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Court jails Egyptian former presidential candidate for 15 years
An Egyptian court sentenced former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and several prominent figures from the banned Muslim Brotherhood to lengthy jail terms on Sunday on accusations inc…
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Trump loses bid to thwart New York AG’s probe of his businesses
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday lost a bid to stop New York state Attorney General Letitia James’ probe of his business practices, allowing the three-year investigation to move forward. …
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[Photos] Biden grieves with Texas town as anger mounts over school shooting
President Joe Biden tried to comfort families in the south Texas town of Uvalde on Sunday after the nation’s deadliest school shooting in a decade as federal officials announced they would review loc…
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Ex-VP of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar emerges Presidential Candidate for 2023 Election
Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has again emerged as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Abubakar defeated 12 other candidates in a keenly contested …
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Former exec sues CIBC for $1 million over sexual, racial discrimination
The London office of one of Canada’s top banks Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has been accused of operating a hostile and degrading environment for women, according to a discrimination cla…
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America’s biggest gun lobby to hold major gathering in shadow of mass shootings
America’s biggest gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, pressed ahead with preparations for its annual gathering starting on Friday in Houston, just 280 miles (450 km) from the scene of the coun…
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Texas doctor says it’s ‘crushing’ as she treats mass shooting victims for second time
A trauma doctor tending to three children wounded in the school shooting in the Texas city of Uvalde said it is “crushing” to treat victims of the second mass shooting in the area within the last fiv…
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Ethiopian rights body seeks release of 16 detained journalists
Ethiopia’s state-appointed human rights body called on Friday for the release of 16 journalists and media personnel after new arrests in recent days in the capital Addis Ababa and the restive region …
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‘Stop playing’ with Russia, end the war – Overwhelmed Zelenskiy tells West
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to stop playing around with Russia and impose tougher sanctions on it to end its “senseless war” in Ukraine, adding that his country would remain independ…
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Burkina Faso seizes record 115 kg of cocaine from vehicle
Customs officers in Burkina Faso seized a record haul of around 115 kilograms of cocaine worth more than $11.5 million last week, the directorate general of customs said in a statement on Wednesday. …