Prince Harry gets his day in court against tabloids he accuses of blighting his life

Prince Harry arrives at the High Court in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Prince Harry is due at a London court to testify against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other unlawful snooping. Harry alleges that journalists at the Daily Mirror and its sister papers used unlawful techniques on an “industrial scale”

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Bank run scare on CBK plan to issue digital currencies

Kenyan financial industry players, including banks, have warned that issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) may spark the collapse of an unspecified number of banks/Shutterstock By Business Daily Africa Kenyan financial industry players, including banks, have warned that issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) may spark the collapse of an unspecified number of

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Russia says U.S.-built F-16s could ‘accommodate’ nuclear weapons if sent to Ukraine

F-16 aircrafts fly during a NATO media event at an airbase in Malbork, Poland, March 21, 2023. Reuters/Lukasz Glowala By Reuters Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets can ‘accommodate’ nuclear weapons and warned that supplying Kyiv with them will escalate the conflict further. “We must keep in mind

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Somalia’s Deputy Minister of Information is a professional liar to the public

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s deputy minister is giving misinformation to the public about the Al-Shabab terrorist group saying 150, 70, 50 and 30 terrorists are killed everyday, which is untrue. Somalia Deputy Minister of Information gave an interview to outlet media keep to the public. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? Read: Somalia’s president

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Kenya loses $2m weekly as the tea sector crisis spirals

By The East African Instability and uncertainty in Kenya’s tea industry have gone a notch higher with reports that the country is losing about $2 million every week at the tea auction in Mombasa as a result of insecurity in growing zones that has led to the suspension of operations by key producers. This coming

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Somalia’s Speaker of the People’s Assembly seeks funds from Saudi Arabia

Photo/Somali Times The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Adan Mohamed Nur Madobe and his delegation arrived in Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, according to sources told the Somali Times speaker seeks funds from Saudi Arabia. Somali politician seeks funds from middle east countries

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Russia says it thwarted major Ukrainian offensive, killed hundreds

Drone footage shows an explosion in an unidentified location after the defence ministry in Moscow said that Russian forces have thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the southern Ukrainian region of Donetsk and killed hundreds of pro-Kyiv troops, in this still image from a handout video released June 5, 2023. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via Reuters

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Saudi Arabia slashes oil production and threatens to do ‘whatever is necessary’ to boost prices

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud arrives for an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, June 4, 2023. Reuters/Leonhard Foeger The Telegraph By James Titcomb Saudi Arabia has announced plans to cut its oil production by 1 million barrels per day (bpd) as the Kingdom pledged to do “whatever is necessary” to

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Starmer urged not to U-turn on new North Sea oil and gas ban

An oil platform in the Firth of Forth near Kirkcaldy, Fife. Labour’s policy has sparked anger among business and political leaders in Scotland. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA The Guardian By Kiran Stacey Keir Starmer’s promise to block new North Sea oil and gas exploration has received the backing of an eclectic range of high-profile groups, including

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Who is Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s new top diplomat?

Hakan Fidan has held critical positions in foreign policy and security in state institutions. / Photo: AA By TRT World Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkish intelligence agency National Intelligence Organization [MIT], has been appointed to the foreign minister post in the new Cabinet announced by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Fidan, who takes over from

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