Fri 28 July 2023: The general has been in charge of the presidential guards since 2015 and was a close ally of former President Issoufou. Abdourahmane Tchiani, also known as Omar Tchiani head of Niger’s presidential guard, has named himself head of a transitional government in the West African country, two days after his unit […]
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Fri 28 July 2023: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday pleaded for immediate radical action on climate change, saying that record-shattering July temperatures show Earth has passed from a warming phase into an “era of global boiling”. A blistering heatwave is sweeping the northern hemisphere, including parts of Europe and the Americas, with record-high temperatures triggering devastating wildfires in countries […]
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Thu 27 July 2023: A bomb planted in a vehicle exploded outside the Sayeda Zeinab shrine, south of the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Thursday, killing several people and wounding others, Syrian state media reported, Reuters reports. A reporter for Syrian state television said a preliminary death toll indicated as many as six people may have died. The […]
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Thu 27 July 2023: The United States is not aware that the private military company Wagner Group is involved in the mutiny in Niger, US State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters on Thursday. “I am not aware of any indications that the Wagner Group could be involved,” Patel said when asked whether the US […]
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Thu 27 July 2023: Britain has been unlawfully accommodating unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in hotels on a “systematic and routine” basis for more than a year, London’s High Court has ruled. Judge Martin Chamberlain on Thursday upheld a legal challenge brought by Every Child Protected Against Trafficking (ECPAT) over the accommodation of unaccompanied children seeking asylum, […]
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Thu 27 July 2023: The participation of French President Emmanuel Macron in the BRICS nation conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, next month would be “unsuitable,” the Russian Foreign Ministry declared on Wednesday. Speaking to Anadolu the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, the French president’s participation would not contribute to the implementation of the work […]
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Thu 27 July 2023: Soldiers in Niger say they have deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, following a blockade of the presidential palace in Niamey, the capital of one of the world’s most volatile countries. A group of troops appeared on national television in the West African country late on Wednesday, only hours after the president was […]
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Thu 27 July 2023: The global sea level has been steadily rising over the past three decades, which has raised concerns because of the serious consequences it would have for coastal ecosystems and places around the world. According to NASA data from this February, two important aspects of global warming are primarily responsible for the […]
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Thu 27 July 2023: Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said that Moscow intends to work with the leaders of Africa to weaken the US dollar, according to a report by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. Zakharova said that the US is using the dollar not only as a tool to fight for […]
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Thu 27 July 2023: Washington, DC – United States diplomats will meet with Taliban representatives in Qatar this week, the US State Department has announced, in what will be rare, direct talks between Washington and the ruling Afghan group. The State Department said on Wednesday that Thomas West and Rina Amiri will hold meetings on Afghanistan in […]
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