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U.S. angers China with potential $1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan

By Reuters The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $1.1 billion sale of military equipment to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, with China threatening to take counter measures. The Pentagon announced the package on Friday in the wake of China’s aggressive military drills around Taiwan following a visit to the

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Argentine vice president testifies after surviving assassination attempt

By Anadolu Agency Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner gave testimony for 50 minutes Friday at her apartment in Buenos Aires after an assassination attempt was made on her life. Authorities are trying to determine if a sole suspect acted alone after they arrested a man for pointing a gun at Kirchner late Thursday.

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India launches new aircraft carrier as China concerns grow

In this handout picture provided by the Indian Navy, INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, sails for sea trials from Kochi, India, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. India on Friday commissioned its first home-built aircraft carrier. (Indian Navy via AP) By The Associated Press India commissioned its first home-built aircraft carrier Friday as it seeks

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Actors of Industrialization in Africa

Industrialization By The African Exponent Africa has a working-age population representing 60% of its population, and it does not face a domestic labor shortage. Industrialization is the period of economic and social change that turns a human group from an agrarian to an industrial society. Industrialization entails the complete re-organization of an economy and has

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China rejects UN report on Uyghur rights abuses in Xinjiang

Residents watch a convoy of security personnel armed with batons and shields patrol through central Kashgar in western China’s Xinjiang region, China’s discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) By The Associated Press China has denounced a long-delayed U.N. report that was released

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Kenyan wanted in US over poaching arrested in Meru

By Business Daily Africa Abdi Hussein Ahmed, a Kenyan wanted in the US for wildlife and drug trafficking was on Wednesday presented before a city court after his arrest early this month. Mr Ahmed had a bounty of up to Sh120 million (US $1) million for his capture and was arrested by detectives in a

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Turkey wants to change training plan for Somali forces

The Turkish government wants to send the Somali troops for training to its country for a period of six months to one year to spend their time learning the country’s language. Anadolu Agency Turkey state own media reported, this change will be initiated by the Turkish troops who are currently being trained in Somalia, in

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Saudi woman gets 45 years in prison for social media use

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Reuters/Photographer Andrej Isakovic By The Associated Press A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for allegedly damaging the country through her social media activity, according to a court document obtained Wednesday. It was the second such sentence that has drawn scrutiny of the kingdom

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Swedish politician leaves party after prime minister’s ‘Somalitown’ remarks

Swedish Social Democratic Party by prime minister Magdalena Andersson. (Pontus Lundahl/TT via AP) By Anadolu Agency A Swedish-Somali politician has left the ruling Social Democrats party in protest over recent remarks by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, saying the party has become too xenophobic. Saida Hussein Moge criticized Andersson over comments she made last week where

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Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev waves from the Red Square tribune during a Revolution Day celebration, in Moscow, Soviet Union, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1989. Russian news agencies are reporting that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91. The Tass, RIA Novosti and Interfax news agencies cited the Central Clinical Hospital. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko, File)

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