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2,500 Youth To Benefit From Elevate Season Three!

Kampala, 16.3.2022; Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Uganda, in partnership with Boundless Minds, has today launched season III of the Elevate program aimed at promoting economic inclusion of young people by empowering them through mentorship. One of the beneficieries sharing her testimonial Elevate Season three is designed to fill the vacuum created by the Covid-19 […]

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ABC News:Kidnapped Ukrainian mayor freed in ‘special operation,’ officials say

The mayor of an occupied Ukrainian city allegedly kidnapped by Russian forces last week has been freed, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday. Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov was freed from captivity in a “special operation,” according to Kirilo Timoshenko, an advisor to Ukraine’s presidential office. Timoshenko did not provide any further details. Melitopol has been occupied since

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Reuters:U.S. weighs dropping Iran’s IRGC from terrorism list -source

(Reuters) – The United States is considering removing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards from its foreign terrorist organization blacklist in return for Iranian assurances about reining in the elite force, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The source said Washington had not decided what might be an acceptable commitment from Tehran in exchange for

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Reuters: N.Korea silent after reported missile explosion over Pyongyang

SEOUL (Reuters) – More than 24 hours after a missile test reportedly ended in a fiery failure over Pyongyang on Wednesday, North Korea had yet to say anything about the incident. South Korea said a presumed ballistic missile exploded mid-air shortly after it was launched from the international airport near Pyongyang on Wednesday morning.North Korea’s

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The Hill:Biden administration mulls providing Ukraine Switchblade ‘killer’ drones

  The Biden administration is weighing supplying Ukraine with killer drones called Switchblades that can pinpoint personnel and military equipment accurately, NBC News reported, citing two congressional officials briefed on the matter.© Associated Press/Mstyslav Chernov Biden administration mulls providing Ukraine Switchblade ‘killer’ dronesManufacturer AeroVironment has previously sold two types of Switchblades to the U.S. Special Operations Command:

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ABC News Strong earthquake hits Japan, at least 97 injured and 4 deaths reported

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan late Wednesday, triggering a tsunami threat and leaving more than 2 million households without electricity, officials said. Preliminary reports put it at a 7.3 magnitude. The earthquake occurred just off the coast from Fukushima.At least 97 people were injured in multiple prefectures of Japan, and four

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Reuters:UN agency urges advanced countries to offer protection to all refugees in need

By Kanishka Singh © Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch FILE PHOTO: People fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine arrive at border checkpoint in Medyka(Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed the response by advanced countries to the Ukrainian refugee crisis and urged them to act in a similar way towards refugees from other war zones, regardless of nationality,

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Metro: Putin issues warning to ‘scum traitors’ who Russia will ‘spit out like a midge’

© Provided by Metro Vladimir Putin says the west is trying to use Russian citizens to destabilise the country from within (Picture: Tass) Vladimir Putin has accused the west of trying to ‘violate’ and ‘dismember’ Russia in a bizarre rant that also threatened ‘scum traitors’ from within his own country who will be ‘spat out like a midge’.

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USA TODAY SPORTS:Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Martina Navratilova weigh in on Naomi Osaka heckling at Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. —  While BNP Paribas Open officials said on Monday that they have closed the book on a heckling incident Saturday evening that brought Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka to tears, some of the sport’s other big stars are continuing the discussion in post-match news conferences. The tournament said that security was unable to locate,

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AFP: Russian pianist calls for power to be cut to Kyiv

Famed Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky has shocked the classical world after calling for pressure to be increased on Ukraine by cutting power to the capital Kyiv. © FRANK PERRY Boris Berezovsky says Western media tell ‘pure lies’“I have a naive question… I understand that we take pity on them, that we do things delicately, but could

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