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53 people dead or missing after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean
Only two survivors rescued after boat overturned off Libyan coast, UN migration agency says
Fifty-three people are dead or missing after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, the UN migration agency said on Monday. Only two survivors were rescued.
The International Organization for Migration said the boat overturned north of Zuwara on Friday, in the latest
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Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90
Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history
Ghanaian musician Ebo Taylor, a definitive force behind the highlife genre, has died age 90.
His son Kweku Taylor announced the news on Sunday: “The world has lost a giant. A colossus of African music. Ebo Taylor passed away yesterday; a day after
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Weather tracker: Spain and Portugal hit by third deadly storm in two weeks
Storm Marta sweeps Iberian peninsula just days after Storms Kristin and Leonardo brought deadly flooding and major damage
Spain and Portugal have endured another storm over the weekend, just days after the deadly flooding and major damage caused by Storm Kristin and Storm Leonardo last week. Storm Marta passed over the Iberian peninsula on Saturday, bringing fresh torrential rain and
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RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors group
Eight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network
A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday.
The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er
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Thousands of Malawi businesses close in protest over tax changes
Peaceful demonstrations force a delay in measures aimed at improving revenue collection but which many fear will be fatal for small traders
Demonstrations across Malawi’s four main cities during the past week have achieved a delay in the introduction of a new tax regime that business owners claim will cripple their livelihoods.
Tens of thousands had signed petitions which this
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Canadian police identify suspect in school massacre that left nine dead
A teacher and five students among those killed in attack in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Tuesday
Canadian police have identified the suspect who carried out a school massacre in remote British Columbia as an 18-year old woman with a history of mental health problems.
Six people, including a teacher and five students, were killed in the attack on Tuesday in the town of
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US House backs bid to block Canada tariffs in rebuke of Trump
Republicans join Democrats in objecting to national emergency US president declared to impose tariffs
The US House on Wednesday voted to rescind tariffs that Donald Trump imposed on Canada last year, a rare bipartisan rebuke of the White House’s trade policy as the president threatened electoral retaliation against any
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Tumbler Ridge school shooting: police identify suspect in Canada attack as 18-year-old local resident – as it happened
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Canada shooting: Nine dead including suspect in attack on Tumbler Ridge high school, police say
More than 25 people injured, including two with life-threatening injuries, after shooting at secondary school and local residence
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Alleged drones in El Paso airspace cast spotlight on Mexican cartels’ growing arsenals
Closure of airspace draws attention to crime groups’ high-powered weapons – and may give Trump an excuse to attack
An alleged incursion by Mexican cartel drones into US airspace and the sudden closure of El Paso’s airspace has drawn renewed attention to the use of high-powered weapons
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