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Gunmen kidnap dozens of children from Nigerian farm, demanding ransom
Dozens of children were abducted by gunmen from a farm in northern Katsina state and the kidnappers were demanding a ransom for their release, police and residents said on Wednesday. Katsina is the h…
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Kenya deploys troops to Congo to help end decades of bloodshed
Kenya’s President William Ruto on Wednesday officially deployed troops to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to join an East African regional force aiming to end decades of bloodshed. The seven cou…
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Malian minister says Russia will ship food and fuel to Mali in coming weeks
Mali expects Russia to send shipments of fuel, fertiliser and food worth around $100 million to Mali in the coming weeks, the West African country’s economy minister, Alousseini Sanou, said on Wednes…
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Portugal likely to scrap much-criticised ‘golden visa’ scheme, PM says
Portugal is likely to scrap its “golden visa” programme giving wealthy foreigners residence rights, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Wednesday, saying that the 10-year-old scheme had already fulf…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro does not concede to Lula, but authorizes transition
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday did not concede defeat in his first public remarks since losing Sunday’s election, saying protests by his supporters were the fruit of “indignation and a…
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North Korea fires 17 missiles; one lands off South Korean coast for first time
North Korea fired at least 17 missiles into the sea on Wednesday, including one that landed less than 60 km (40 miles) off South Korea’s coast, which the South’s President Yoon Suk-yeol described as …
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Suspected al Shabaab attackers abduct four in Kenya, including paramedics – police
Attackers suspected to be members of Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group have abducted two paramedics, plus a driver and a patient near Kenya’s border with Somalia, police said. The attackers …
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U.S. Chief Justice Roberts pauses fight over Trump tax returns
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily blocked a U.S. House of Representatives committee from gaining access to former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, effectively pausing the fi…
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Russia announces wider evacuation of occupied southern Ukraine
Russia ordered civilians to leave a swath of Ukraine along the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, a major extension of an evacuation order that Kyiv says amounts to the forced depopulation of occupied…
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Bandits abduct couple, two varsity students, 7 others in Nigeria
Suspected bandits have again invaded the Kofar Gayan area of Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted six people. A security source who spoke to DailyTrust, said the bandits invaded …