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Exclusive: Thousands of workers evicted in Qatar’s capital ahead of World Cup

By Reuters Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers in the same areas in the centre of the capital Doha where visiting soccer fans will stay during the World Cup, workers who were evicted from their homes told Reuters. They said more than a dozen buildings had been evacuated and shut down

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Black man freed by DNA test after 38 years in US prison for wrongful murder conviction

By Anadolu Agency A Black man who spent nearly four decades in prison for a murder he did not commit was released in the state of California on Friday after DNA tests showed he was not the killer. Maurice Hastings, 69, had his murder conviction overturned by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office after

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Intruder beat Pelosi’s husband with hammer in their home

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband, Paul Pelosi. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File) By The Associated Press An intruder attacked and severely beat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer in the couple’s San Francisco home early Friday while searching for the Democratic leader and chillingly shouting: “Where is Nancy, where

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Kanye West back on Twitter after suspension as Musk takes control of platform

Kanye West.(AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File) By Reuters Rapper Kanye West’s Twitter profile, which was suspended for posting anti-Semitic remarks, appeared to be back up on the platform, a day after billionaire Elon Musk took ownership of the social media company following his $44 billion deal. The rapper, now known as Ye, was suspended from Twitter

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Is this the end of the road for Kenya’s most feared cop?

By Daily Nation He has been described as Kenya’s “killer cop” and “Kenya’s most feared cop”. But as they say, power is transient and what goes around comes around. Today, the Nation focuses on whether the end is nearing for one of the most feared officers in the country – who operates in Eastleigh and

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Russia’s military doctrine requires only defensive use of nuclear weapons, President Vladimir Putin says

By Anadolu Agency Russia’s military doctrine requires only defensive use of nuclear weapons, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Speaking at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow, Putin said nuclear weapons may be used only if Russia is attacked, and that he never threatened to use nuclear weapons anywhere, including in Ukraine.

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Exclusive: Hassan Sheikh’s group ‘split’ into Ethiopia and Egypt

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s presidency has a conflict between officials close to President Hassan Sheikh over the crisis between Ethiopia and Egypt, according to Somali Times. Ethiopia and Egypt are fighting over the Nile dam built by Addis-Ababa. “One of the members who are very close to the president, the director of NISA, Somali spy

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Somalia president, regional leaders agree to sign illegally oil agreement with Coastal Exploration

Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud calls regional leaders to sign oil agreement with Coastal Exploration, reliable sources told Somali Times. The leaders of the federal government of Somalia and the regional governments are meeting in Mogadishu to discuss oil agreement with Coastal Exploration. Reliable sources told Somali Times have also confirmed to us that

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Meta fined $24.7M for campaign finance disclosure violations

By The Associated Press A Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law, in what is believed to be the largest campaign finance penalty in U.S. history. The penalty issued by King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North was the maximum

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Germany to legalize cannabis use for recreational purposes

A mature marijuana plant begins to bloom under artificial lights at Loving Kindness Farms in Gardena, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File) By Reuters Germany set out plans on Wednesday to legalise cannabis, a move Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government said would make Germany one of the first countries in Europe to do so. Health Minister Karl

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