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[VIDEO NEWS] Nigeria will not postpone presidential vote – election chief
In 2019, the INEC pushed the election back by a week just hours before voting started, citing logistical issues.
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Bitzlato crypto founder charged with $700m financial crimes
Authorities have seized cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato, and arrested its co-founder, accusing the firm of fuelling a “high-tech axis of crypto crime”. The US Department of Justice charged Anatoly L…
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UK train drivers turn down pay offer, set for fresh strike next month
Britain’s ASLEF train drivers’ union said on Tuesday it had rejected a pay offer and its members would take fresh strike action on Feb. 1 and 3. Earlier this month, rail industry body the Rail Delive…
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UK police set to fire hundreds of police after officer admitted to being a serial rapist
Hundreds of officers in London are likely be sacked for sexual and domestic abuse offences, Britain’s most senior policeman said on Tuesday as he sought to regain public trust after an officer admitt…
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China sees drop in population as demographic crisis looms: first population drop in six decades
China’s population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in its citizen numbers with profound implications f…
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[VIDEO NEWS] Catholic priest burned to death, another shot in northern Nigeria
Gunmen burned a Catholic priest to death and shot and injured his colleague in northwest Nigeria on Sunday, police said, the latest violence raising concerns about security ahead of an election next …
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Authorities find black boxes of crashed aircraft carrying 72 passengers: deadliest crash in 30 years
Searchers found both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder on Monday from a passenger flight that crashed killing at least 68 people in Nepal’s worst plane accident in 30 years, officia…
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[Mursal Nabizada] Gunmen kill former Afghan MP at home in Kabul
A former Afghan MP and her bodyguard have been shot dead at her home in the capital Kabul, Afghan police have said. Mursal Nabizada, 32, was one of the few female MPs who stayed in Kabul after the Ta…
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Zimbabwe police arrest 25 opposition members ahead of presidential election
Zimbabwean police on Saturday fired teargas at an opposition party gathering in Harare and arrested 25 of its members, including two members of parliament, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) sai…
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Russian strike on Ukrainian city of Dnipro rises to 25
The death toll from a Russian airstrike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 25, according to local officials. The strike occurred on Saturday night, when a Russian warplane fired missiles at…