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Hundreds feared dead as quake hits Myanmar and Thailand, with dozens trapped in collapsed Bangkok building
This earthquake could “not have come at a worst time for Myanmar”, Joe Freeman, Amnesty International’s Myanmar researcher, tells me.…
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DR Congo army says M23 reinforcing in area it vowed to leave
The Congolese armed forces (FARDC) said in a statement that they were continuing to refrain from carrying out “offensive actions”…
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Trump names media critic as ambassador to South Africa
President Donald Trump on Wednesday named a right-wing media critic as the US ambassador to South Africa, at a time…
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Building tension and violence threatens to unravel the peace deal that halted ethnic conflict in 2018.
South Sudan is on the brink of a renewed civil war as violence between rival factions escalates, the United Nations has warned.…
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EAC, Sadc leaders double down on diplomacy in Congo crisis
Leaders of the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) blocs have ruled out the use…
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Coventry elected as IOC’s first female president
Zimbabwe’s sports minister Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first…
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Trump to order dismantling of US education department
US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday that aims to dismantle the Department of Education, the…
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Florida judge denies Pulitzer Board’s bid to stay defamation lawsuit from Trump
A Florida circuit judge on Monday denied the Pulitzer Board’s request to pause a defamation lawsuit from Donald Trump until…
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The world’s most valuable tech company APPLE has a problem it can’t easily solve
When Apple unveiled its revamped Siri last June, the company called it “the start of a new era” for the…
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The Fed holds interest rates steady, points to weaker growth and higher inflation amid Trump trade war
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept interest rates unchanged as central bank officials weigh the impact of President Donald Trump’s…
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