At least 20 people have been killed after three consecutive explosions occurred at the funeral ceremony of a protester in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials said. “Until now we don’t know if the explosions were suicide bombings or previously placed explosives,” a police official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told dpa. High-ranking officials, […]
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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leading the effort to bring together companies, universities and local and state government to submit a plan to the United Nations pledging to meet the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets outlined in the Paris agreement. “We’re going to do everything America would have done if it had […]
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During a press conference on Thursday, President Donald Trump of the United States described the climate change agreement signed in 2015 as a “massive redistribution of United States wealth to other countries”, thereby pulling the US out of it. Recall that in the buildup to his election, Trump had promised to withdraw from the deal. […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a waiver to delay relocating the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the White House said. With this move Trump has avoided a step that would have complicated his efforts to restart long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. During the build up to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, Trump […]
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The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) says an estimated 50 billion dollars leaves the shore of the continent illicitly mostly to the Western countries, every year. Mr Adeyinka Adeyemi, a senior adviser at ECA, told newsmen in New York that illicit financial flow had serious negative development impacts on the continent. Adeyemi also said […]
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The Internet Society and the African Union Commission on Wednesday unveiled a new Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa. According to a statement by Mr Michelle Anekeya, the society’s Communications Officer, the guideline was launched at the ongoing African Internet Summit, taking place in Nairobi. He said the 3-day summit, which started on Wednesday, May […]
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A suicide bomb attack hit Kabul, Afghanistan near the German Embassy during rush hour of Wednesday morning, killing at least 80 people close to a highly secure diplomatic area. Apart from the death reported, some 300 others were injured, the health ministry said. A towering plume of smoke rose over the Afghan capital as emergency […]
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Germany’s foreign minister launched a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Monday, claiming the U.S. President’s actions have “weakened” the West and accusing the U.S. government of standing “against the interests of the European Union.” Just 24 hours after German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that Europe could no longer completely rely on traditional allies such […]
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North Korea tested a new anti-aircraft system that leader Kim Jong Un says will “completely spoil the enemy’s dream to command the air,” the state news agency reported Sunday, following weeks of ballistic missile tests. The KCNA news agency said glitches detected in an earlier test have been “perfectly overcome,” paving the way for the […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Africa is undeterred by the failures of the past, and that the continent is motivated by the incredible energy and talent of its bustling youthful population. He said this on Saturday in Italy at the G7 Summit and special outreach forum on Africa, which had selected African nations […]
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