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Rapper A$AP Rocky acquitted in gun assault case
A$AP Rocky embraced his partner, Rihanna, in a jubilant moment on Tuesday after a Los Angeles courtroom read the not-guilty verdict in his gun assault case. The rapper, whose legal name is Rakim Maye…
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15 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research projects in peril over USAID funding cut
Fifteen different research projects being implemented by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are on the verge of “extinction” following cutbacks in America’s foreign aid agency …
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Brazil’s ex President Jair Bolsonaro charged over purported coup plot
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged by the country’s chief prosecutor with attempting a coup after he was defeated in the 2022 presidential election. The 69-year-old was handed…
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All passengers and crew survive plane crash at Toronto airport
All passengers and crew on a flight which crashed and overturned while landing at Toronto Pearson Airport in Canada have survived, the airport’s chief executive said. “We are very grateful there was …
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Nine confirmed dead in US floods and heavy rainfall
At least nine people have died over the weekend as heavy rainfall and flooding ravaged parts of the southeastern US, submerging roads and homes. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear confirmed that eight fa…
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Zelensky insists on Ukraine’s involvement in any peace deal
Ukraine will not accept any peace deal proposed by the US and Russia without its direct involvement, President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned. His statement follows reports that Donald Trump and Vladi…
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Liberian president, Joseph Boakai suspends hundreds of officials over asset declaration failure
Liberian President Joseph Boakai has suspended more than 450 top government officials, including ministers, for failing to declare their assets to the anti-corruption agency. They will be off work wi…
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Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has unearth thousands of new files on JFK assassination
The FBI has announced the discovery of thousands of records related to the assassination of John F Kennedy following searches undertaken to comply with an executive order by United States President D…
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World Bank alert Ghana against premature return to International capital market
World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, Robert Taliercio, has warned Ghana against rushing back to international capital markets, describing such a move as premature and pot…
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Hundreds died in Bangladesh detention after revolution: rights group
At least a dozen people died in detention in Bangladesh since last year’s revolution, including by torture and gunshot wounds, a rights group said Wednesday. Odhikar, one of the South Asian nation’s …