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Bobi Wine flies out of Uganda for medical treatment
Robert Kyagulanyi, a Ugandan pop star-turned-opposition politician, has flown out to the United States for medical treatment following alleged torture in detention, a day after he was denied boarding, his lawyer said. Kyagulanyi, whose stage
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Slay in your lane: Meet the authors of a ‘bible’ for black women
London, England - A new self-help book covers everything from microaggressions in the workplace and the intricacies of dating, to education and identity. But unlike other books in the genre, Slay In Your Lane
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This week’s weather in pictures
A recap of the flooding caused by tropical cyclones and the scorching summer heat.
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Erdogan labels rating agencies as ‘impostors’ and ‘racketeers’
Turkey has accused Western credit-rating agencies of deliberately attempting to undermine the banking sector amid attacks on its currency, the lira. Friday's scathing comments from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his son-in-law, Finance Minister
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Can Trump end NAFTA?
US President Donald Trump has threatened this week to dump the nearly 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), making it the latest deal to be targeted as part of his "America First" trade strategy.
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Flights suspended from Libyan capital Tripoli’s only working airport: AFP
TRIPOLI: On a sweltering night in Libya’s capital, Ahlam Fathi watches her son study by candlelight as yet another power cut has plunged the family home into darkness.Despite the large windows being swung open,
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UNHCR chief calls for ‘dignified return’ of Syrian exiles
BEIRUT: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Friday that Syrian refugees in Lebanon need assurances of a “safe and dignified return” to their homeland. Grandi’s comments follow confirmation by Lebanon’s
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Idlib assault ‘may spark humanitarian calamity’
BEIRUT:Its hospitals are battered, residents heavily dependent on aid and escape routes to neighboring Turkey sealed. If attacked by regime forces, Syria’s opposition-held Idlib is poised for a humanitarian calamity. The northwestern province, which
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Germany: Chemnitz protests against immigration policy
There have been more far-right rallies in the eastern German city of Chemnitz against government immigration policies. These protests come after the arrest of two men, with Syrian and Iraqi backgrounds, suspected of stabbing
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Yemen: Hodeidah offensive, fishermen scared to return to sea
The media controlled by Yemen's Houthi rebels is reporting that 12 fishermen were killed in a Saudi-Emirati coalition air raid off the coast of Uqban Island in Hodeidah province. But the coalition says the


