from growth goal, sticks to virus controls
BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders effectively acknowledged the struggling economy won’t hit its official 5.5% growth target this year and said Thursday they will try to prop up sagging consumer demand but will stick to strict anti-COVID-19 tactics that disrupted manufacturing and trade. The announcement after a Communist Party planning […]