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1.2KEND OF AN ERA: Lionel Messi set to leave Barcelona after contract talks fail
Barcelona have announced that Lionel Messi will leave the club after financial problems prevented them from agreeing a new contract with the...
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939China pledges two billion vaccine doses to world
BEIJING, CHINA: The People’s Republic of China will “strive to provide” two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to the world this year and...
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1.4K4 billion anti-Covid shots injected worldwide
Although more than four billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been administered around the world, poorer countries are still struggling to secure...
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988Coronavirus forces four athletes out of Tokyo Olympics
Four competitors including a shooting world number one saw their Tokyo Olympic dreams dashed on Wednesday after testing positive for the coronavirus....
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1.1KSouth Africa Protests: Death toll reaches 45 after Soweto looting stampede
Stores in two South African provinces were ransacked on Tuesday for a fifth consecutive day, hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed troops...
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1.5KMessi wins first major trophy as Argentina beat Brazil 1-0 to claim Copa America title
RIO DE JANEIRO | BRAZIL: Argentina won its first major title in 28 years after a 1-0 win against hosts Brazil and...
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1.4KJovenel Moise: Haitian president shot dead at home overnight
Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse has been killed in an attack on his home in the nation’s capital, according to the country’s interim...
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1.7KWorld Bank, AU partner to vaccinate 400m Africans
The World Bank and African Union have partnered to support the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) initiative with resources to allow countries to...
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6.6KWho is the poorest person in the world? Meet Jerome Kerviel
The hunt for wealth is an endless struggle that involves both rich and poor individuals alike. Several publications that maintain a close...
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653Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu ousted from office, opposition takes control
JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament has approved a new coalition government that sent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the opposition after a record 12...
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2.6KMore than 1,100 arrested over cryptocurrency money laundering
China has arrested more than a thousand people for using the profits from crime to buy cryptocurrencies, security officials said, as part...
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1.3KUAE bans entry on travelers from Uganda over Covid-19 scare
DUBAI | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: The UAE has suspended the entry of travellers from Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and...
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4.6KVIDEO: Man slaps French President Emmanuel Macron in the face
French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers during a visit...
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1.2KTeen dies in TikTok fake suicide stunt gone wrong
Hamidullah, 19, who police said was well-known locally on social media, held a friend's pistol to his temple and pulled the trigger,...
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1.9KVeteran Journalist Shaka Ssali officially retires after 20 years on VOA’s Straight Talk Africa
Veteran Voice of America (VOA) journalist Shaka Ssali has officially retired after 20 years of hosting the famous Straight Talk Africa. VOA...
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1.3KBill Gates left Microsoft board amid probe into relationship with employee
Bill Gates left the Microsoft board in 2020 as the board pursued an investigation into the billionaire’s romantic relationship with a female...
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1.8KUN Secretary General congratulates Museveni on his new term
The United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has congratulated President Yoweri Museveni upon his inauguration as President of the Republic of...
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1.2KRussia’s Putin snubs Museveni’s invitation for the swearing-in ceremony
Russian head of state, Vladimir Putin has said he will not be attending the swearing-in ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday....
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1.0KFormer LRA Rebel Commander Ongwen sentenced to 25 years in jail
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has on Thursday, May 06, sentenced the former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander, Dominic Ongwen to 25...
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1.6KUganda’s Dennis Matanda Appointed Director on US House Subcommittee on Africa
WASHINGTON – Ugandan business expert Dennis Matanda has been appointed Staff Director of the United States House Subcommittee on Africa. Matanda was...
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944Armed person shot trying to enter CIA headquarters
An armed person was shot by FBI agents Monday after a standoff of several hours at the entry gate to the CIA...
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1.2KBill and Melinda Gates divorce after 27 years of marriage
Bill and Melinda Gates have announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage, saying “we no longer believe we can grow together...
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1.9KIndia’s COVID crisis ‘beyond heartbreaking’ with new global record for daily cases
India has set a new global record for a rise in daily coronavirus cases for a fifth straight day, while deaths from...
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1.1KDaniel Kaluuya wins Oscar Award for Best Supporting in Judas and the Black Messiah
Daniel Kaluuya has won the best supporting actor Oscar for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah at the Academy Awards...
