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Russian opposition leader hospitalized after suspected poisoning
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Russian opposition leader and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny was unconscious and on a ventilator in a Siberian hospital Thursday after falling ill from suspected poisoning, his spokesperson said.Navalny, 44, started feeling unwell while on a return flight to Moscow from
Mali’s president quits after soldiers mutiny
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Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, after being detained by soldiers on Tuesday. In a televised address he said he was also dissolving the government and parliament, adding: “I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power.”
Soldiers seize Mali President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta
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Mali President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta has been arrested by mutinying soldiers, a government spokesman has confirmed to the BBC. Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has also been arrested, despite earlier appeals for “brotherly dialogue”. The apparent coup attempt in the West African
Democratic convention: Michelle Obama blasts Trump
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Michelle Obama has launched a stinging attack on US President Donald Trump as Democrats prepared to crown Joe Biden as their White House challenger. “Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country,” said the former US first lady in an
US to pay Pfizer, Germany’s BioNTech $2 billion for 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses
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The United States will pay nearly $2 billion for 100 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. Shares of the U.S. drugmaker jumped 5% about an hour before the opening bell. The
West African leaders on high-stakes mission to end Mali standoff
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West African leaders are heading to Bamako on a high-stakes mission aimed at defusing Mali’s weeks-long political crisis that has raised concerns of further instability in a country grappling with multiple crises, including an escalating conflict. The visit on Thursday by
US lifts visa sanctions imposed on Ghanaians
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The United States Government has lifted the visa sanctions imposed on some category of Ghanaians in 2019. The sanctions were over claims that Ghana was unreasonably delaying the return of its nationals ordered to be removed from the US. The lifting
Ghana govt spends $35 million on testing for coronavirus
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The Government of Ghana has so far spent US$35million on testing 346,990 COVID-19 suspected cases. The amount is not part of the expenditure on the expansion of testing capacity. Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, Deputy Minister of Health who represented the Minister of Health, made