Train barrels into another in Pakistan, killing at least 45

Railway workers rebuild the track at the track at the site of a train collision in the Ghotki district, southern Pakistan, Monday, June 7, 2021. An express train barreled into another that had derailed in Pakistan before dawn Monday, killing dozens of passengers, authorities said. More than 100 were injured, and rescuers and villagers worked

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United Arab Emirates Financial Intelligence Agency has signed a memorandum of understanding with Somalia

File Photo/Somali Times The United Arab Emirates Financial Intelligence Agency has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bangladesh’s Financial Intelligence Unit and the Somali Federal Government’s Financial Reporting Center. The purpose of this agreement is part of efforts to exchange financial information and experience, in order to combat financial crime in these countries. The agreements,

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UK’s lowest-paid workers face highest jobless risk: research

A person looks at the adverts in the window of a job agency in London, Britain October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo Britain’s lowest-paid workers, already hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, will be most at risk from expected rises in unemployment and job insecurity later this year, researchers said on Monday. The Resolution Foundation,

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Farmajo has more chances to be president than Hassan

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo since having 3 states: Galmudug, Hirshabelle and South West, has more chances to win the 2021 elections. President Farmajo has even more elderly community leaders which elect MPs. Somalia’s voting system is not democratic but instead elect clan leaders and is complicated. Somalis respect each other as

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Chinese exports jump as pandemic wanes in US, other markets

A gantry crane moves containers at a port in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province Friday, June 4, 2021. China’s exports surged nearly 28% in May while imports jumped 51% as demand rebounded in the U.S. and other markets where the pandemic is waning, though growth is leveling off after a stunning recovery from last

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Hundreds detained without trial in Uganda in new wave of repression

Ugandan opposition activists stand in the dock in the general military court martial in Makindye, a suburb of Kampala, on 17 May. Photograph: Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters By Jason Burke, Samuel Okiror Roundup of opposition activists took place in May around date of swearing-in ceremony for President Yoweri Museveni. A new wave of repression in Uganda has

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Here are all the major businesses owned by Rihanna

Singer Rihanna. Photo: Fenty Beauty. By ABU MUBARIK Robyn Rihanna Fenty, 33, is considered one of the greatest musicians worldwide. The Barbados singer was recently certified by Forbes as the richest female musician globally with a net worth of $600 million. Rihanna built her wealth in and outside the studio. Besides being a top-class musician,

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Hungarians protest against planned Chinese university campus

Demonstrators protest against the planned Chinese Fudan University campus in Budapest, Hungary, June 5, 2021. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo By Anita Komuves Thousands of Hungarians, some of them holding banners declaring “Treason”, protested on Saturday against a Chinese university’s plans to open a campus in Budapest. Liberal opponents of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban accuse him of

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Terrorist attack kills over 100 civilians in Burkina Faso

President announces 3 days of national mourning as of Saturday night At least 100 civilians were killed in a terrorist attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, local media reported on Saturday. In the night from Friday to Saturday, terrorists raided the village of Yagha in northern Sahel region, and opened fire on residents

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Too soon to say if English lockdown will end June 21, Hancock says

British Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock speaks at a memorial tree planting ceremony at Oxford Botanic Gardens, following a G7 health ministers meeting, ahead of the G7 leaders’ summit, at Mansfield College, Oxford University in Oxford, Britain June 4, 2021. Steve Parsons/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS British health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday

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