Ukraine: Usyk beats Joshua, keeps heavyweight belts

Britain’s Anthony Joshua, right, takes a blow from Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk during their world heavyweight title fight at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) By The Associated Press Oleksandr Usyk kissed the blue-and-yellow flag of Ukraine and looked to the Saudi Arabian sky as he waited

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Greece’s exit from enhanced EU scrutiny ends 12 years of pain, prime minister says

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis Reuters/Susana Vera/File Photo By Reuters Greece’s exit on Saturday from the European Union’s so-called enhanced surveillance framework for its economy ends 12 years of pain and allows the country greater freedom in policy making, its prime minister said. Greece’s economic performance and policies have been closely monitored under the framework

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Ethiopian Airline Plane both pilots reportedly fell asleep during flight

CNN By Tamara Hardingham-Gill Two pilots are believed to have fallen asleep and missed their landing during a flight from Sudan to Ethiopia on Monday, according to a report by commercial aviation news site Aviation Herald. The incident took place on board an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Khartoum to Addis Ababa, the

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Somalia spy chief Mahad Salad, Al-Shabab commander Mahad Karate are behind Mogadishu Hayat hotel attack

A photograph appear on the Internet At least 15 people were confirmed dead on Saturday as security forces battled Islamist militants who stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, Somali officials told Somali Times. “The security forces continued to neutralise terrorists who have been cordoned inside a room in the hotel building, most of

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German chancellor denies any involvement in tax fraud scandal

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz By Anadolu Agency German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday rejected claims by opposition politicians that he was involved in tax fraud scandal while he was mayor of Hamburg in 2016. “I had no influence on the tax proceedings of Warburg Bank,” Scholz told lawmakers, as he testified for the second time

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UK trade scheme to sanction East African Community over corruption

By Business Daily Africa Kenya’s partners in the East African Community bloc will have duty-free market access to the UK suspended if they condone corruption under a new trading scheme which come to force in early 2023. The post-Brexit Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS), which has expanded goods which enter the UK duty-free, will also

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North Korea tells South Korean president to ‘shut his mouth’ after offer of aid

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un attends wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam Reuters/Jorge Silva By Reuters North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Friday South Korea’s president should “shut his mouth” after he reiterated that his country

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Leaders of China, Russia to attend G20 summit in Indonesia

By Anadolu Agency Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will both attend the G20 summit in Indonesia, according to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who will host this year’s gathering. “Xi Jinping will come. President Putin has also told me he will come,” Widodo said in an interview with US-based news outlet Bloomberg.

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Mali accuses France of arming Islamist fighters in letter to U.N.

Mali’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdoulaye Diop /Reuters By Reuters Mali says France has violated its airspace and delivered arms to Islamist militants in an attempt to destabilise the West African country, the latest in a barrage of accusations that have marked the bitter end to their once close relations. In a letter to the

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Great Somali poet Hadrawi passed away in Hargeisa

Great Somali poet Hadrawi passed away Hargeisa International Book Fair 2013/ Credit to Photographer Kate Stanworth Great Somali poet, Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame (Hadrawi), died today in Hargeisa, as confirmed by some of his relatives. The deceased poet died of a long-term illness, and his death has been widely discussed in the media. Poet Hadrawi was

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