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Fri, December 6, 2019 | 15:03
Exit polls show Netanyahu edging ahead of his main competitor in a tight race
Exit polls show Netanyahu edging ahead of his main competitor in a tight race
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be headed toward re-election early Wednesday, as exit polls and partial results showed him surging ahead of his main competitor in a tight race that was seen as a referendum on the long-serving leader. Both Netanyahu and former military chief Benny Gantz, leader of the rival Blue and White party, declared victory in speech...
2019-04-10 11:20
Africa's richest man withdrew $10 million just to look at it
Africa's richest man withdrew $10 million just to look at it
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, known as Africa's richest man, told a forum in Ivory Coast on Saturday how he once took $10 million in cash out of the bank just to look at it and get it into his head that this was real money, not just figures on paper. "When you're young your first million is important, but after, the numbers don't mean much," Dangote, a manufacturing tyc...
2019-04-07 09:23
Berlin housing activists lead campaign to fight rising rents
Berlin housing activists lead campaign to fight rising rents
Low-cost housing advocates are launching a grassroots campaign to force Berlin's state government into taking over nearly 250,000 apartments worth billions from corporate owners to fight rising rents in one of Germany's hottest real estate markets. The fight pits two philosophies against one another: free-market companies that see real estate as a means to profit, and housing...
2019-04-06 18:39
Rising number of businesses cut ties with Brunei over gay sex death penalty
Rising number of businesses cut ties with Brunei over gay sex death penalty
Travel agents, London's transport network and finance houses were among a rising number of companies that cut ties with businesses owned by Brunei, Friday, to protest the Sultanate's introduction of the death penalty for gay sex and adultery. The small Muslim-majority former British protectorate rolled out Islamic Sharia laws, April 3, which punish sodomy, adultery and rape w...
2019-04-06 15:13
Cruise ship reaches Norway port after near disaster
Cruise ship reaches Norway port after near disaster
A luxury cruise ship that had set sail with almost 1,400 passengers and crew aboard arrived at a port in Norway on Sunday after narrowly escaping disaster when its engines failed during a storm.
2019-03-25 10:58
More than 130 killed in Mali massacre as UN visits
More than 130 killed in Mali massacre as UN visits
More than 130 people were killed in an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali on Saturday, the United Nations said, as a delegation visited the country. Survivors accused traditional Dogon hunters of carrying out the deadly raid in Ogossagou, according to Boubacar Kane, the governor of Bankass district which covers the village. A security source told AFP the victims were ...
2019-03-24 13:52
IS 'caliphate' defeated, yet threat persists
IS 'caliphate' defeated, yet threat persists
U .S.-backed forces proclaimed the capture of Islamic State's last territory in Syria on Saturday, eliminating its rule over a self-proclaimed "caliphate", but the jihadists remain a threat from sleeper cells around the world. Originally an offshoot of al Qaeda, IS took large swathes of Iraq and Syria from 2014, imposing a reign of terror with public beheadings and attacks by...
2019-03-24 09:28
[INTERVIEW] 'Illusion of stability' hides truth about Rohingya camp
[INTERVIEW] 'Illusion of stability' hides truth about Rohingya camp
When the head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) refugee camp for the Rohingya people at Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh visited Seoul late February, he wanted the government here and local donors to the organization to understand a truth undermined by many ― that people are being fooled by an “illusion of stability” when seeing the camp.
Ko Dong-hwan | 2019-03-12 09:13
Boeing 737 from Addis to Nairobi crashes with 157 aboard: Ethiopian Airlines
Boeing 737 from Addis to Nairobi crashes with 157 aboard: Ethiopian Airlines
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed Sunday morning en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi with 149 passengers and eight crew believed to be on board, Ethiopian Airlines said, as Ethiopia's prime minister offered condolences to victims' families.
2019-03-10 18:04
Nigeria's president is declared winner after election marked by dramatic delays, violence
Nigeria's president is declared winner after election marked by dramatic delays, violence
Nigeria's president was declared the clear winner of a second term in Africa's largest democracy early Wednesday, after a campaign in which he urged voters to give him another chance to tackle gaping corruption, widespread insecurity and an economy limping back from a rare recession
2019-02-27 13:51
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