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US Gov’t Partially Shuts Down Over Border Wall Row
A partial US government shutdown has taken effect after US lawmakers failed to break a budget impasse.
Mr Trump, who has to sign off any deal, is insisting at least $5bn (£4bn) in funding be included for his long-promised wall along the…
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US Defence Secretary James Mattis Announces Resignation
US Defence Secretary James Mattis is resigning, the latest in a string of senior US officials to do so.
His announcement came a day after President Trump said he was withdrawing troops from Syria – a decision General Mattis is understood…
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US Syria Pullout ‘Will Enable IS Return’
A Kurdish-led alliance in Syria says President Donald Trump's surprise decision to withdraw US troops will allow the Islamic State (IS) group to recover.
A statement from the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) warned of a military vacuum that…
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New British Law Bans Ivory Sales
A new British law banning all ivory sales has been welcomed by a dozen African states, and by campaigners who say poachers have been using the legal trade in antique ivory to cover their own activities.
The law has been described as the…
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Nomads and Farmers in Fight for Nigeria’s Heartland
A Reuters analysis of land use data shows how a massive expansion of farming in Nigeria’s Middle Belt has cut access to grazing land for nomadic herders and fueled persistent violence.
If the coming dry season in Nigeria follows the…
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Gatwick Airport: Drones Ground Flights
Tens of thousands of passengers have been disrupted by drones flying over one of the UK's busiest airports.
Gatwick's runway has been shut since Wednesday night, when two devices were seen flying over the perimeter fence.
The airport…
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US Passes First Anti-Lynching Law After Senate Vote
The United States Senate has unanimously approved a bill to make lynching a federal crime in the country.
Three black senators introduced the bill in June to allow lynching to be charged as a hate crime alongside existing crimes such as…
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Morocco Murders: Three Arrested Over ‘Bestial’ Tourist Killings
The "bestial" murder of two young women in Morocco is being investigated as a terrorism attack, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said.
Three men were arrested on Thursday over the murder of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from…
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Uganda’s President Says Miss World Africa Should Flaunt Natural Hair
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has criticised the newly crowned Miss World Africa for "wearing Indian hair".
Tweeting a photo with fellow Ugandan Quinn Abenakyo shortly after her pageant win, he said "we must show African beauty in its…
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What’s at Stake in Congo’s Presidential Election?
Democratic Republic of Congo will vote on Dec. 23 in a long-delayed election that could enable the vast Central African country’s first democratic transfer of power since independence from Belgium in 1960.
Congolese hope the election can…
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