World & Africa

France’s Macron weakened by crisis over teen killed by police

BY SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — Even in normal times Emmanuel Macron needed allies’ help governing France. To get some things done he
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Putin will speak with leaders of China and India in his first summit since the

By Associated Press NEW DELHI: President Vladimir Putin will participate this week in his first multilateral summit since an armed
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South African president cleared of wrongdoing in scandal over $580,000 in cash stolen from his

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was cleared of wrongdoing Friday by a public watchdog over a
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UK government vows to challenge court ruling that its plan to send migrants to Rwanda

By Associated Press LONDON: A British court ruled Thursday that a U.K. government plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way
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Pope meets with wife and family of Julian Assange, who says pontiff ‘concerned’ by his

By Associated Press VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis met Friday with imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s wife Stella, who said the
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‘Movement’ detected at South African mine where dozens suspected dead, but no search operation yet

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have detected “movement” underground at a shuttered gold
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Children of refugees wanting SA citizenship will have to speak one official language

By Times Live Children of refugees wanting South African citizenship will have to speak at least one official language. This
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Outrage erupts after man accused of blasphemy is stoned to death in latest mob killing

By Associated Press ABUJA: A man was stoned to death after being accused of blasphemy in northwest Nigeria, authorities and
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Putin says the aborted rebellion played into the hands of Russia’s enemies

By Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday blasted organizers of a weekend revolt, the gravest threat yet to
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Zimbabwe’s Hilda Suka-Mafudze is the new African Union envoy to the United States; she outlines

By The Washington Diplomat Few people realize this, but Hilda Suka-Mafudze speaks for more people than any other foreign ambassador
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