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Cameroon's veteran leader Paul Biya wins controversial eighth term
AFP, Published on 27/10/2025
» YAOUNDé - The world's oldest head of state Paul Biya, 92, has extended his more than four-decade rule, securing an eighth term in Cameroon's presidential poll, the Constitutional Council announced Monday, in the face of a fierce protest by his rival.
For real life? 'Bluey' coming to the big screen
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Preschoolers and parents hooked on heartwarming animated series "Bluey" might want to take a "tactical wee" to avoid any excited accidents: there's going to be a film.
Ranchers battle wolves in Colorado wilds as reintroduction looms
AFP, Published on 10/04/2023
» WALDEN (UNITED STATES) - With wolves descending from the mountains of Wyoming to feast on his cattle, and his home state of Colorado preparing to reintroduce its own wild packs soon, rancher Don Gittleson says he has tried everything to protect his herd.
'Absolute farce': UK gripped by latest Johnson plot twist
AFP, Published on 21/10/2022
» LONDON - British former prime minister Boris Johnson's prospective return to Downing Street reads like a Shakespearean arc of redemption after a fall -- but critics see elements of farce.
US in mourning, outrage after 'racist' mass shooting
AFP, Published on 16/05/2022
» Grieving Buffalo residents held vigils Sunday after a white gunman who officials have branded "pure evil" shot dead 10 people at a grocery store in a "racist" rampage.
Duterte’s daughter wants military service for all 18-year-olds
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/01/2022
» Philippine vice-presidential candidate Sara Duterte said she will push mandatory military service for the young people if elected, signalling she would continue with advocating a policy that her father had struggled to implement as president.
Body-monitoring tech trend comes with concerns
AFP, Published on 12/01/2022
» LAS VEGAS - A ring shimmers on display at the Consumer Electronics Show, but this is no mere piece of jewelry -- it's packed with sensors capable of detecting body temperature, respiration and much more.
Nigeria attacks toll climbs to 200 people dead, thousands displaced
AFP, Published on 09/01/2022
» ABUJA: Nigeria said Sunday that gunmen killed at least 200 people and displaced thousands more in multiple raids in the northwest over the last week, dealing a heavy blow to authorities struggling to restore order.
Scores of children abducted from Islamic seminary in Nigeria
AFP, Published on 31/05/2021
» KANO, Nigeria: Gunmen kidnapped scores of children from an Islamic seminary in central Nigeria, officials said, the latest in a string of such incidents plaguing the populous African nation.
All 279 kidnapped Nigerian students released: governor
AFP, Published on 02/03/2021
» GUSAU, Nigeria: All 279 girls kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria have been released and are on government premises, the local governor told AFP Tuesday.