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Africa leaders give Niger junta week to cede power
AFP, Published on 31/07/2023
» ABUJA - African leaders on Sunday gave the junta in Niger one week to cede power or face the possible use of force, and slapped financial sanctions on the putschists, after the latest coup in the jihadist-plagued Sahel region raised alarm on the continent and in the West.
Africa leaders to meet on Niger coup, junta warns of 'intervention'
AFP, Published on 30/07/2023
» ABUJA: West African leaders were to meet on Sunday for a crisis summit on the coup in Niger, where protesters tried to storm the French embassy after the junta warned of an "imminent military intervention".
Niger putschists say threat of 'imminent military intervention' by ECOWAS
AFP, Published on 30/07/2023
» ABUJA - Niger's junta said ECOWAS could stage an imminent military intervention in the capital Niamey as the regional bloc was due to hold an "extraordinary summit" on Sunday over the coup in the Sahel state.
Xi's 'Chinese Dream' flickers in one Beijing neighbourhood
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» BEIJING: Wu has staked out his patch of the Chinese Dream. Married with a second child on the way, he has a Beijing apartment and a car paid for by a tech job with a comfortable salary.
North Korea claims new test of 'reconnaissance satellite' component
AFP, Published on 06/03/2022
» SEOUL: North Korea carried out "another important test" towards the development of a reconnaissance satellite, state media said Sunday, but analysts warned it was a thinly-veiled ballistic missile launch, just days before South Korea elects a new president.
Bridge collapses in Pittsburgh just before Biden speech
AFP, Published on 28/01/2022
» WASHINGTON - A bridge collapse Friday in Pittsburgh provided a symbolic backdrop for President Joe Biden's trip to the city to tout his $1 trillion infrastructure plan -- and try rebuilding his own crumbling approval ratings.
World condemns N. Korea's firing of 2nd ballistic missile
AFP, Published on 11/01/2022
» SEOUL - North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea, South Korea's military said Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions less than a week after Pyongyang reported testing a hypersonic missile.
China increases coal production as climate warming talks begin
AFP, Published on 02/11/2021
» BEIJING: China said it has increased daily coal production by over one million tonnes, easing its energy shortage as world leaders gather in Britain for climate talks billed as one of the last chances to avert catastrophic global warming.
Morocco's king names billionaire to head government
AFP, Published on 11/09/2021
» RABAT: Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday named billionaire businessman Aziz Akhannouch to lead a new government after his National Rally of Independents (RNI) thrashed the long-ruling Islamists in parliamentary elections.
Islamists suffer crushing defeat by liberal parties in Morocco vote
AFP, Published on 09/09/2021
» RABAT - Morocco's long-ruling Islamists have suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections to liberal parties seen as close to the palace, according to provisional results announced early Thursday.