Year: 2024
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Africa
South African Airways: Troubled airline returns to intercontinental travel
South African Airways – once a giant of African aviation – is back in the intercontinental market, but there are…
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Ghana
Full list of NPP MPs who lost or retained their parliamentary bids
Disappointment and surprise marked the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primaries on Saturday, January 27, as several prominent incumbents saw…
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Africa
Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso announce withdrawal from ECOWAS
Three military-led West African nations have announced their immediate withdrawal from the regional bloc ECOWAS, accusing the body of becoming a…
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World
20,000 trucks stuck at Ukraine-Poland border amid spat over access to EU
More than 20,000 trucks from Poland and Ukraine are blocked at three major border crossings as striking Polish drivers protest an EU…
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World
Ukraine says it uncovered $40 million corruption scheme in weapons procurement
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said it has discovered a mass corruption scheme in the purchase of weapons by the country’s military amounting…
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World
Istanbul church attack: Gunmen kill one person during Sunday morning mass
Two gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Istanbul, turning morning mass into a scene of terror and killing one man.…
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World
Key UN Gaza aid agency UNRWA runs into diplomatic storm
In Gaza, a strip of land fast becoming a wasteland, few international aid bodies can still operate. The United Nations…
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World
Mona Lisa: Protesters throw soup at da Vinci painting
Environmental protesters have thrown soup at the glass-protected Mona Lisa in France, calling for the right to “healthy and sustainable…
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World
Red Sea: UK navy ship HMS Diamond shoots down Houthi drone
A British war ship has shot down a Houthi drone targeting the vessel in the Red Sea. The Ministry of…
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World
Three US troops killed in drone attack in Jordan
Three US troops have been killed and 25 injured in a drone attack on a US base in Jordan, the…
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