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The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, has reiterated the Commission’s unwavering commitment to staff welfare and financial integrity following a courtesy visit by a delegation from the ECOWAS Staff Mutual…
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People protesting against Tesla should be labelled domestic terrorists, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday at a White House media event designed to bolster Elon Musk's electric car company. Trump sat in the driver's seat of a…
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A requirement for a High Court judge to approve assisted dying cases has been scrapped, prompting criticism from opponents. MPs on the parliamentary committee scrutinising the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill last night voted to…
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Chinese hotpot giant Haidilao said it would compensate over 4,000 diners who had visited one of its outlets in Shanghai after two diners urinated into their hotpot broth. A video showing two men urinating into the broth of their hotpot…
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Philippine police have arrested former president Rodrigo Duterte after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over his deadly "war on drugs". The 79-year-old was taken into police…
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A Kenyan man, Collins Letting, has been arrested for setting up and running an illegal police station for six months in Chebarus, Uasin Gishu County. The facility, painted in police colours, had detention cells and an office, and was…
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The Democratic Republic of Congo government has offered a reward of $5m (£4m) for help arresting three leaders of a rebel group which has seized much of the east of the country this year. Corneille Nangaa, a former head of DR Congo's…
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Syria 's leader Ahmed Sharaa has called for peace after days of clashes where Syrian security forces allegedly killed hundreds of civilians from the Alawite religious minority. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) -…
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China has warned the US it is ready to fight "any type" of war after hitting back against President Donald Trump's mounting trade tariffs. The world's top two economies have edged closer to a trade war after Trump slapped more tariffs on…
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A new part of the immune system has been discovered and it is a goldmine of potential antibiotics, scientists have said. They've shown a part of the body known to recycle proteins has a secret mode that can spew out an arsenal of…
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