Australia PM says no opportunity for meeting with French president in New York

French President Emmanuel Macron and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hold a news conference as they meet at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol Reuters By Colin Packham Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday he will not speak with the French president at the United Nations this week

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Asian shares extend losses as China worries darken sentiment

A man walks past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Asian shares declined Tuesday, with Tokyo down 2% as worries about heavily indebted Chinese real estate developers weighed on sentiment. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) Associated Press By YURI KAGEYAMA TOKYO

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Stocks are heading for their biggest slump in almost a year

A woman walks past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Shares fell more than 3% in Hong Kong on Monday in holiday-thinned trading in Asia, with both Tokyo and Shanghai closed. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) Associated Press By DAMIAN J.

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Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister announces date for the ICJ ruling maritime case

Credit: Twitter Somalia’s defence team maritime case. The Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia, Mahdi Mohamed Guled, has issued a statement announcing the timing of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling in Somalia’s disputed territorial waters. “Praise be to God, I am pleased to share with the Somali people that the International Court of

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Will Turkey’s Détente with Egypt and the Gulf Extend to the Horn of Africa?

Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Credit Anadolu Agency. The National Interest By Aykan Erdemir, Varsha Koduvayur Although the extent to which the climate of détente will affect the Horn is not certain, the relative calm offers a unique opportunity for Washington to claim leadership and prevent the kind of violent rivalry that proved disastrous in

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Thousands flee as volcano erupts on Spain’s La Palma island, homes destroyed

A house burns due to lava from the eruption of a volcano in the Cumbre Vieja national park at Los Llanos de Aridane, on the Canary Island of La Palma, September 20, 2021. REUTERS/Borja Suarez Reuters By Borja Suarez The Canary Islands’ first volcanic eruption in 50 years has forced the evacuation of about 5,000

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Shooting in Russian university leaves 8 dead

People stand behind the fence near the Perm State University with the a Posguardia (National Guardia) on the left, in Perm, Russia, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. A gunman opened fire in a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday morning, leaving at list five people dead and others wounded, according to Russia’s Investigative

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Prof Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad released by Kenyan intelligent after ten days of captivity-sources say

A photograph appear on the Internet Prof Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad. Prof Abdiwahab declined to elaborate on the reasons for his abduction, but said he was in good condition, and could talk about what happened soon. His wife, Halima Mohamed, had previously said Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and Uhuru Kenyatta of being involved in

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Wealthy Kenyans now sell planes to survive Covid-19

A section of Wilson Airport in Nairobi on August 9, 2016. By Business Daily Africa Wealthy Kenyans and private aviation firms last year sold 72 planes in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that reduced the millionaires’ net worth and hit demand for travel. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) data show the number of

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Kenya to get a cut from nurses in deal with UK

President Uhuru Kenyatta with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in July. By Daily Nation The government will get a percentage of the cash that Kenyan nurses will make in the UK following the deal made by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Boris Johnson in July. The deal is similar to the one made by

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