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President Joe Biden’s approval rating lingers at 40%, economy remains top worry
US President Joe Biden’s public approval rating held steady at 40% in early July, close to the lowest levels of…
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Countries agree to extend digital services tax freeze through 2024
With the exception of Canada, countries with digital services taxes have agreed to hold off applying them for at least…
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Sudan’s army-aligned foreign ministry rejects East African peace bid
Sudan’s army-aligned foreign ministry on Tuesday rejected a regional summit’s proposal to consider deploying peacekeeping forces to protect civilians, dashing…
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Eastern African bloc seeks summit to deploy regional force in Sudan
An eastern African bloc called on Monday for a regional summit to consider deploying troops into Sudan to protect civilians,…
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Elon Musk challenges Mark Zuckerberg to a pen!s measuring contest
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk challenged Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg after he launched the new platform Threads. On his Twitter account,…
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FBI to probe fraud, corruption charges against Mozambique’s former finance minister
South Africa is expected to hand over the former Mozambican Finance Minister, Manuel Chang, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
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Russia launches air attack on Kyiv hours before NATO summit
Russia launched an overnight air strike on Kyiv in early hours on Tuesday, Ukraine’s military said, just hours before the…
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Markets rise as China pledges fresh property support
Stock markets rose Tuesday, with Hong Kong and Shanghai lifted by China moves to support its struggling property sector and…
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NATO meets to agree next steps in Ukraine membership push
NATO leaders met Tuesday in Vilnius vowing to send a positive signal to Ukraine on its quest to join the…
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Senegal’s lone developer fights to revive photography with film
From a concrete jetty on Dakar’s sun-baked coastline, Senegalese photographer Amy Saar clicked the shutter of her vintage Pentax camera,…
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Ukrainian forces advance in south: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Ukrainian troops pressed on with their campaign to recapture Russian-held areas in the southeast on Sunday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
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President Joe Biden visits Britain ahead of NATO summit
President Joe Biden met Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on a flying visit to London on Monday, as both readied to…
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Six killed in kindergarten attack in China
A 25-year-old man was suspected of attacking a kindergarten in China’s Guangdong province on Monday, killing six people and injuring…
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At least 300 migrants missing at sea near Spanish Canary Islands
At least 300 people who were traveling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands have disappeared, migrant…
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Apartment building collapse kills 14 in Brazil
A residential building collapse in northeastern Brazil killed 14 people, civil defense officials said on Saturday, as the last missing…
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UN secretary-general condemns air strike that killed at least 22 people in Sudan
United Nations’ Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the air strike that reportedly killed at least 22 people in Sudan on Saturday,…
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Libya says Rome has lifted civil aviation ban in Italian airspace
Italy has lifted a 10-year-long ban on Libyan civil aviation using Italian airspace, with flights due to resume from September,…
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France protesters defy bans to rally against police violence
Around 2,000 people defied a ban to join a memorial rally in central Paris Saturday for a young black man…
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Japan marks one year since former leader Abe’s killing
Japan on Saturday marked a year since the shock assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the country’s longest-serving leader…
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China hits tech firms with hefty fines as crackdown draws to close
Chinese regulators said they had fined fintech giant Ant Group almost $1-billion for “illegal acts” and handed an affiliate of…
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