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Africa Tech Festival kicks off in South Africa with focus on inclusive digital future

People visit the AfricaCom exhibition during the Africa Tech Festival 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa, Nov. 11, 2025. The Africa Tech Festival kicked off on Tuesday in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa, gathering innovators, policymakers, and investors to explore how technology can drive a more inclusive digital future for Africa. Photographer

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US president voices support for deal to end 41-day government shutdown

By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump said Monday that he supports a bipartisan agreement to end the 41-day government shutdown as the Senate Republican leadership seeks a rapid vote on the legislation. Asked by a reporter if he supports the agreement, Trump said: “I would say so.” “I think based on everything I’m hearing,

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New Zealand national park fire continues to blaze

By Xinhua News Agency The forest fire in New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park continued to blaze on Monday, with the fire size likely to have increased from the estimated 2,500 hectares, said Fire and Emergency New Zealand. Conditions are misty in the Tongariro National Park on Monday morning, which has helped limit the growth of

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Chinese charity celebrates 10th anniversary of school feeding program in Ethiopia

By Xinhua News Agency The China Foundation for Rural Development (CFRD) on Friday marked the 10th anniversary of its “Smiling Children Program” in Ethiopia, which provides daily meals to underprivileged students across the country. Speaking at the ceremony in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, Yin Qian, director of the CFRD Ethiopia Office, said the school feeding

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Trump says Kazakhstan has agreed to join Abraham Accords

By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Kazakhstan has agreed to formally enter into the series of normalization deals he has brokered between Israel and Muslim-majority nations. “Kazakhstan is the first Country of my Second Term to join the Abraham Accords, the first of many. This is a major step forward in

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U.S. Govt issues new travel advisory for Tanzania, warns of arrests and intermitted internet outage

A photo collage of the US President Donald Trump (left) and Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu. Credit Photo New York Post By Kenyans The United States government has issued a fresh travel advisory for Tanzania, warning foreigners against travelling to the war-torn East African country amid lingering political instability. In a notice dated Wednesday, November 5,

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Typhoon kills 66 people, with 400,000 displaced, 26 missing in Philippines

By Anadolu Agency At least 66 people were killed and 26 others remained missing after Typhoon Kalmaegi struck the Philippines, displacing more than 400,000 people, officials said on Wednesday. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the death toll rose to 66, including the six involved in Tuesday’s helicopter crash during a

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Xi meets Russian PM in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 4, 2025. Photographer Li Xiang By Xinhua News Agency Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Tuesday in Beijing, calling for enhanced cooperation on multiple fronts

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Trump says there ‘could be’ US troops on the ground in Nigeria, or air strikes

A drone view of Christians departing St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church after a Sunday mass in Palmgrove, Lagos, Nigeria November 2, 2025. Photographer Sodiq Adelakun By Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. military could deploy troops to Nigeria or carry out air strikes to stop what he called the killing

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UK train stabbings injure nine, police arrest two suspects

Police officers and emergency personnel work at the scene following a stabbing incident at a train station in Huntingdon, Britain, November 2, 2025. Photographer Jack Taylor By Reuters Nine people were treated for life-threatening injuries after a series of stabbings on a train near Cambridge in eastern England on Saturday, and two men were arrested

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