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Biden Classified Documents Probe: What You Need To Know

  January 14, 2023   The discovery of classified documents at Joe Biden’s residence has cast a shadow over his political future. But comparisons with Donald Trump must be taken with caution. DW takes a closer look. Biden has said he takes classified documents and material ‘seriously’ | Image: Patrick Semansky/AP Photo/picture alliance   By Alex Berry | DW News ...

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Somali Leader Urges People To Flush Out Al-Shabab ‘Bedbugs’

  January 14, 2023   Al-Shabab has been waging a bloody insurgency against the internationally-backed central government for 15 years Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attends a rally against the Al-Shabab terrorist group in Mogadishu on Thursday. The president has declared ‘all-out war’ against Al-Shabab. PHOTO: AFP   By AFP   MOGADISHU – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called Thursday ...

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Sri Lankan Court Orders Ex-leader To Pay Victims Of 2019 Easter Bombings

  January 14, 2023   The Supreme Court said inaction by former President Maithripala Sirisena and four others led to the attacks, which killed nearly 270 people. The court said inaction by former President Maithripala Sirisena, center, “resulted in disastrous consequences for this country.”Eranga Jayawardena / AP file   By The Associated Press   COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s ...

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US Democrats Urge Biden To Expel Bolsonaro Following Brazil Election Riots

  January 14, 2023   Democratic lawmakers called Thursday on President Joe Biden to revoke the visa of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, saying the United States should not offer refuge to anyone involved in riots against Brazil’s newly elected government. Supporters of ex-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, pray for his health outside his rental house at the Encore Resort at ...

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Turkey Summons Swedish Envoy, Warns Over NATO Membership Bid

  January 13, 2023   Turkey angered by protest in Sweden seeks further crackdown  Effigy of President Erdogan was hung in Stockholm on Thursday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan | Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg   By Selcan Hacaoglu and Niclas Rolander | Bloomberg   ANKARA – Turkey summoned Sweden’s ambassador after supporters of the Kurdish militant group PKK and its affiliates ...

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Ethiopia’s, Somalia Cooperation on Aviation Strengthens Integration, People to People Ties : Somalia Aviation Authority

  January 12, 2023   By Ethiopian News Agency   ADDIS ABABA – Strong cooperation in civil aviation sector will enable Ethiopia and Somalia strengthen their economic integration and people to people ties, Director General of Somalia Civil Aviation Authority, Ahmed Moulin Hasson stressed. Somalia’s Transport and Civil Aviation Minister, Fardowsa Osman Egal and her delegation recently paid official working ...

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French, German Foreign Ministers Hail Tigray Peace Progress In Ethiopia

  January 12, 2023   German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock (L), Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (C) and French Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Catherine Colonna (R), pose for a photograph at the prime minister’s office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 12, 2023. © Amanuel Sileshi, AFP   By France 24 with Agence France-Presse   The ...

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Swedish Miner Finds Europe’s Largest Rare Earth Deposit

  January 12, 2023   Deposit holds more than 1 million tons of rare minerals Application for exploration concession expected in 2023 The deposit was discovered near the Arctic town of Kiruna, Sweden. Photographer: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images   By Jonas Ekblom | Bloomberg   STOCKHOLM – The largest known deposit of rare earth minerals in Europe has just been discovered ...

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Saudi Arabia Mulls Opening All Land Borders To Pilgrims After Limits On Arrival Numbers Dropped

  January 12, 2023   Ministry confirms those planning Hajj are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID Chief of the Saudi Directorate of Passports, Lt. Gen. Sulaiman Abdulaziz, cited a study with relevant agencies in the country to allow pilgrims to enter the kingdom through all land crossings. Photo: Agence France-Presse (AFP)   By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent | ...

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Roundup: Uganda Declares End Of Ebola Outbreak

  January 12, 2023   Ugandan Minister of Health Ruth Aceng cheers up after making an announcement in the Central Region district of Mubende, Uganda, on Jan. 11, 2023. Uganda on Wednesday said the Ebola Sudan Virus outbreak in the country has ended after no new case was reported over a period of 42 days. Photo: Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua   By ...

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