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Tanzania’s parliament speaker resigns over national debt criticism

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Views: 3 Tanzania Parliament Speaker Job Ndugai has resigned. In a statement, Ndugai said his decision was voluntary and in consideration of the government, the country, and his party Chama Cha Mapinduzi. He thanked parliamentarians and President Samia Suluhu for their support. Ndugai’s resignation comes a few days after he apologised to President Suluhu over […]

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Kazakhstan unrest: Russian troops fly in as crackdown continues

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Views: 2 Russia-led troops arrive in Kazakhstan amid renewed violence Street battles resume in the country’s largest city, Almaty, as Russia sends in paratroopers to quell countrywide uprising. Troops are seen at the main square where hundreds of people were protesting against the government in Almaty, Kazakhstan [Mariya Gordeyeva/Reuters] IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Security forces on

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President Uhuru Kenyatta – Stopover at Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Container Terminal at the Port of Mombasa to assess the facility’s operations. Also present are Cabinet Secretaries Ukur Yatani (National Treasury) and Peter Munya (Agriculture).

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Views: 0 President Uhuru Kenyatta makes a brief stopover at the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Container Terminal at the Port of Mombasa to assess the facility’s operations. Also present are Cabinet Secretaries Ukur Yatani (National Treasury) and Peter Munya (Agriculture).

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Pope marks Epiphany, encourages people to move past ‘consumerism’

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Views: 0 On Thursday, Pope Francis criticized consumerism during a Mass celebrating Epiphany, the Catholic feast day surrounding the visit of three Magi to the infant Jesus. © Getty Images Pope marks Epiphany, encourages people to move past ‘consumerism’“Let us not give apathy and resignation the power to drive us into a cheerless and banal existence,”

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Kazakhstan regime nearing end in ‘revolution’: dissident leader

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Views: 1 The regime that has ruled Kazakhstan since the fall of the Soviet Union is nearing its end in a popular revolution where people have for the first time unified to express their anger, a France-based opposition leader said on Thursday. Mukhtar Ablyazov, a former energy minister and bank chairman wanted in his home

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Iran talks moving ‘slowly but steadily’ says Russia’s ambassador in Vienna

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Views: 5 Vienna talks continue steadily between Iran and other signatories of the original 2015 nuclear accord. On Wednesday, Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri said he believed talks were moving forward positively. He said the more serious each side takes the talks, the sooner he believed an agreement could be reached. © ALEX HALADA Russia’s envoy

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Djokovic Waits in Hotel as Lawyers Fight Australia Deportation

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Views: 1 (Bloomberg) — Lawyers for Novak Djokovic have mounted a legal challenge against Australia’s decision to refuse him entry after federal officials overruled a state vaccine exemption for the tennis star that sparked a national uproar. The tennis star, due to contest the Australian Open this month, offered insufficient proof to enter the country

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Japan extends US military support amid China, N.Korea ‘challenges’

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Views: 2 Japan moved ahead with an expansion of support to US troops as the allies held top-level talks on tensions with China and North Korea. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the two nations were signing a five-year extension of the support package provided by Japan for the hosting of nearly 50,000

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The doctors and nurses defying Myanmar’s military

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Views: 3 A significant proportion of healthcare in Myanmar is now being delivered outside state hospitals, by doctors and nurses who oppose the military and are loyal to the National Unity Government challenging the junta’s legitimacy, medical workers in the country told the BBC. Most interviewees’ names have been changed for their security. Organised resistance

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Change your car’s colour with an app: BMW unveils colour-changing car

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Views: 5 By Omar Younis © Reuters/STEVE MARCUS CES 2022 in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – German carmaker BMW has unveiled the world’s first “colour-changing” car at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The concept car, called the BMW iX Flow, uses electronic ink technology normally found in e-readers to transform the car’s

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