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One in four UK single-parent households unable to afford food

By Reuters More than a quarter of Britain’s single parent households have recently run out of food and been unable to afford more, according to a survey from the country’s statistics agency which highlights the impact of surging inflation. Out of nearly 15,000 households surveyed between Feb. 8 and May 1, 5% said they had

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Swedish police authorize protest by man who plans to burn Torah, Bible outside Israeli Embassy

Supporters of Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr burn rainbow flags, during a demonstration in Sadr City, in response to the burning of Quran in Sweden, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) By The Associated Press Stockholm police on Friday said they have authorized a protest this weekend by a man who has

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs launches Empower Global, a digital marketplace for Black businesses

Sean “Diddy” Combs. Photo credit: wikimedia commons By Face2Face Africa Sean “Diddy” Combs has launched an e-commerce platform to make it easy for consumers to find, explore, and shop from black-owned businesses. The platform, called Empower Global, seeks to give black brands the opportunity to reach a wider audience. Empower Global was reportedly built by

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Two Tanzanian nationals were arrested in Kenya for wanting to join Al-Shabab

A photograph appear on the Internet Kenya’s security forces arrested two foreigners in Garisa while they were on their way to join the Al-Shabab terrorist group fighting in Somalia. Officials said the two Tanzanian men, Abdirahman Shaffi Mkwatili, 25, and Sadam Jafari Kitia, 30, were arrested on Wednesday, July 12, in possession of a Swahili

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Kenya heads into fifth review as IMF firms grip on economic policy

International Monetary Fund Resident Representative, African Department Tobias Rasmussen at a past function By Business Daily Africa Ahead of the fifth review of its multi-year arrangement with Kenya on Monday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has already positioned itself as a key shaper of the country’s monetary and fiscal policies. From the increase of contributions

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Putin says Prigozhin rejected his offer for Wagner to keep serving

By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin said he offered the Wagner mercenaries the chance to keep fighting for the army at a meeting just days after their attempted mutiny, but the group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin rejected his offer. “All of them could gather in one place and continue to serve. And nothing would have

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UAE carried out a surprising act in 18 European countries and caused a lot of anger

Credit Reuters/United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Belgium has summoned the United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to the country after reports emerged that Abu Dhabi is involved in a smear campaign aimed at associating at least 1,000 people living in Europe with the Muslim Brotherhood. The European Investigative Cooperation Group (EIC) said in a

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Egypt’s Sisi and Ethiopia’s PM discuss Sudan’s crisis and Ethiopian dam -presidency

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meets with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, June 10, 2018. in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency. The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via Reuters/File Photo By Reuters Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday discussed

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Death toll in Kenya from starvation cult climbs to 372

By Anadolu Agency Police in Kenya exhumed 12 more bodies as part of an ongoing investigation into a starvation cult, bringing the death toll to 372, Regional Police Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha announced Wednesday. The exhumation took place during the third day of the fourth phase of the operation. Police said the recovery of the bodies

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Canada’s Indigenous women forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped

May Sarah Cardinal sits for a portrait outside the Law Courts building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Cardinal said she was pressured into having her tubes tied when she was 20. (AP Photo/Amber Bracken) By The Associated Press Decades after many other rich countries stopped forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women, numerous activists,

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