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Calling US inflation 'temporary,' Biden pushes more spending
AFP, Published on 20/07/2021
» WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Monday sought to tamp down concern about spiraling prices that threaten to dent the US economic recovery, saying the current inflation rise is "temporary" and not a long-term problem.
Canada Day eclipsed by graves found at indigenous schools
AFP, Published on 02/07/2021
» MONTREAL - Canada's national holiday Thursday was marked by a grim reckoning over its colonial history, after more than 1,000 unmarked graves were found near former boarding schools for indigenous children.
Another 182 unmarked graves found in Canada
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» OTTAWA: Another 182 unmarked graves were discovered at a third former indigenous residential school in Canada as two Catholic Churches went up in flames on Wednesday, with anger mounting over the mushrooming abuse scandal.
New museum gingerly explores German wartime suffering
AFP, Published on 19/06/2021
» BERLIN - A new museum dedicated to the long-silenced trauma of German civilians forced to flee eastern Europe at the end of World War II opens next week after decades of wrenching debate.
Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo heads home after war crimes acquittal
AFP, Published on 17/06/2021
» ABIDJAN - Former president Laurent Gbagbo returns to Ivory Coast on Thursday for the first time in nearly a decade, after he was cleared of crimes against humanity and his once-bitter rival welcomed him back in the name of reconciliation.
Dancing like there's no corona: first German nightclub reopens
AFP, Published on 14/06/2021
» LEIPZIG: For techno enthusiast Philipp Koegler, it almost felt like a normal Saturday night again as he joined 200 fellow revellers at "Distillery", the first German nightclub to reopen since the start of the pandemic.
Biden, Congress face infrastructure uncertainty
AFP, Published on 12/06/2021
» WASHINGTON - A months-long negotiation on infrastructure between the White House and US lawmakers is coming to a head, with President Joe Biden desperate to woo Republicans while also keeping centrists and climate-concerned progressives in his party on board.
Mali announces new govt with army in key roles
AFP, Published on 12/06/2021
» BAMAKO - Mali announced a new government on Friday in which key roles were retained by army figures, according to a statement read out on the national broadcaster.
The 'inconvenient' Mrs Habyarimana straining France-Rwanda ties
AFP, Published on 11/06/2021
» PARIS - The fate of an elderly Rwandan widow, who has spent decades trying to avoid a trial for genocide while living in France, is one of the key sticking points in the delicate process of reconciliation undertaken by Paris and Kigali in recent months.
Survivor of indigenous boarding school in Canada recalls painful times
AFP, Published on 09/06/2021
» KAMLOOPS (CANADA) - It is a lifetime since she left, but Evelyn Camille's throat tightens as she returns to her old indigenous boarding school in western Canada to honor the 215 pupils whose bodies were discovered in a mass grave.