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May 18, 2023
Harry and Meghan 'Paparazzi Pursuit' Questioned

LONDON - New York police, the city's mayor and a taxi driver who briefly transported Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have played down the danger and duration of the reported Tuesday paparazzi pursuit.
May 18, 2023
Tunisia Displays 'Tolerance' After Synagogue Attack

TUNIS - Tunisian President Kais Saied has hosted Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders following a deadly mass shooting outside a local synagogue, telling them Tunisia was a country of "tolerance and coexistence."
May 18, 2023
'Bandits' Kill More in Chad

N'DJAMENA - At least eleven villagers in southern Chad have been killed by "bandits," in a region troubled by violence between herders and sedentary farmers, the military said on Thursday.
May 18, 2023
Nigeria Herders, Farmers in Bloody Battle

JOS, NIGERIA - The death toll following clashes between herders and farmers in central Nigeria's Plateau State has jumped from 30 to 85, a local official said Thursday.
May 18, 2023
Russian Rockets Rain on Kyiv

KYIV - Ukraine said Thursday it had downed nearly an entire barrage of Russian missiles overnight, the latest in an "unprecedented" wave of aerial attacks on the capital, Kyiv.
May 18, 2023
Kenya Nails Officials Selling 'Bad Sugar'

NAIROBI - Kenya has suspended more than two dozen officials after around 1,000 tons of sugar were released to the market despite being declared unfit for consumption.
May 17, 2023
Kenya 'Starvation Cult' Toll Keeps Climbing

NAIROBI - The death toll in a probe into a Kenyan cult suspected of urging followers to starve themselves to death rose to 226 on Wednesday after 15 more bodies were found, the authorities said.
May 17, 2023
Chad, CAR Jointly Hunt Jihadis

N'DJAMENA - Chad said Wednesday that its troops had killed "bandits" in an unprecedented joint operation in neighboring Central African Republic (CAR), whose border area is gripped by ethnic unrest.
May 17, 2023
IMF OK's $3 Billion for Ghana

ACCRA - The International Monetary Fund's executive board has approved a $3 billion, three-year extended credit facility for Ghana, three senior Ghanaian officials said on Wednesday, as the West African country tries to overcome its worst economic crisis in a generation.
May 17, 2023
Another Rate Hike Expected for South Africa

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Reserve Bank will raise interest rates one last time in its current cycle on May 25, adding at least 25 basis points in a final bid to cool persistently sticky inflation, a Reuters poll found on Wednesday.
May 17, 2023
Biden Expresses Confidence About Debt Deal

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Wednesday he is confident a deal can be reached with Republicans leaders to avert a potentially catastrophic U.S. debt default as early as June 1.
May 17, 2023
'Diana Deja Vu' For Harry and Meghan

NEW YORK - Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle were involved in a "near catastrophic car chase" involving paparazzi in New York, a spokesperson for the couple said Wednesday. A paparazzi chase in Paris in 1997 resulted in a crash that killed Harry's mother, Diana.
May 17, 2023
UN Seeks $100 Billion to Close 'Digital Gap'

GENEVA - The United Nations on Wednesday demanded a tripling of pledges aimed at filling the global digitalization gap, asking countries and the private sector to hike the funding to $100 billion by 2026.
May 17, 2023
African Ukraine Peace Mission Set For June

JOHANNESBURG - A group of African leaders trying to broker peace in the war in Ukraine will launch their mission to Moscow and Kyiv next month, a senior South African government official said Wednesday.
May 17, 2023
Guinea Readies Army for Protests

CONAKRY - Guinea's ruling junta said troops had been ordered to support police ahead of impending protests, and threatened law-breakers with tough prison terms under anti-terrorism legislation.
May 17, 2023
Titanic Wreck Gets Full 3D Scan

LONDON - The first full-sized 3D scan of the Titanic shipwreck published on Wednesday may reveal more details about the ocean liner's fateful journey across the Atlantic more than a century ago.
May 17, 2023
African Migrants Die in Tunisian Mountains

TUNIS - The bodies of nine migrants from sub-Saharan African countries have been found in western Tunisia, near the border with Algeria, in recent days, a judicial official told AFP on Wednesday.
May 17, 2023
Sudan War Shows Nation's Class Divisions

CAIRO - Sudan's brutal war has pitted the traditional urban elite that has long monopolized wealth and power in the capital Khartoum against forces from the marginalized rural periphery, analysts say.
May 17, 2023
UN Calls For $3 Billion Sudan Aid

GENEVA - The United Nations on Wednesday said $3.03 billion would be needed to provide urgent aid in conflict-ravaged Sudan and for over one million expected to flee into neighboring countries this year.
May 17, 2023
Mali Journalist Kidnapping Tied to Jihadi Pursuit

PARIS - French forces tried to use a journalist's visit to northern Mali to track a jihadist leader but failed to prevent the reporter from being kidnapped by the militants, French media reported Wednesday.

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