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Central African Republic (CAR) President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has introduced a meme-coin, $CAR, to boost the country’s global profile despite its economic struggles. Meme-coins are digital assets linked to viral trends, often…
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US President Donald Trump announced that he had a "lengthy and highly productive" phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, during which they agreed to initiate negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Trump…
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Having worked in the US for more than a decade, the Indian couple who are engineers on H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers, expected their son - due on 26 February - to be born an American citizen. Employed at a large tech firm with a…
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A month after an Ebola outbreak struck Uganda in September 2022, Edward Kayiwa began feeling unwell: headaches, fever and muscle pain. He knew something was wrong, and that he had two options – go to a hospital or believe the rumours…
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The United Nations has called for efforts to prevent the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from spreading across the region. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned on Friday that the…
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Crews are still working to recover the bodies of 10 people killed in a plane crash in Alaska, officials have said. Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said the investigation into the crash was in its…
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In what has been termed a horrific report that has shocked the world, the United Nations has said that more than 100 women were raped and then burned alive after a jailbreak in the DRC. The atrocities, described as “unspeakable acts of…
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At least 17 children have died in a fire at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria, officials say. Several other pupils were injured and rushed to health centres in the town of Kauran Namoda, Zamfara state, for treatment. It is…
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In a historic and polarizing move, former President Donald J. Trump announced a sweeping policy change that would dramatically reshape the face of women’s sports in the United States. Standing before an enthusiastic crowd at a rally in…
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The trade war between the world's two biggest economies has escalated after China hit back against the introduction of tariffs by the US with measures of its own. Beijing has set out to target specific American goods with retaliatory…
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