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French police evacuate Paris’ Champs-Elysees, including tourists, amid ongoing protests

By Anadolu Agency French police evacuated everyone, including tourists, from Paris’ bustling Champs-Elysees Avenue late Saturday, as protests continue following the police killing of a teen earlier this week, according to videos on social media. Authorities intensified security measures in response to looting and vandalism in several cities, including Paris, during the five-day-long protests. Police

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The Dutch king apologizes for his country’s role in slavery on 150th anniversary of abolition

Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologized for the royal house’s role in slavery and asked forgiveness in a speech greeted by cheers and whoops at an event to commemorate the anniversary of the country abolishing slavery in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool) By The Associated Press Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologized Saturday for

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German coalition at odds over fighter jet sale to Saudi Arabia, Welt am Sonntag reports

A Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet performs a flying display at the 54th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 21, 2023. Reuters/Benoit Tessier/File Photo By Reuters Germany’s coalition government is at odds over whether to bow to British pressure and approve the production of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets for Saudi Arabia,

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France deploys armored vehicles as police fail to contain demonstrators

By Anadolu Agency France sent armored vehicles into the streets Friday as authorities failed to contain demonstrations which entered a fourth straight night that was sparked by the killing of a teen by police. Armored vehicles were deployed to squares in regions and cities, including in the second city, Marseille, in the Woippy commune less

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10-year-old David Balogun makes history as Southern New Hampshire University’s youngest student

David Balogun. Photo: WGAL-TV By Face2Face Africa At nine years old, David Balogun from Pennsylvania became one of the youngest to graduate high school. He received a diploma from Reach Cyber Charter School in his state’s capital of Harrisburg after taking classes remotely from his family home in Bensalem, local television station WGAL reported early

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Email attacks top cyber risks Kenyan firms face

By Business Daily Africa Email attacks, which come in the form of phishing and spamming, are now the top cybersecurity threat Kenyan businesses are grappling with, a new report shows. The pan-African cybersecurity report dubbed ‘The Evolving Cyber Security Landscape in Africa 2022’ published by technology firm Liquid C2 indicates that 68 percent of the

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Police in France arrest 176 people amid protests over killing of teenager

By Anadolu Agency Law enforcement authorities in France arrested 176 people on Thursday amid protests over the police shooting death earlier this week of a 17-year-old delivery driver in a Paris suburb. It came as local authorities in France imposed a nighttime curfew in four regions. Clamart commune, located 8.7 kilometers (5.4 miles) from the

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UK PM Sunak dealt blow as court rules Rwanda deportation plan unlawful

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking during a press conference as he gives an update on the progress made in the six months since he introduced the Illegal Migration Bill under his plans to “stop the boats”, at Western Jet Foil in Dover, Britain. Picture date: Monday June 5, 2023. Yui Mok/Pool via Reuters By Reuters

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Somalia president agreed to participate in the Negev Forum meeting in Israel

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia and Comoros have agreed to send senior monitoring officials to the ministerial-level meeting of the Negev Forum, a group that includes the United States, Israel, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco, two US officials told Axios newspaper. Somalia and Comoros, two Islamic countries, do not have official diplomatic relations

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US says burning of religious texts ‘disrespectful and hurtful’

By Anadolu Agency The US said Wednesday it is “disrespectful’ to burn religious texts after the Quran was burned in Sweden on the first day of a major Muslim festival, Eid al-Adha. “We’ve said consistently that the burning of religious texts is disrespectful and hurtful, and what might be legal is certainly not necessarily appropriate,”

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