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Argentine President Javier Milei has denied promoting a newly launched cryptocurrency which collapsed shortly after he mentioned it in a social media post on Friday. The cryptocoin $Libra quickly rose in value before nosediving, causing…
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Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa. The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims. He was…
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Liberian President Joseph Boakai has suspended more than 450 top government officials for failing to declare their assets to the anti-corruption agency. They will be off work without pay for a month or "until they submit the required…
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More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali on Saturday. The collapse took place near Kenieba, in Mali's western, gold-rich Kayes region. The victims had climbed into open-pit areas left…
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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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