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8 things to know about Hamida Dakane, the first Somali woman elected into North Dakota State House of Representatives

Hamida Dakane stands in the Al Hamdi Restaurant on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in south Fargo. Photo credit: Michael Vosburg/The Forum By Face2Face Africa Hamida Dakane, who was before now only known in her state, North Dakota, has made history and international headlines following her victory at the just concluded November general elections. Before her

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Top Russian diplomat claims US wants ‘end of history’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov By Anadolu Agency Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed on Monday that the US pursues a policy aimed to establish the “end of history,” referring to the book titled The End of History and the Last Man by American political scientist Francis Fukuyama. “If you look at the policies that

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China sends 71 warplanes, 7 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours

File – In this undated file photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, a Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location. China’s military sent 71 planes, including J16 fighter jets, and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan’s defense ministry said Monday, Dec.

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Qatar expresses “extreme concern” over Taliban bar on female staff – statement

Afghan women chant slogans in protest against the closure of universities to women by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022. Reuters/Stringer/File Photo By Reuters Qatar expressed “extreme concern” over the order by Afghanistan’s Taliban-run administration to stop female employees from working, calling on the administration to review its decision, a foreign ministry statement

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Putin says Russia ready to negotiate over Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after a meeting of the State Council on youth policy in Moscow, Russia, December 22, 2022. Sputnik/Sergey Guneev/Pool via Reuters By Reuters Russia is ready to negotiate with all parties involved in the war in Ukraine but Kyiv and its Western backers have refused to engage in

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Agriculture, health, energy top EAC pitches to Americans

US President Joe Biden speaks with African leaders during the US-Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre in Washington, DC, on December 15, 2022. Photographer Brenden Smialowski /AFP By The East Africa East African Community partner states say the US-Africa Summit last week was occasion to pitch investments in agriculture, health and

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Tunisia’s political experiment threatens economic collapse

A tank is seen next to the portrait of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on a street in Tunis, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. Despite an election debacle, Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian president appears determined to upend the country’s political system, threatening to unravel the fragile democracy and collapse the economy in the North

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Top Russian official calls EU gas price cap ‘non-market measure’

By Anadolu Agency Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called the EU gas price cap a “voluntarist, non-market measure.” In a statement on Telegram, Medvedev said like in the case of the oil price cap, the decision on the gas price cap “was dictated by zoological hatred to Russia, proceeding from the maniac thesis that ‘Russians

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Massive winter storm brings rolling blackouts, power outages

Rows of headstones at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery are blanketed by drifting snow Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in Mandan, N.D. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP) By The Associated Press Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said

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Gunman in Paris kills three people in attack on Kurdish community

By Reuters A gunman killed three people at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in central Paris on Friday, prompting violent protests in nearby streets as night fell. President Emmanuel Macron said France’s Kurdish community had been the target of a heinous attack. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the suspected assailant had

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