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Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘nuclear blackmail’ over Zaporizhzhia plant
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia on Thursday of “nuclear blackmail” over its seizure of the Zaporizhzhia power plant in southern Ukraine. Russia captured the plant in March, sho…
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French author Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature
French author Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”, …
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UK nurses rollout biggest strike ballot on pay-rise deman
More than 300,000 members of Britain’s largest nursing union will begin voting on Thursday over a strike to demand a pay rise that keeps up with soaring inflation, the biggest ballot in its 106-year …
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Thai former police officer kills 34 at day-care centre, including wife and child
Thirty-four people were killed in Thailand on Thursday in a mass shooting at a day-care centre by a former policeman who killed his wife and child before shooting himself dead, police said. There wer…
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[Nigeria train attack] Military says last hostages freed from terrorists
Nigeria’s military has secured the release of the remaining 23 hostages from a train attack by gunmen in northern Kaduna state in March, which saw dozens kidnapped and six others killed, a defence of…
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Africa50 announces agreement to invest in Holged Group
Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, has entered into an agreement to invest in Holged Group (Holged) subject to approval by Morocco’s Competition Council. The investment wil…
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Putin officially annexes 15% of Ukraine as the West spit empty threats
President Vladimir Putin completed the formal annexation of more than 15% of Ukraine on Wednesday just as Russian forces battled to halt Ukrainian counter-offensives across swathes of the territory. …
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Ethiopia accepts African Union invitation to peace talks
Ethiopia’s government has accepted an invitation by the African Union to participate in peace talks aimed at ending a two-year conflict with rival Tigray forces, the prime minister’s national securit…
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ECOWAS mediator ‘satisfied’ after meeting Burkina Faso new military leader
The mediator sent to Burkina Faso by West Africa’s main political and economic bloc ECOWAS, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Tuesday said he was satisfied by a meeting with the country’s new military leader Ib…
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Britain warns Russia of consequences for any nuclear weapon use in Ukraine
Britain’s foreign minister James Cleverly on Tuesday said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s sequence of strategic errors must stop and that any use of nuclear weapons would lead to consequences. Put…