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Twitter Blocks New York Times By Mistake
Twitter has acknowledged that a day-long block of one of the New York Times's accounts was imposed in error.
The @nytimesworld team, which covers international events, has about 1.9 million followers and is recognised by the social…
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China Jails Taiwan Activist For ‘Subversion’
A Chinese court has sentenced a Taiwanese activist to five years in jail for "subverting state power".
Lee Ming-che went on trial in September for attempting to promote multi-party democracy in group messaging chats.
His case has…
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Volcanic Ash Keeps Bali International Airport Closed For Second Time
Indonesian officials have shut the international airport in Bali for a second day, as Mount Agung spews volcanic ash into the atmosphere.
Massive plumes of dark ash were seen reaching as high as 3km (2 miles) above the summit of the…
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Macron To Visit Burkina, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana In first Africa Tour
French President Emmanuel Macron starts his first tour of Africa on Monday. He is to visit Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana in an effort to revitalise France's image on the continent.
Macron's advisers say he hopes to…
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Kenyatta Sworn In For New Term
Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in for a second term as president of Kenya at a ceremony in the capital, Nairobi, boycotted by the opposition.
The ceremony took place in a packed stadium with police driving back other Kenyatta supporters…
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The Inside Story Of Mugabe’s Downfall
Reuters has pieced together the events leading up to Mugabe’s removal, showing that the army’s action was the culmination of months of planning that stretched from Harare to Johannesburg to Beijing.
BITTER RIVALRY
Drawing on a trove of…
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Deadly Blast Rocks Chinese City
At least two people have been killed and dozens more injured in an explosion in the eastern Chinese port city of Ningbo, local officials say.
The blast is said to have occurred at a factory at about 09:00 (01:00 GMT) in the city's Jiangbei…
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Boat Sinks Off Libya, Killing At Least 31
At least 31 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Saturday.
They had been trying to cross the Mediterranean along with another boat. Children were among the dead.
Some 60 people were rescued from the…
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Dubai Security Chief Calls For Bombing Of Al Jazeera
A senior security official in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sparked outrage after calling for the bombing of Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based media network.
In a series of posts of Twitter on Friday, Dubai Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan…
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Donald Trump Says He Turned Down Time’s Person Of The Year
Time Magazine is disputing US President Donald Trump’s account of how he rejected a request for an interview and photo shoot ahead of its Person of the Year issue.
On Friday, Mr Trump tweeted that Time had called to say he was “probably”…
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