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UK can improve ‘botched’ Brexit deal, says Starmer

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to media at the Stormont Parliament Buildings, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 8, 2024. Photographer Clodagh Kilcoyne By Reuters Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised on Monday to secure an improved agreement with the European Union on post-Brexit trading rules and revamp the “botched deal” signed by former

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US removing its troops from bases in Niger

By Anadolu Agency The US is removing all its forces and equipment from Niger ahead of a Sept. 15 deadline set under an agreement with the ruling junta. US forces will be removed from a small base this weekend, while around 500 remaining troops will leave a critical drone base in the West African country

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Somalia pays $7.8m towards East African Community budget when the Somali people are dying of hunger

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia has paid $7.8 million, its full budget contribution dues for the financial year 2024/25, when the Somali people are dying of hunger and poverty, unemployment. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Read: Somalia Hassan Sheikh’s government is facing a widespread financial crisis and the causes Mogadishu beat the

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Biden digs in as Democrats consider forcing him out of presidential race

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Sherman Middle School, in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. July 5, 2024. Photographer Nathan Howard By Reuters President Joe Biden on Friday battled to put down an uprising among some Democrats pushing him to abandon his re-election campaign after a poor debate performance, vowing that “I’m staying

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Starmer to be UK’s new prime minister as Labour win massive majority

Keir Starmer, leader of Britain’s Labour party, reacts as he speaks at a reception to celebrate his win in the election, at Tate Modern, in London, Britain, July 5, 2024. Photographer Suzanne Plunkett By Reuters Keir Starmer vowed to bring change to Britain as its next prime minister after his Labour Party surged to a

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China’s Xi presses on ‘unity against interference’ in internal affairs of SCO states

Credit Photo: Twitter X By Anadolu Agency China’s President Xi Jinping Thursday called on members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), to “consolidate unity” against interference in internal affairs by foreign forces. “Human society has come to another crossroads. It is crucial to the world that the SCO stands on the right side of history

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‘I’m worth hundreds of millions – and I’m leaving high-tax Britain’

Bassim Haidar, a Lebanese-Nigerian entrepreneur, says taxing money he’s earned abroad is a ‘no go’ Credit: Bassim Haidar The Telegraph By Mattie Brignal Wealthy foreigners are already fleeing Britain over fears Labour will send a Tory crackdown on “non-doms” into overdrive. Bassim Haidar, a Lebanese-Nigerian entrepreneur who has lived periodically in Britain since 2010, told

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Britons vote in election expected to deliver Labour landslide

British leader of the Liberal Democrats party Ed Davey and his wife Emily Gasson leave a polling station after voting during the general election in London, Britain, July 4, 2024. Photographer Toby Melville By Reuters Britons were voting on Thursday in a parliamentary election that is expected to bring Keir Starmer’s Labour Party to power,

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In the UK election campaign’s final hours, Sunak battles to the end as Labour’s Starmer eyes victory

British opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks during a Labour general election campaign event, in Norton Canes, Britain July 2, 2024. Reuters/Claudia Greco/File Photo By The Associated Press Rishi Sunak has covered thousands of miles in the past few weeks, but he hasn’t outrun the expectation that his time as Britain’s prime minister is

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Tear gas, stones and flames as Kenya protesters say ‘Ruto must go!’

A man gestures during a demonstration over police killings of people protesting against the imposition of tax hikes by the government, in Nairobi, Kenya, July 2, 2024. Photographer Monicah Mwangi By Reuters Riot police fired tear gas grenades and charged at stone-throwing protesters in downtown Nairobi and across Kenya on Tuesday in the most widespread

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