Category: World
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Turkey condemns Uighur treatment
Turkish officials has urged Chinese authorities to respect the human rights of Muslims including freedom of religion in Xinjiang. The Uyghurs are predominantly Muslims and have regarded themselves as culturally and ethnically close to Central Asian nations. They practice Islam ….
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U.S Justice Dept. expecting Mueller Report
The U.S. Department of Justice may announce that special counsel Robert Mueller has given the attorney general his report on the federal Russia investigation. After the expected announcement, U.S. Attorney General William Barr will review Mueller’s findings and …..
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Chinese to build dam on the River Nile
Ethiopia, in a bid to accelerate the pace of construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, has signed agreements with two Chinese companies to finish the work. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) formerly known as the Millennium Dam, is a gravity dam….
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Mozambique’s looming debt crisis
Mozambique’s government is scrambling to contain the fallout from a U.S. investigation into the country’s $2 billion hidden-debt scandal, ordering a series of high-profile arrests in early February 2019. Mozambique is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi….
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EU-US trade war?
The EU has threatened retaliation if Donald Trump imposes punitive import tariffs on European cars, based on the findings of an investigation into whether they pose a threat to US national security. A trade war is an economic conflict resulting from extreme protectionism in which states raise or create tariffs or other trade barriers….
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Will the Wall be built?
President Donald Trump declared a state of National Emergency at the southern border on February 18, 2019 in order to curb the crossing of illegal immigrants from Mexico into the USA. President Trump’s most polarizing and widely reported proposals were about immigration and border security during his electoral campaign Make America…
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Arab countries on Israel – PA conflict
At the Warsaw Conference on the Middle East, senior Gulf officials played down the Israeli – Palestinian conflict, by justifying Israel’s right to defend itself. They are focusing on Iran as the greatest threat to regional peace. The status of Jerusalem is one of the most contested issues between…
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Trump to declare Emergency
President Trump is willing to initiate the state of national emergency to build a wall on the Southern border after the latest house resolution. Democratic and Republican politicians have sharply criticised President Trump’s plan to use emergency powers to pay for a border wall with Mexico. The Mexico–United States barrier…
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Nigeria’s economy stagnates
Promises by Nigerian presidential candidates to fix an economy that vies with South Africa’s to be the continent’s largest could be unfulfilled unless the country is weaned off its oil dependence. Nigeria, is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the southeast, and Benin..
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Another US shutdown?
Talks between Republicans and Democrats were deadlocked just days before a deadline to avoid a second US government shutdown this year, as politicians argued over proposed limits to the country’s border forces. A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to pass, or the President fails to sign appropriations legislation funding federal government operations and agencies.…