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Drunk pilot nine times over the limit gets 10 months in prison
London (CNN) – A Japanese pilot found to be more than nine times over the legal alcohol limit before a scheduled flight from…
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Addis Ababa has overtaken Dubai as the world’s gateway into Africa
Thanks to major political reforms and relaxed visa rules, Ethiopia has emerged as a destination and a transfer hub for…
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UNESCO adds Reggae music to global cultural heritage list
Reggae has been added to a list of international cultural treasures which the United Nations has deemed worthy of protecting…
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Bill Gates thinks a coming disease could kill 30 million people within 6 months — and says we should prepare for it like we do for war
If there’s one thing that we know from history, a deadly new disease will arise that will spread around the…
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Deadly ranch invasion shows land-use conflicts in Kenya – experts
Renewed invasions of white-owned ranches by herders in Kenya’s northern Laikipia region a year after similar invasions led to deadly conflicts…
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Norway, New Zealand top richest and most prosperous nations
Think-tank the Legatum Institute on Wednesday released its 12th annual global Prosperity Index, a huge survey that ranks the majority of…
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MÉNAGER: France supports research in marine science to ‘make our planet great again’
For three days, political leaders and representatives of the private sector, the civil society and the scientific community from around…
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Lesotho MPs ‘demand 100% pay rise’
The privately owned Lesotho Times newspaper reports that the nation’s MPs – who it says are already among society’s best-paid…
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Fearful of bias, Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool
Alphabet Inc’s Google in May introduced a slick feature for Gmail that automatically completes sentences for users as they type. Tap out…
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Over 40 bodies disappear in L. Victoria after boat tragedy
At least 40 passengers who were aboard the ill-fated Ugandan boat that sank in Lake Victoria on Sunday are unaccounted…
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