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UK's new PM touts migrant cooperation after Macron meet
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH (EGYPT) - Britain's new prime minister Rishi Sunak on Monday vowed action to come on cross-Channel migrants after his first face-to-face meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Three Egyptian journalists start hunger strike to free dissident
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» CAIRO - Three Egyptian journalists said Monday they had begun hunger strikes to demand authorities free Alaa Abdel Fattah, a jailed political dissident who has been refusing food and now water too.
Military leaders of Ethiopia warring parties talk disarmament
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» NAIROBI - Ethiopian government officials met with representatives of the Tigrayan authorities in Kenya on Monday to discuss plans for disarming the rebels following a peace deal signed last week between the warring sides.
DR Congo deploys fighter jets against M23 rebels
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» GOMA (DR CONGO) - DR Congo's military has deployed two war planes against M23 rebels in the conflict-torn east, provoking a rebuke Monday from neighbouring Rwanda after one jet entered the country's airspace.
Defiance by candlelight as Kyiv adapts to blackouts
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» KYIV, Ukraine: When their apartment block in northern Kyiv goes dark just after 6:00 pm as scheduled, residents Iren Rozdobudko and Igor Zhuk are ready.
Ukraine hails new air defences, warns power situation 'tense'
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine announced Monday it had received more air defence systems from Western military allies, as officials in Kyiv said the situation with supplies was "tense" after protracted Russian attacks on energy facilities.
Tanzania pays tearful tribute to plane crash victims
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» BUKOBA (TANZANIA) - Grieving Tanzanians paid emotional tribute Monday to 19 people killed when a passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria in the country's deadliest air crash in decades.
Liverpool FC owners weigh sale of historic UK football club
Bloomberg, Published on 07/11/2022
» The US owners of Liverpool FC have put one of England’s most successful football clubs up for sale, according to people familiar with the matter.
French firm says to be charged over Qatar building sites
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» PARIS - French construction firm Vinci said on Monday it expected to be charged this week by a magistrate investigating allegedly abusive work practices on its building sites in Qatar.
Senior district officials surrender to police to fight villa permit extortion charge
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/11/2022
» A deputy district chief handed himself to his supervisor and police on Monday to fight allegations he demanded money from operators of villas with pools in exchange for permits.