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A Malian court sentenced on Monday a prominent broadcaster and an influencer, who had both criticised the ruling junta, to seven years in jail, an AFP journalist saw. The sentences are the latest issued to Malians critical of the…
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A £5 million UK trial will test whether artificial intelligence (AI) can help aircraft avoid areas where their vapour trails are likely to contribute to global warming. The 30-month Operation Blue Skies project will use AI, satellite…
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Last summer, Representative Sara Jacobs would run up to her office to give herself injections of hormones before rushing back to Congress for a session with her fellow lawmakers. The shots were for the second round of freezing her eggs,…
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Eighteen children are among 72 people who have died after an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, police said on Saturday. The ferry overturned in strong waves on Tuesday while travelling from the town of Kariba to rural…
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Lebanon's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, a move that would make it the first country in the Middle East to formally end capital punishment. A majority of MPs in the 128-seat parliament backed the measure on Tuesday,…
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More than 2,000 people have died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since its outbreak was declared fewer than three months ago. At least 1,000 of the deaths have occurred in the last three weeks, according to…
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U.S. President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday in a new but narrower attempt to curtail birthright citizenship, once again challenging a provision of the U.S. ​Constitution even though the Supreme Court rejected his…
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Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio has appealed to Parliament to approve the Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Bill, 2025, urging lawmakers to put national interest ahead of partisan considerations. In an address to…
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More than 150 migrants have been rescued after the boat they were using to cross the Channel caught fire on Tuesday morning, French authorities have said. The boat was attempting to cross to the UK when its engine caught fire, according…
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Nigerians might be surprised to learn they live in a landlocked country and people in Ivory Coast shocked that they are southern African not West African - but that is what a map used by a US official at a recent conference showed. Not…
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