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Biden says he expects to run for reelection in 2024
US President Joe Biden said Thursday his “expectation” is to run for reelection in 2024, an apparent effort to douse speculation that the oldest person to assume the office will
Virginia becomes first state in US south to abolish death penalty
Virginia has become the first state in the U.S. South to stop executions after the state’s Governor, Ralph Northam, signed a piece of legislation to abolish the death penalty. The
South Africa’s president, Ramaphosa, to appear before anti-graft panel
South Africa’s President. Cyril Ramaphosa South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, is due next month to make a much-anticipated appearance before an inquiry into alleged state looting, the judicial panel probing
Hotel Rwanda ‘hero’ quits trial, says expects no justice
Paul Rusesabagina Paul Rusesabagina, the polarising hero of the hit movie “Hotel Rwanda,” failed to show up for his trial Wednesday, after informing prison authorities he was quitting the process
‘Putin’s chef’ demands FBI remove him from wanted list
PHOTO: BBC Kremlin-linked businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin has written to the FBI demanding that it remove him from its wanted list, calling it a violation of human rights principles, his company
Navalny’s health deteriorating in prison — Lawyer
Navalny Lawyers for jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny sounded the alarm Wednesday over the politician’s deteriorating health in prison and demanded immediate access, saying he complained of back pain and
Sassou Nguesso: the ‘Emperor’ of oil-rich Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso Nicknamed the “Emperor” by some peers, Congo’s veteran President Denis Sassou Nguesso on Tuesday won another five-year term that will see him steering his country for over
Biden calls for assault weapon ban after Colorado shooting
President Joe Biden called Tuesday for a US ban on assault weapons, after the country’s second mass shooting in a week left 10 people dead in Colorado and sparked urgent
Five dead in stampede while mourning Tanzania’s Magufuli
Women cry as attendees mourn the death of the coffin of fifth Tanzanian president John Magufuli during the national funeral at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam on March 20,
DR Congo starts countdown to end of Ebola outbreak in east
The Democratic Republic of Congo, where the deadly Ebola virus first emerged in 1976, has begun a countdown to the official end of its latest outbreak, this time in the
