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A bombing at a checkpoint in Somalia killed at least 15 people, authorities say

September 23, 2023 admin

In this grab taken from video, smoke billows after an explosion in Beledweyne, Somalia, on Sept. 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP An explosives-laden vehicle detonated Saturday at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne, killing at least 15 people and wounding 40 others, authorities said. Abdifatah Mohamed Yusuf, the director-general of…

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24 Female Students Among 30 Kidnapped By Gunmen At Nigerian University

September 23, 2023 admin

The attack was the first mass kidnapping since President Bola Tinubu came to power (Representational) Zamfara, Nigeria: Gunmen have kidnapped more than 30 people, including at least 24 female students, in a raid in and around a university in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents said Saturday. Dozens of gunmen from criminal gangs called bandits barged…

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Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man

September 23, 2023 admin

In this photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, surgeons prepare for a pig heart transplant into Lawrence Faucette at the school’s hospital in Baltimore, Md., in September 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only…

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China President Xi Jinping To Open Biggest-Ever Asian Games After A Years Delay

September 23, 2023 admin

Xi Jinping is scheduled to open proceedings of the 19th Asian Games in front of dignitaries Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping will declare the Asian Games open at a ceremony in Hangzhou on Saturday, launching a two-week sporting extravaganza that boasts more athletes than the Olympics. After being delayed by a year because of China’s…

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Colombia’s Presidential office manipulates video of President Gustavo Petro at United Nations to hype applause

September 23, 2023 admin

Columbian President Gustavo Petro. File | Photo Credit: AP The Colombian government manipulated a video to alter the applause received by President Gustavo Petro during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Associated Press reviewed the video and was able to verify that it was altered. The recording released by…

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Ex-Wagner Commander Andrei Medvedev Arrested In Norway For Trying To Cross Russian Border

September 23, 2023 admin

Andrei Medvedev escaped Russia in January via its Arctic border with Norway Norway: Norwegian police have arrested a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group on suspicion that he tried to illegally cross the border back into Russia after seeking asylum in Norway earlier this year, the man’s lawyer said on Saturday. Andrei Medvedev, who…

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Chroniclers of Uyghur life disappear in Xi’s China

September 23, 2023 admin

Professor Rahile Dawut, a Uyghur intellectual has been sentenced to life “for endangering state security”. Photo courtesy Lisa Ross/Dui Hua | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “There are so few of us left,” Ilham Tohti reflected during a walk through the lush grounds of Beijing’s Minzu University, which specialises in the study of China’s ethnic minorities, during…

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Missing 2-Year-Old Girl In US Found Asleep In Remote Area Using Family Dog As Pillow

September 23, 2023 admin

The girl was first reported missing in Faithorn at about 8pm Wednesday. (Representative Pic) A 2-year-old girl who went missing in Michigan, US, with two family dogs was found asleep in the woods hours later using one of her pets as a pillow. According to Sky News, the little girl wandered away from her home…

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Parents, Aunt Arrested After 6-Month-Old Baby In US Nearly Dies From More Than 50 Rat Bites

September 23, 2023 admin

The baby suffered more than 50 bite wounds to his head and face.(Representative pic) A 6-month-old baby in the United States was nearly eaten alive by rats that bit him over 50 times while he slept in his crib last week, police said. According to USA Today, the incident took place in Indiana on September…

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Taiwan raises concerns about situation ‘getting out of hand’ with China drills

September 23, 2023 admin

The increased frequency of China’s military activities around Taiwan recently has raised the risk of events “getting out of hand” and sparking an accidental clash, the island’s defence minister said on Saturday. Taiwan has said that the past two weeks has seen dozens of fighters, drones, bombers and other aircraft, as well as warships and…

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