Category: World
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Facebook’s role in Vietnam
Vietnamese human rights activists and independent media organisations have written an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg. The activists claim that Facebook..
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Allianz invests US$120m in Africa
Allianz plans invest nearly US$120 million to an African infrastructure fund through a 12-year loan to a vehicle underwritten by western development agencies..
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Rouhani warns not to scrap JCPOA
On Monday, Iranian President Rouhani said that the United States would “regret” withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal..
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Trump’s stormy path ahead
The FBI has reportedly raided the offices belonging to attorney Michael Cohen. He is the personal lawyer of US President Donald Trump and a trusted member..
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Hungary’s Viktor Orban wins fourth term
Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his party Fidesz claimed a landslide victory, winning a third straight term in power, and one term earlier from 1998 to 2002..
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Boko Haram’s effect on Nigeria
Nigerian authorities have announced that the military has rescued 149 women and children who had been kidnapped by the terror outfit Boko Haram. The terror organization..
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Chemical warfare in Syria
At least 42 people in Douma, Syria have died due to an alleged chemical attack. The US government has blamed the official Syrian government of orchestrating this attack..
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Sierra Leone towards democracy
Sierra Leone has sworn in a new President, former junta leader Julius Maada Bio from the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). Bio is the first President not from..
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Myanmar Fires Back at Zuckerberg
Civil society groups in Myanmar criticized Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, stating that his response to the spread of hate speech misrepresented the company’s..
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Bahrain strikes oil
The Kingdom of Bahrain announced that it had made its largest oil discovery since 1932. The newly discovered oil field contains up to 80 billion barrels of tight..