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US stocks drop on investors fear over slower economy growth
US stock markets tumbled on Monday following falls in Europe and Asia as fears rose that the American economy is heading for a slowdown. The technology-heavy Nasdaq index opened 6.3per cent lower after a sharp decline at the end of last week, but pared its loses somewhat during the day. The other main US indexes also dropped sharply before recovering,…
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Hasina: Bangladesh’s pro-democracy icon who became an autocrat
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed has resigned and left the country after weeks of student-led protests spiralled into deadly, nationwide unrest. The 76-year-old fled in a helicopter on Monday to India, reports said, as thousands of protesters stormed her official residence in the capital Dhaka.This brings an unexpected end to the reign of Bangladesh’s longest-serving PM, who has been…
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Bangladesh PM Hasina quits after deadly protests, Army announces interim gov’t
The Army Chief of Bangladesh says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned after weeks of unrest. Her aide says she fled the capital, Dhaka, by helicopter. In an address to the nation, General Waker-Uz-Zaman also says an interim government will be formed to run the country. Thousands of people take to the streets to celebrate, while many storm the prime minister’s…
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Bangladesh unrest: Over 70 killed in police, anti-government protesters clash
At least 76 people have been killed in Bangladesh amid worsening clashes between police and anti-government protesters. The unrest comes as student leaders have declared a campaign of civil disobedience to demand that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down. Thirteen police officers were killed when thousands of people attacked a police station in the district of Sirajganj, police said. The…
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Rwanda shuts over 4,000 churches for violating safety rules
More than 4,000 churches have been closed down over the last month in Rwanda for failing to comply with health and safety regulations, including not being properly soundproofed. It has affected mostly small Pentecostal churches and a few mosques – some of them operating out of caves or on the banks of rivers. “This is not being done to prevent…
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BREAKING: 32 killed in Al-Shabaab attack on busy Mogadishu beach
An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a busy beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu killing at least 32 people and wounding scores more, police said on Saturday, in one of the deadliest strikes in the East African country in months. The Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists have been waging an insurgency against the internationally backed federal government for more than 17 years…
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Nigerian international student told to leave Canada over fake university letter
Lola Akinlade says she had no idea university acceptance letter was fake Lola Akinlade had a huge smile on her face on the day in 2019 when she walked across the stage at the Nova Scotia Community College, her new diploma for social services in her hand. But underneath, she was worried. “The happiness was not going deep down,” she…
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Why Putin thinks he’s the winner in prisoner swap
It’s something Vladimir Putin does rarely: go to the airport to meet people off a plane. According to a report by BBC, he was there last night: on the tarmac at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport to meet and greet those Russians whose release he’d secured from foreign jails; part of the largest prisoner swap between Russia and the West since…
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BREAKING: Kamala Harris secures democratic ticket for US presidential election
US Vice-President Kamala Harris has been formally nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate ahead of the election. Harris became the nominee on Friday after securing the support of 2,350 delegates, the threshold required to earn the nomination.
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US denies involvement in assassination of Hamas leader
The United States has stated that it was not involved in the assassination of Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed during a visit to Tehran, Iran’s capital, on Wednesday. US President Joe Biden commented that the assassination “doesn’t help” ongoing talks over a potential ceasefire in Gaza. Haniyeh, Hamas’s most senior official, was heavily involved in ceasefire and…
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