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Fresh clashes in Senegal capital after opposition leader held
AFP, Published on 06/03/2021
» DAKAR - Senegalese police fired tear gas in clashes with supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Friday after a court ordered him held in custody following two days of violence over his arrest.
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Mars rover Perseverance goes for a 'spin'
AFP, Published on 06/03/2021
» WASHINGTON - The Mars rover Perseverance has successfully conducted its first test drive on the Red Planet, the US space agency NASA said Friday.
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Software icon McAfee charged in cryptocurrency scam
AFP, Published on 06/03/2021
» NEW YORK - The creator of McAfee computer security software was facing charges Friday that he cashed in on a "pump-and-dump" scheme, by promoting cryptocurrencies on Twitter to drive up their value.
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Chinese cyber-espionage unit on US hacking spree: report
AFP, Published on 06/03/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO - At least 30,000 US organizations including local governments have been hacked in recent days by an "unusually aggressive" Chinese cyber-espionage campaign, according to a computer security specialist.
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Ivory Coast heads into elections after political turmoil
AFP, Published on 06/03/2021
» ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast was set to vote in a parliamentary ballot on Saturday in a key test of stability after presidential elections last year marked by violence.
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Pope Francis to meet top cleric Sistani on second day in Iraq
AFP, Published on 06/03/2021
» NAJAF (IRAQ) - Pope Francis begins the second day of his historic Iraq visit on Saturday with an extraordinary meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the top authority for the country's Shiite Muslims.
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'Nomadland' director faces backlash in native China
AFP, Published on 06/03/2021
» BEIJING: A nationalist backlash against the award-winning American road movie "Nomadland" has cast doubt over the film's China release after social media users and state media questioned its director Chloe Zhao's loyalty to her birth country.
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Anti-coup protests continue in Myanmar as UN urged to hear 'pleas'
AFP, Published on 06/03/2021
» YANGON - Anti-coup demonstrators returned to the streets of Myanmar Saturday, a day after a United Nations envoy urged the Security Council to hear the nation's "desperate pleas" and take swift action to restore democracy.
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Grave of slain protester disturbed in Myanmar
Published on 06/03/2021
» YANGON: Guarded by police and soldiers, authorities in Myanmar disturbed the grave of a 19-year-old woman who became an icon of the anti-coup protest movement after she was shot dead while wearing a T-shirt that read “Everything will be OK”, a witness and local media said.
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Ivory Coast votes in test of stability after political turmoil
AFP, Published on 06/03/2021
» ABIDJAN - The Ivory Coast went to the polls on Saturday in a parliamentary election that is a key test of stability four months after a presidential vote marked by deadly violence.
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