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Mozambique’s President urges an end to deadly protests against recent election results/in /by
President Filipe Nyusi on Tuesday called for an end to demonstrations agains recent election results, which have so far resulted in more than a dozen deaths. Also Tuesday, crowds took to the streets to denounce the heavy-handed police reponse to protests. Officials warn they may deploy the army.
Meet Haggis, a newborn pygmy hippo at Edinburgh’s zoo/in /by
Haggis was born on 30 October to parents Otto and Gloria.
Kenya, China hold bilateral talks in Nairobi, as Kenya requests China’s support to join BRICS/in /by
Kenya's president William Ruto welcomed a top Chinese official, Li Xi, for talks in Nairobi on Monday. The two nations are collaborating on development projects; Kenya has also requested China's support to join the BRICS group of emerging economies.
Survivors sought and village evacuations in wake of deadly Lewotobi volcano eruptions/in /by
Rescuers search for survivors on Indonesia's Flores Island after Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki’s eruption killed nine, displaced over 2,400, and devastated nearby villages.
Slavery: UK does not want ‘money transfer’ as reparation/in /by
Britain’s foreign secretary said Monday that reparations for the U.K.'s role in the slave trade are not about the “transfer of cash” and reiterated his country's position that leans toward focusing on the future.
South Africa: Prince William meets young environmentalists/in /by
The Prince of Wales' first engagement was at Rooftop in Cape Town. He joined more than 100 young environmentalists aged between 18 and 35.
Kenyan man is convicted of plotting a 9/11-style attack on the US/in /by
A federal jury in Manhattan found Cholo Abdi Abdullah guilty on all six counts he faced for conspiring to hijack an aircraft and slam it into a building, according to court records.
Equatorial Guinea official arrested over 400 sex tapes with President’s sister, high-profile women/in /by
mong the people implicated in the recordings are high-ranking officials' spouses, including the wife of the Director General of Police, close family members, and relatives of senior government figures, including the sister of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and spouses of multiple ministers.
US: Washington barricaded as election anxiety mounts/in /by
Federal and local authorities fear scenes reminiscent of the deadly assault on the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
US: Harris, Trump tie in first vote on election day/in /by
The tiny New Hampshire resort town Dixville Notch has a tradition that dates back to 1960 for being the first in the nation to complete in-person voting.