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Total withdraws all staff from gas project in Mozambique after attack
The French energy company Total on Monday announced it would completely withdraw its employees from a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique in view of the tense security situation.
Zimbabwe says malaria prevalence falls 79%
Zimbabwe managed to cut malaria prevalence by 79 percent in the last 17 years, Vice President and Health and Child Care Minister Constantino Chiwenga, said. Chiwenga said that the country
Biden: Climate fight holds great economic opportunities
US President Joe Biden described great economic opportunities in the fight against climate change, on the second day of a major climate summit. At the online summit he hosted with
Russia to close off parts of Black Sea
Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin Accompanied by much criticism from the West, Russia plans to close off several areas of the Black Sea from Saturday. Shipping through the Kerch Strait by
Terror suspected after policewoman dies near Paris in ‘barbaric’ act
French anti-terrorism authorities are investigating the killing of a policewoman at a police station outside Paris on Friday. Investigators assume it was an act of terrorism. “In the fight against
100 illegal immigrants drown off Libyan coast ― Report
More than 100 illegal immigrants have drowned when their boat capsized off the Libyan coast, Eugenio Ambrosi, Chief of Staff of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), announced later Thursday.
Turkish police seek 78 suspects over cryptocurrency fraud
Turkish prosecutors on Friday issued detention warrants for 78 suspects over their alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency exchange fraud, local media reported. Police units have so far detained 62 suspects
Saudi Arabia bans Lebanese fruit, vegetables to combat drug smuggling
Saudi Arabia on Friday imposed a ban on imports of Lebanese fruit and vegetables into its territory, citing a spike in drug smuggling from Lebanon. The ban will come into
Rebels threaten to march on capital as Chad reels from president’s battlefield death
Rebel forces set their sights on Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Wednesday following the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby, threatening to bring more disruption to a country vital to international
George Floyd killing: US ex-police officer, Chauvin found guilty on all counts
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was arrested Friday, May 29, in the May 25 death of George Floyd. Derek Chauvin, the former U.S. police officer accused in the
