WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama was decidedly “not pleased” by the release of hundreds of thousands of diplomatic memos by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks, his spokesman said Monday.-AFP
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BEIJING. – Antony Blinken landed in China amid a rift between the world’s two most powerful countries that threatens to overshadow otherwise improving relations. On his three-day visit, Blinken will first stop in Shanghai on his way to Beijing, to speak to students and attend a basketball game, the sort of popular diplomacy that would […]
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NAIROBI. — Devastating floods during Kenya’s rainy season, aggravated by climate change, have killed at least 38 people and displaced thousands as rivers burst their banks and inundated low-income neighbourhoods. Social media sites were awash yesterday with images and videos of people on rooftops of submerged houses. Residents across Nairobi neighbourhoods used boats to rescue […]
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TEXAS. – Police in the United States have arrested dozens of protesters at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and the University of Southern California (USC) as student-led demonstrations against Israel’s war on Gaza intensified across the country and House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested calling in the National Guard. The arrests on Wednesday […]
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