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Biden warns US democracy in peril from 'extremist' Trump
AFP, Published on 29/09/2023
» TEMPE (UNITED STATES) - President Joe Biden launched a blistering personal attack on "extremist" Donald Trump Thursday, accusing his likely 2024 challenger of plotting to subvert the US constitution if he wins a return to power next year.
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Belarus must not be Putin's 'consolation prize': opposition leader
AFP, Published on 20/09/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya urged world leaders Tuesday not to neglect her isolated homeland, saying it should not become Russian President Vladimir Putin's "consolation prize" as part of his war against Ukraine.
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Climate change 'contributed to Libya deluge'
AFP, Published on 19/09/2023
» PARIS - Climate change made torrential rains that triggered deadly flooding in Libya up to 50 times more likely, new research said Tuesday, noting that conflict and poor dam maintenance turned extreme weather into a humanitarian disaster.
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Libya's flood-ravaged Derna in grisly hunt for thousands still missing
AFP, Published on 15/09/2023
» DERNA (LIBYA) - Emergency teams on Friday kept up their search for the thousands still posted as missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city of Derna, killing at least 4,000 people.
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UN risks widening rifts as Zelensky takes centre stage
AFP, Published on 16/09/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - More than 140 world leaders will head to the United Nations (UN) next week at a time of myriad crises, as a starring role for Ukraine's leader may only highlight the growing global fragmentation.
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China-aided poverty alleviation project brings hope to Cambodia's remote village
Published on 17/09/2023
» BATI, Cambodia: Launched in January 2021, the nearly-completed Cambodia-China Friendship Village for Poverty Alleviation Project has brought great changes to the remotely poor Tanorn village here, lifting residents out of poverty and improving the education condition for their children.
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South African township resists police over illegal power cables
AFP, Published on 14/09/2023
» CAPE TOWN - A woman in a black and white dress struggled, pulling fiercely on a long electrical cable as she tried to stop the police in anti-riot gear from carrying it away.
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Last-ditch hunt for Morocco quake survivors
AFP, Published on 13/09/2023
» MARRAKESH (MOROCCO) - Rescue teams stepped up a massive effort to bring relief to devastated Moroccan mountain villages Wednesday as the chances faded fast for finding survivors from the powerful earthquake which killed 2,900 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless.
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Gabon's squandered oil wealth under 55 years of Bongo rule
AFP, Published on 13/09/2023
» PARIS - The toppling of Ali Bongo Ondimba brought the curtain down on 55 years of rule by a family accused of extracting fabulous wealth from Gabon's major oil reserves.
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Hearts and heritage broken by Morocco quake
AFP, Published on 09/09/2023
» MARRAKESH, Morocco - Hafida Sahraouia surveyed the rubble after an earthquake ripped through the historic Jewish quarter, part of the old city in Morocco's tourist centre of Marrakesh.
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