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Buffalo Shooting: Relative Lunges At Gunman Before Sentencing

A white supremacist who shot dead 10 black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket last year has been sentenced to life in prison in a dramatic court hearing. Payton Gendron, 19, pleaded guilty to 25 counts, including first-degree murder and terrorism motivated by hate. Ahead of the sentencing on …

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South African Rand Unchanged As Dollar Eases

South Africa’s rand was flat in early trade on Thursday, despite gains in other emerging market currencies as the U.S. dollar fell. At 0717 GMT, the rand traded at 18.0300 against the dollar, compared to its previous close of 18.0275. The dollar was down about .08% against a basket of …

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Ethiopia Commission Accuses Oromiya Rebels Of Killing 50 People

At least 50 people were killed in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region this month in an attack by a banned rebel group, the state-appointed human rights commission said on Wednesday. Oromiya is home to Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group and has experienced unrest for many years, rooted in grievances about political marginalisation and …

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Mystery Surrounds Objects Shot Down By US Military

The US military is unsure what three flying objects it shot out of the skies over North America were – and how they were able to stay aloft. President Joe Biden ordered another object – the fourth in total this month – to be downed on Sunday. As it was …

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Turkey Probes Contractors As Death Toll Tops 33 000

Turkish authorities are targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed in the powerful Feb. 6 earthquakes as rescuers found more survivors in the rubble Sunday, including a pregnant woman and two children, in the disaster that killed over 33,000 people. The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 …

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Inflation & Recession: Can The World Defeat Both In 2023?

When global leaders gathered at the annual World Economic Forum conclave in Davos last month, they were looking at a bleak economic scenario. Two-thirds of the economists polled by the WEF for its Chief Economists Outlook report said a global recession – a shrinking of the world’s gross domestic product …

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Another New-Born Saved After Four Days In Rubble

A new-born baby and his mother have been rescued from rubble in Turkey, around 90 hours after the first of Monday’s deadly earthquakes. The 10-day-old boy, named Yagiz, was retrieved from a ruined structure in the southern Hatay province. Footage showed the child being carefully taken out overnight – a …

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