 More Kenyan police land in Haiti to bolster security mission
PORT-AU-PRINCE — An additional 217 Kenyan police officers landed in Haiti on Saturday to bolster a multinational force seeking to restore order to the violence-ridd... (photo: AP / Odelyn Joseph) The Philadelphia Inquirer
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 Seventy killed in central Nigeria after fuel tanker flips over and explodes
A fuel tanker exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing 70 people who had scrambled to take the fuel. | Kumar Tsukwam, the head of the Federal ... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) The Observer
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 Israel set to approve Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, says Netanyahu’s office
Doha/Cairo/Jerusalem — The Israeli cabinet will meet to give final approval to a deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the re... (photo: Public Domain / US State Dept.) Business Day
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 Israeli cabinet to meet on ceasefire after PM says hostage deal finalised
Israel's security cabinet was set to meet later after final details of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal were ironed out, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offi... (photo: AP / Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) RTE
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 China's population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the worl... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan) Moosejaw Today
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 Egypt arrests journalist, wife of jailed cartoonist after interview
Washington, D.C., January 16, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns Egypt’s January 16 arrests of Nada Mougheeth, wife of imprisoned cartoonis... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) CPJ
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 In record year, China, Israel, and Myanmar are world’s leading jailers of journalists
China, Israel, and Myanmar emerged as the world’s three worst offenders in another record-setting year for journalists jailed because of their work, the Committee to Pr... (photo: AP / Lintao Zhang, Pool) CPJ
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 South Africa ends mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY | STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they be... (photo: AP / Photo/Themba Hadebe) Daily Bulletin
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 Ghana to probe former president's huge cathedral project
Ghana's newly elected President John Mahama has announced plans to investigate his predecessor's contested $400 million National Cathedral project, a stalled religious la... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Knoxville Daily Sun
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 News24 | Sandton man charged with terror financing donated bitcoin to group that 'funded al-Qaeda'
A Syrian organisation to which a Sandton man donated R11 500 in bitcoin was investigated by US authorities for financing "al-Qaeda and affiliated foreign terror organisat... (photo: Creative Commons / Marco Verch) News24
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 3 Chinese citizens sentenced to 7 years in prison for illegal mining in Congo
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Three Chinese citizens were sentenced Tuesday to 7 years in prison and ordered to pay $600,000 in fines for illegally exploiting mineral resources in... (photo: Creative Commons / Olbyabc https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Olbyabc) Wtop
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 82 miners rescued, 36 dead in South Africa mine operation
| JOHANNESBURG -- A total of 118 illegal miners were brought to the surface during rescue operations at an abandoned gold mine on Monday and Tuesday in Stilfontein... (photo: AP / Photo/Themba Hadebe) China Daily
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 Getting rich without getting fat: The challenge of developing countries
T | he global effort to eradicate hunger by 2030 is facing a gradual challenge. After world hunger decreased from around 19 percent to 11 percent of the worldwide populat... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan) The Jakarta Post
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 Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages, officials say
Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said Tuesday. Mediators ... (photo: Creative Commons / Oren Rozen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) WPTV
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 UAE President attends opening ceremony for Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2025
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today attended the official opening ceremony of the 2025 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW). | Taki... (photo: Creative Commons / Paul Kagame) Emirates 24/7
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 Negotiators seek to finalise Gaza ceasefire deal after 'breakthrough' in Doha
By Andrew Mills and Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters | Mediators report midnight 'breakthrough' in Doha talks Negotiators to meet again on Tuesday in bid to finalise deal Blink... (photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana) RNZ
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