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Democrats And Republicans Make Last-Minute Pitches On Polls’ Eve

  • November 8, 2022

Coast to coast, candidates and big-name backers have made their final appeals to voters in the last hours of campaigning for the midterm elections in the United States, with Republicans excited about the prospect of winning back Congress and President Joe Biden insisting his party could spring a surprise. Democrats argue victories for the Republicans could profoundly […]

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Kenya Airways Threatens Action Against Striking Pilots

  • November 8, 2022

Kenya’s national airline, Kenya Airways, is threating disciplinary action against dozens of pilots, many who have taken sick leave to participate in what the company calls an illegal strike which grounded flights for a third day. The airline’s chief executive officer, Allan Kilavuka, issued a statement Monday calling the strike illegal. Monday morning, 132 of […]

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Ukraine Receives First Batch Of Air Defense Systems

  • November 8, 2022

Ukraine has received its first delivery of National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems and Aspide air defense systems in its fight against Russian forces. “We will continue to shoot down the enemy targets attacking us. Thank you to our partners: Norway, Spain and the US,” Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov wrote on Twitter. White House […]

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Cameroonian President Paul Biya Marks 40 Years In Power

  • November 7, 2022

Cameroonian President Paul Biya marked 40 years in power Sunday but stayed out of the spotlight as questions swirled about the 89-year-old who is the only leader most of the Central African country’s people have ever known. Thousands of his supporters gathered in the capital, Yaounde, to celebrate the anniversary but there were only giant […]

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US Midterms: Trump And Biden Fire Up Voters As Election Looms

  • November 7, 2022

President Joe Biden and ex-President Donald Trump held duelling rallies as the election to reshape Congress entered its final campaign day. Mr Biden and Mr Trump made their last-minute pleas to voters in New York and Florida respectively. Momentum has shifted recently towards Republicans, who are trying to wrestle both chambers from Democratic control. They […]

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COP27: ‘Climate Chaos’ Warning As UN Summit Begins

  • November 6, 2022

The UN’s climate change summit has opened in Egypt with a warning that our planet is “sending a distress signal”. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was responding to a UN report released on Sunday saying the past eight years were on track to be the warmest on record. More than 120 world leaders are due to arrive […]

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Akufo-Addo Leads Ghana’s Climate Negotiators To COP 27

  • November 6, 2022

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will lead Ghana’s delegation of climate negotiators to this year’s 27th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 27) in Egypt. COP 27, scheduled for November 7 to 18, would be hosted in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh, and will provide the platform for climate activists and negotiators to […]

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100 World Leaders To Attend COP27

  • November 4, 2022

Over 100 Heads of State and Government have confirmed their participation in this year’s United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El Sheikh. The political authorities, power blocs, climate experts, negotiators, as well as key stakeholders, will be at the global table with cards that experts in the […]