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• June 21, 2023

  Kenya Official Slammed For Media Attack

  NAIROBI — Kenya's trade minister, Moses Kuria, is at the center of a firestorm over a series of derogatory remarks against a leading media outlet, including calling its journalists "prostitutes."

• June 21, 2023

  Sunk Titanic Sub Searchers 'Detect Noises'

  BOSTON — Rescuers searching for a missing tourist submersible near the wreck of the Titanic have detected "underwater noises" in the search area, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday, with the five on board estimated to have less than 24 hours of oxygen left.

• June 20, 2023

  EU Advances 'Restore Nature' Law

  LUXEMBOURG — E.U. member states agreed a milestone law to restore Europe's natural habitats on Tuesday, although the key text faces further challenges in the European Parliament.

• June 20, 2023

  Puntland Confrontation Kills At Least Eight

  MOGADISHU — At least eight people were killed on Tuesday in fighting outside parliament in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland between local security forces and armed militiamen loyal to opposition politicians, police and witnesses said.

• June 20, 2023

  Messi's Miami Debut Set For July 21

  MIAMI — Football team Inter Miami is targeting a July 21 debut for superstar Lionel Messi as the club plans to bolster the squad with as many as five new players, owner Jorge Mas said.

• June 20, 2023

  UN: 'Keep Borders With Sudan Open'

  NAIROBI — The head of the UN's refugee agency, Philippo Grandi, on Tuesday urged Sudan's neighbors to keep their borders open despite security worries as the number of people fleeing the conflict topped 500,000, while those internally displaced climbed to two million.

• June 20, 2023

  Rwanda Fugitive Kayishema Seeks South Africa Asylum

  CAPE TOWN — Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last fugitives sought over the 1994 Rwanda genocide, will apply for asylum in South Africa, where he has been living for two decades, his lawyer said Tuesday.

• June 20, 2023

  Trump Criminal Trial Set Mid-August

  MIAMI — A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday scheduled the criminal trial of former president Donald Trump for his alleged mishandling of classified documents and obstruction to begin on August 14.

• June 20, 2023

  Mali Accuses UN of 'Espionage'

  DAKAR — Mali's ruling junta has asked prosecutors to probe the U.N.'s peacekeeping mission for "espionage" following a report which said hundreds of people were massacred last year by Malian troops and their allies.

• June 20, 2023

  Hollywood Spotlights Climate Action

  LOS ANGELES — Stars including Jane Fonda and the Oscar-winning directors of "Everything Everywhere All At Once" will urge the entertainment industry to tackle climate change head-on at a summit in Los Angeles this week.

• June 20, 2023

  Paris Cops Raid 2024 Olympics Offices

  PARIS — Police raided the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday just over a year out from the opening ceremony of the quadrennial sporting showpiece.

• June 20, 2023

  Nigeria Herders, Farmers Fight - 20 Dead

  JOS, NIGERIA — At least 20 people have been killed in a fresh bout of violence between herders and farming communities in Plateau State in central-northern Nigeria, police said.

• June 20, 2023

  Tinubu Shuffles Leadership Deck

  LAGOS — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has appointed new military and security chiefs in the latest in a flurry of key decisions after being sworn in last month.

• June 19, 2023

  Zambia Debt Bailout Plan Expected

  PARIS — Creditors hope to propose a debt restructuring plan for Zambia this week, a source within the Paris Club of official creditors said Monday, after months of hold-up.

• June 19, 2023

  Museveni 'Back at Work' Post-COVID

  KAMPALA — Uganda's veteran President Yoweri Museveni said he had returned to normal duties on Monday after recovering from the COVID-19 virus.

• June 19, 2023

  Report: Europe is World's Fastest-Warming Continent

  PARIS — Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping report on Monday, noting the world's fastest-warming continent was some 2.3 degrees Celsius hotter last year than in pre-industrial times.

• June 19, 2023

  UN Enacts First 'High Seas' Treaty

  UNITED NATIONS HQ, NEW YORK — The world's first international treaty to protect the high seas was adopted Monday at the United Nations, a historic environmental accord designed to protect remote ecosystems vital to humanity.

• June 19, 2023

  UN Decries DRC Violence

  KINSHASA — The United Nations sounded the alarm on Monday over "rampant violence and rising humanitarian needs" in the violence-plagued eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

• June 19, 2023

  Football Turns Deadly in Cotonou

  COTONOU — Two people died and 10 were injured in a Benin stadium as supporters surged to get into a football match against Senegal, a local justice official and a hospital source said on Monday.

• June 19, 2023

  UN Rights Chief Slams 'Chokehold' on Civil Society

  GENEVA — U.N. rights chief Volker Turk raised concern Monday on attempts by several countries to silence human rights defenders and other civil society members, including those who cooperate with his office.

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