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Reign of Sweden’s Social Democrats looks set to end following Sunday’s polls

By Anadolu Agency Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson’s center-left coalition government looks likely to be voted out of office as all signs are pointing to a new right-wing government being formed after Sunday’s general election. Parliamentary votes in over 6,100 districts have now been counted, which corresponds to 93% of the vote. The right-wing bloc

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UK dismisses Putin assertion on Ukraine grain exports to poor countries

By Reuters Britain dismissed as untrue on Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin’s assertion that only a fraction of grain exported from Ukraine under an international deal was going to poor countries. Putin said on Wednesday, without citing a source, that only two of 87 ships, carrying 60,000 tonnes of products, had gone to poor countries.

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Coins used by African nations before colonialism and post-independence

South Africa 1874 One Pond depicting Thomas François Burgers, 4th State President of the Republic of South Africa. Image via Wikimedia Commons By Face2Face Africa The Aksumite of Northern Ethiopian are the early tribes of Africa to introduce coins in the 2nd to the 9th century as a means of trading. These coins were made

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Operations at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant completely halted-Ukraine

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant By Anadolu Agency Ukraine on Sunday said operations at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant have been completely halted. The last of the Zaporizhzhia plant’s six reactors was disconnected from the power grid early at 3.41 a.m. (0041GMT), according to a statement by Energoatom, Ukraine’s atomic power operator. “Preparations are underway for

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‘I cannot mourn’: Former colonies conflicted over the queen

Two lorry loads transporting Kikuyu people arrive at a reception camp outside Nairobi, Kenya, on April 28, 1954, after 5,000 British troops and 1,000 armed police rounded up some 30,000 to 40,000 men for screening. The sweep followed the breakdown of the surrender invitation launched by the authorities after the capture of Mau Mau’s “General

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King Charles’ personal declaration as he is proclaimed monarch

Britain’s King Charles looks on outside Buckingham Palace, following the passing of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, in London, Britain, September 9, 2022. Reuters/Toby Melville By Reuters Britain’s new King Charles issued a personal statement during a historic ceremony on Saturday at which he was formally proclaimed the new monarch. Here is a text of his personal

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After Queen Elizabeth’s death, Cameroon’s Paul Biya now world’s oldest head of state

Cameroon president Paul Biya.Patrick Kovarik/AFP By Daily Nation Cameroonian President Paul Biya is now the world’s oldest head of state following the demise of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. The queen died peacefully at Balmoral in Scotland on Thursday aged 96, Buckingham Palace announced. “The death of Her Majesty Elizabeth II is felt painfully

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New U.S. military testing facility coming to Saudi Arabia

A member of the U.S. Air Force stands near a Patriot missile battery at the Prince Sultan air base in al-Kharj, central Saudi Arabia. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP,File) Military Times By Jonathan Lehrfeld The U.S. military is developing a new testing facility in Saudi Arabia to help stifle an increasing number of threats to the

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Part of grain deal not being implemented, says Kremlin

By Anadolu Agency The Kremlin said on Friday that the Istanbul grain deal is partially being implemented as grain shipment from Ukraine via the Black Sea is being carried out, while Russian grain exports are not. Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Dmitry Peskov said the work is underway to prepare a meeting between

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King Charles III, in first address, vows `lifelong service’

Britain’s King Charles III delivers his address to the nation and the Commonwealth from Buckingham Palace, London, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. (Yui Mok/Pool Photo via AP) By The Associated Press King Charles III vowed in his first speech as monarch Friday to carry on Queen Elizabeth

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