WORLD

China’s President Xi Jinping arrived in Senegal on Saturday for a two-day visit to sign bilateral deals, the first leg of an Africa tour at time when the continent is awash with cheap Chinese loans in exchange for minerals and construction…
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Nigeria's government has announced that a new national airline - Nigeria Air - will start operating in December. The name and logo was unveiled by the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, at an airshow in London. The…
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Australia is overtaking the UK as the world's second biggest destination for international students, says research from University College London. Researchers at UCL's Centre for Global Higher Education say the UK is being pushed into…
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Police believe they have identified the suspected perpetrators of the Novichok attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in Salisbury in March, according to reports. Several Russians were involved in the attempted murder of Sergei and…
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Israel's parliament has passed into law a controversial bill that defines the country as an exclusively Jewish state. The "Jewish nation state" bill downgrades Arabic as an official language and says advancing Jewish settlement is a…
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A bitter row has flared up between a Spanish rescue charity and the Italian government after a dead migrant woman and child were found off Libya. Proactiva Open Arms posted images of the bodies and its rescue of a surviving Cameroonian…
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One of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand this month has described the "moment of miracle" when divers found them. Adul Sam-on, 14, the only member of the junior football team who speaks English, could only say…
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Google has been fined a record €4.34bn ($5bn; £3.9bn) over Android. The European Commission said the firm had used the mobile operating system to illegally "cement its dominant position in general internet search". The firm's parent…
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Former U.S. President Barack Obama urged Kenya’s leaders on Monday to turn their backs on the divisive ethnic politics that have frequently spilled over into violence and to stamp down on corruption. Opening a school in his father’s home…
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FORMER President of Zimbabwe Mr Robert Mugabe freely and voluntarily stepped down from power and the assumption of office by his deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa was done in terms of the law, Chief Justice Luke Malaba has ruled. Dismissing an…
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