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US pulls staff from Cuba over ‘specific attacks’
The US is withdrawing more than half of its staff at its embassy in Cuba in response to mysterious attacks…
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Magufuli closes third newspaper since June as part of media crackdown
Tanzania shut down another newspaper on Friday – the third since June – after a warning from President John Magufuli…
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Mumbai railway station stampede kills 22 amid heavy rain
A stampede on a footbridge at a Mumbai railway station has left 22 people dead and injured more than 30,…
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Exclusive: South Africa’s central bank tells lenders KPMG ‘too big to fail’
(Reuters) – South Africa’s central bank has told top lenders they cannot fire auditor KPMG [KPMG.UL], entangled in a scandal…
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UN failures on Rohingya revealed
The UN leadership in Myanmar tried to stop the Rohingya rights issue being raised with the government, sources in the…
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Mumbai station stampede kills 15 amid overcrowding and heavy rain
A stampede at a Mumbai railway station has left 15 people dead and injured about 20, Indian officials say. The…
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Hugh Hefner: Playboy magazine founder dies aged 91
Hugh Hefner, founder of the international adult magazine Playboy, has died at the age of 91. Playboy Enterprises Inc said…
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Ugandan media warned against live broadcasts of ‘violence’
Uganda’s communications authority has warned radio and TV stations against broadcasting live content that “promotes a culture of violence amongst…
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Saudi Arabia driving ban on women to be lifted
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, to the joy of…
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Angola’s outgoing president Santos accused of using country’s oil wealth to enrich himself
LUANDA Critics of outgoing Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos accuse him of stripping his country of much of its…
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