More US lawmakers visit Taiwan 12 days after Pelosi trip

In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from left, U.S. Democratic House members John Garamendi shakes hands with Donald Yu-Tien Hsu, Director-General, dept. of North American Affairs, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs after arriving on a U.S. government plane at Songshan airport in Taipei, Taiwan on Sunday, Aug 14, 2022. The

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Somalia, Puntland administration rejects prime minister Hamse visit

The Prime Minister of the federal government of Somalia Mr. Hamse Abdi Barre and a delegation headed by him are heading to Puntland this week, but reports say that Puntland has not yet responded to the visit of the prime minister and his delegation. Puntland administration rejects prime minister Hamse Abdi Barre visit our sources

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Turkey bolsters energy security with Black Sea discoveries: Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during the Çorum Mass Opening Ceremony held at Kadeş Barış Square, Çorum, Turkey, Aug. 13, 2022. (AA Photo) By Daily Sabah Türkey is bolstering its energy security through its exploratory missions in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Saturday. While Europe frets about the

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Kenya tight race for State House as vote count on

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga (left) and William Ruto By Daily Nation Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto are neck-and-neck in the race to State House, with results from 96 out of 291 constituencies tallied even as errors in forms threatened to slow the process. The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) presidential

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Iranian tanker reloads oil confiscated by U.S. in Greece

The Liberian-flagged oil tanker Ice Energy transfers crude oil from the Iranian-flagged oil tanker Lana (former Pegas), off the shore of Karystos, on the Island of Evia, Greece, May 26, 2022. Reuters/Costas Baltas/File Photo By Reuters An Iranian-flagged tanker is reloading oil confiscated in April by the United States after Greek authorities approved the release

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London Museum to Return 72 Stolen Artefacts to Nigeria

One of the stolen artefacts By The African Exponent The Horniman Museum and Gardens said on Sunday that it would return 72 artefacts, including 12 brass plaques dubbed the “Benin Bronzes” , to the Nigerian government. These items were looted in the brutal British invasion of the Benin Kingdom in 1897 and carted off to

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‘News is not good’: Rushdie’s agent says after author attacked on stage in New York

By Anadolu Agency Hours after being attacked, the “news is not good” about Salman Rushdie, who was attacked Friday on stage in the state of New York. The author’s agent, Andrew Wylie, said in an email update to the New York Times that Rushdie is on a ventilator and cannot speak, his arm and liver

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Ethiopia completes third phase of filling giant Nile dam

By Reuters Ethiopia has completed the third phase of filling the reservoir for its huge dam on the Blue Nile river, the government said on Friday, a process that continues to irk the country’s downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan. Addis Ababa says the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a $4 billion hydropower project, is crucial

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Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York

Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., about 75 miles (120 km) south of Buffalo. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman) By The Associated Press Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was

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Sunak, Truss clash over cost-of-living crisis in UK leadership debate

By Anadolu Agency UK Conservative Party leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss clashed Thursday over the cost-of-living crisis gripping Britain in a debate in Cheltenham. The crisis is being driven in large part by huge increases in energy bills as well as inflation more generally. Truss warned that there was a “real danger of

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