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British PM under fire over video of staff joking about lockdown party

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British PM under fire over video of staff joking about lockdown party

Bode December 8, 2021

UK PM, Boris Johnson British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under fire Wednesday after a video emerged of his senior aides joking about holding a Christmas party at Downing Street last year when social gatherings were banned under Covid rules. The government has been accused repeatedly of hypocrisy over...

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Helicopter carrying India’s Chief of Defense Staff crashes in Tamil Nadu

Bode December 8, 2021

A helicopter carrying India’s Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and other officials crashed Wednesday in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, officials said. The helicopter crashed at Nilgiris district’s Coonoor area, about 538 km southwest of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. Officials have not...

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Saudi Paris Embassy says arrested suspect has no link to Khashoggi case

Bode December 8, 2021

The Saudi embassy in Paris said Tuesday that a Saudi national arrested as a suspect in the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has no connection with the case. French police earlier Tuesday arrested a man suspected of being a member of the hit squad that murdered Khashoggi at...

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U.S. hits Ugandan military intelligence chief with sanctions over ‘egregious’ abuses

Bode December 8, 2021

The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed financial sanctions on Uganda’s chief of military intelligence, Major General Abel Kandiho, over alleged human rights abuses committed under his watch. Uganda’s military said it was disappointed by the decision and would seek clarification from Washington, for whom Kampala has been a security...

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Biden, Putin meet virtually amid heightened tensions over Ukraine

Bode December 8, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin met online on Tuesday on a range of bilateral issues as well as the Ukrainian crisis and Iran nuclear deal. During the two-hour virtual talks, Biden “voiced the deep concerns” of U.S. allies over what he called Russia’s escalation of...

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German court sentences man for carrying out voluntary castrations

Bode December 7, 2021

A German court on Tuesday, sentenced a 67-year-old man to eight and a half years in prison for voluntarily castrating a number of men who paid him for carrying out the procedure. A Munich court found the man guilty of causing serious bodily harm after he had admitted carrying...

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South Africa economy shrinks after riots, COVID-19 measures

Bode December 7, 2021

South Africa’s economy shrank for the first time in a year in the third quarter as the country was hit by riots and tighter Covid restrictions, official statistics showed Tuesday. After four consecutive quarters of growth, the economy contracted by 1.5 percent between July and September compared to the...

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Police arrest over 40 suspects for money laundering in China

Bode December 7, 2021

Police in the city of Wuzhong, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, have dismantled a money-laundering ring connected to more than 200 telecom and online fraud cases. According to the Police, more than 40 suspects were arrested in a raid on Dec. 3. The local police began investigation in...

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Indonesia volcano eruption death toll rises to 34

Bode December 7, 2021

The death toll from the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano rose to 34 on Tuesday, the national disaster agency said, as aid was rushed to the affected region. The mountain on the island of Java had thundered to life on Saturday, ejecting volcanic ash high into the sky...

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Benin court sentences opposition leader, Joel Aivo to 10 years

Bode December 7, 2021

A special court in Benin on Tuesday sentenced one of the country’s opposition figures, Joel Aivo, to 10 years in prison after a trial on treason and corruption charges. The academic, who had been held for eight months, had said the charges of plotting against the state and money...

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Kenyan policeman kills his wife, 5 others in shooting spree

Bode December 7, 2021

A Kenyan police officer on Tuesday shot dead six people, including his wife, and wounded two others before turning the gun on himself, police said. The rampage in the capital Nairobi triggered protests by angry residents who blocked the road with burning tyres. Police said the AK-47-rifle-wielding officer first...

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Pope Francis ends visit to Greece, focused on the plight of migrants

Bode December 6, 2021

Pope Francis on Monday wraps up a landmark three-day visit to Greece which has been marked by his calls for better treatment of migrants in Europe and a visit to asylum seekers on the island of Lesbos. After a last meeting with young people at a Catholic school, the...

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Sales of weapons, military services boom as profits hit $531bn in 2020

Bode December 6, 2021

Sales of weapons and military services by the world’s 100 biggest arms companies reached a record $531bn in 2020, an increase of 1.3 per cent in real terms compared with the previous year, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The Swedish think tank said 2020 marked...

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Court sentences Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to 4 years in jail

Bode December 6, 2021

A court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in jail, according to media reports. A spokesman for Myanmar’s military told the AFP news agency that Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty on Monday of incitement and of violating COVID-19...

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12 soldiers, ‘dozens of terrorists’ killed in Niger attack

Bode December 6, 2021

At least 12 soldiers and “dozens of terrorists” have been killed in a battle in western Niger’s conflict-wracked “three borders” zone. The defence ministry announced in a statement on Sunday that another eight soldiers were wounded in the clash with “hundreds of armed terrorists” five kilometres (three miles) from...

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Adama Barrow re-elected as Gambian president

Bode December 6, 2021

Alieu Momar Njie, Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of The Gambia, has declared on Sunday that Adama Barrow, the leader of the National People’s Party (NPP), as the winner of the presidential election held on Saturday. Barrow amassed 457,519 votes, around 53 percent of the total votes...

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Gambians await presidential result in test for young democracy

Bode December 5, 2021

Gambians were waiting Sunday to find out the winner of the first presidential election in the West African nation since former dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile. Results from only around 15 of the country’s 53 electoral districts have so far been published online by the state broadcaster since...

CNN sacks Chris Cuomo

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CNN sacks Chris Cuomo

Bode December 5, 2021

CNN fired veteran anchor and correspondent Chris Cuomo, the cable news channel said Saturday, amid an investigation into his involvement with helping defend brother Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor, against sexual misconduct allegations. Chris Cuomo had been suspended from CNN over the matter just days before his...

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ECOWAS Commission presents over UA393m 2022 budget before Parliament

Bode December 5, 2021

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has presented its 2022 Draft Budget of 393,612,400 Units of Account (UA) before the ECOWAS Parliament, in Abuja. The budget is targeted at tackling, COVID-19 pandemic, security and infrastructure challenges, , promoting democracy and good governance in the sub-region. The...

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Sudan’s Burhan says military will exit politics after 2023 elections

Bode December 5, 2021

Sudan’s military will exit politics after elections scheduled for 2023, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told Reuters in an interview on Saturday, adding that the deposed former ruling party would have no role in the transition. Following a military takeover led by Burhan in late October that upended Sudan’s transition...