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Tinubu hosts ECOWAS end of year meeting in Abuja

President Tinubu is hosting the 64th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States, Heads of State and Government. The session, which will be hosted by President Bola Tinubu, will be attended by 15 Heads of State and Government. Countries including Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have gathered at the Presidential Villa’s Banquet Hall in Abuja. The meeting…

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US Senate Republicans block Ukraine, Israel aid bill over border dispute

An emergency spending bill to provide billions of dollars in new security assistance for Ukraine and Israel was blocked in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday as Republicans pressed their demands for tougher measures to control immigration at the U.S. border with Mexico. The vote was 49 in favor to 51 against, leaving the $110.5 billion measure short of the 60…

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Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy to leave Congress at the end of this year

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is resigning from Congress and will leave at the end of this year, he announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Wednesday — a highly anticipated decision that comes two months after his unprecedented ouster from the speakership. McCarthy’s decision will narrow the House GOP’s already historically slim majority, which just last week got…

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Putin lands in UAE for rare foreign trip

Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a rare trip abroad to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is also scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia. Mr Putin is expected to discuss the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, as well as oil production, with the UAE president. The UAE is currently hosting the COP28 UN climate summit, but the Kremlin has…

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Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels

The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal. Al Jaber also said a phase-out of fossil fuels would not allow sustainable development “unless you want to take the world back…

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Harris says US will ‘under no circumstances’ permit forced relocation of Palestinians

Vice President Kamala Harris said in a meeting Saturday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi that Washington will not allow for the forced relocation of Palestinians or any redrawing of the current border of the Gaza Strip. “Under no circumstances will the United States permit the forced relocation of Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank, the besiegement of Gaza,…

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Niger coup: Family in dark over deposed President Mohamed Bazoum

Relatives of Niger’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum say they have had no information about him since his escape plan was thwarted. Mr Bazoum, along with his wife and son, has been restricted to the presidential house since the coup on 26 July. On 19 October he tried to flee with his family, cooks and security via helicopter – but they…

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Henry Kissinger, a dominating and polarizing force in US foreign policy, dies at 100

Henry Kissinger, a former US secretary of state and national security adviser who escaped Nazi Germany in his youth to become one of the most influential and controversial foreign policy figures in American history, has died. He was 100. Kissinger died Wednesday at his home in Connecticut, according to a statement from his consulting firm, Kissinger Associates. The firm did not…

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CIA director returns to Qatar for hostage talks with Israeli and Egyptian counterparts

CIA Director Bill Burns visited Qatar on Tuesday for meetings with Qatari officials as well as his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts to push for a broader hostage deal that would expand beyond women and children to include negotiations for men and soldiers, a source familiar with the talks told CNN. “Director Burns traveled to Doha for meetings about the ongoing…

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US presidents and first ladies to gather for tribute to Rosalynn Carter

US presidents and other leaders will travel to Atlanta on Tuesday to bid a final farewell to Rosalynn Carter at a private tribute service that’s among several ceremonies planned through Wednesday in honor of the former first lady. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, former President Bill Clinton and former first ladies Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama and Melania…

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