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Nigeria: Police fire tear gas in ‘democracy day’ protests
Nigerian police have fired tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in Lagos and the capital, Abuja, with reports of arrests and injuries.
Activists had called for nationwide protests on Saturday on Democracy Day, which marks…
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Trump Calls Bitcoin ‘A Scam’
Former US President Donald Trump has told Fox Business that he sees Bitcoin as a "scam" affecting the value of the US dollar.
"Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam," Mr Trump said. "I don't like it because it's another currency competing…
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Salvadoran woman freed from jail after 30-year abortion sentence
A Salvadoran woman who had served nearly a third of her 30-year prison sentence on charges of terminating her pregnancy and violating El Salvador's harsh abortion ban was released on Monday, activists said.
Sara Rogel was arrested in…
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130 people killed in Burkina Faso attack
Armed men have killed over 132 people in an attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, the country's worst attack in recent years, the government says.
Homes and the local market were burned during the overnight raid on Solhan.
No…
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The Rise And Fall Of A Drug Kingpin’s Wife
Emma Coronel Aispuro had a glamorous life in New York, enjoying the benefits of her marriage to drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka El Chapo. Then she was arrested, and thrown in a Virginia jail. What happened to the queen of the…
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How Zimbabwe is still haunted by Robert Mugabe
In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe writes that long-serving ruler Robert Mugabe, who died in 2019, seems to be causing trouble from beyond the grave.
Robert Mugabe's relatives say he…
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The dancer aged 106 who bans the word ‘old’
At 106, Eileen Kramer seems more productive than ever.
She writes a story a day from her Sydney aged-care facility, publishes books and has entered Australia's most prestigious painting competition.
After decades living abroad, Ms…
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Uganda Minister shot in assassination attempt
Gunmen have attacked and wounded Uganda's Transport Minister and former army commander, Gen Katumba Wamala, killing his daughter and driver.
Witnesses say men on motorbikes fired several shots at their vehicle near their home in the…
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Haiti malnutrition surges amid covid and violence
Severe acute childhood malnutrition is expected to more than double this year in Haiti amid the pandemic, rising crime and low resources, Unicef says.
More than 86,000 children under the age of five could be affected, compared to 41,000…
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Passenger attacks US flight attendant
A video from a recent Southwest flight from Sacramento to San Diego captured a passenger attacking a flight attendant, leaving the attendant’s face bloodied and causing her to lose two teeth. The video shows the passenger, 28-year-old…
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