Elena Rybakina wins women’s Wimbledon title, 1st Slam

Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina celebrates with the trophy after beating Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, left, to win the final of the women’s singles on day thirteen of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) By The Associated Press Elena Rybakina beat Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the Wimbledon final on

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Sri Lanka protesters, angered by economic meltdown, storm president’s house

Demonstrators run from tear gas used by police during a protest demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, amid the country’s economic crisis, near the president’s residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 9, 2022. Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte By Reuters Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo stormed the president’s official residence and his secretariat

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Finland’s first Somali-born MP appointed Horn of Africa peace envoy

By Anadolu Agency Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto appointed Somali-born MP Suldaan Said Ahmed as his Special Representative on Peace Mediation in the Horn of Africa. The Foreign Ministry said Ahmed, who is the only Somali-origin member in the parliament, will focus on supporting peace processes in one of the volatile regions in Africa. Finland

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Elon Musk abandons deal to buy Twitter; company says it will sue

File – Elon Musk will participate in a meeting with employees of Twitter on Thursday, June 16, 2022, as the billionaire and social media platform continue to try to push forward on their agreed-to $44 billion acquisition. Twitter confirmed on Tuesday that the meeting will take place, but did not provide any other details about

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Spying tools, tech drive Kenya Revenue Authority to collect Sh2 trillion in revenue

Times Tower, the headquarters of the KRA, in Nairobi By Business Daily Africa Aggressive tax collection and recovery measures by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) raised revenue collection by a fifth in the year to June 2022, the highest ever annual growth margin recorded by the agency. The tax agency said on Thursday that it

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Shinzo Abe, powerful former Japan PM, leaves divided legacy

In this image from a video, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a campaign speech in Nara, western Japan shortly before he was shot Friday, July 8, 2022. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a

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Japan ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated while giving speech

In this image from a video, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a campaign speech in Nara, western Japan shortly before he was shot Friday, July 8, 2022. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a

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British navy says it seized smuggled Iranian missiles

Royal Navy vessel HMS Montrose at sea during Baltic Operations in this photo taken June 15, 2014. Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Adam C. Stapleton/U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Britain’s Royal Navy said on Thursday one of its warships had seized Iranian weapons, including surface-to-air-missiles and engines for cruise missiles, from smugglers in international

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Kenya’s says presidents Hassan, Uhuru agree to reopen drug trade

Credit to Photo Facebook/Kenya’s Minister of Agriculture Peter Munya Kenya’s Minister of Agriculture Peter Munya said the agreement to resume trade between Somalia and Kenya had been delayed. This comes after Somali corrupt President Hassan Mohamoud failed to attend the IGAD Extraordinary Summit in Nairobi. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Mr

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Ex-leader Shinzo Abe critically shot in shock Japan attack

Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, falls on the ground in Nara, western Japan Friday, July 8, 2022. Abe was in heart failure after apparently being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, NHK public television said Friday. (Kyodo News via AP) By The Associated Press Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

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