Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | US President Joe Biden has left African presidents guessing which sub-Saharan Africa countries he will visit first next year. “I’m looking forward to seeing you in your home countries,” Biden told the ongoing summit of African leaders. “We’re all going to be seeing …
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New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Oil prices fell on Thursday as traders grew concerned that major central banks’ policy tightening would trigger a global recession and cripple demand for energy. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for January delivery lost 1.17 dollars, or 1.5 percent, to settle at 76.11 U.S. dollars …
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United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday reiterated his commitment to strengthening multilateralism, and expressed his belief in UN’s role in brokering solutions to global challenges. Addressing a Security Council meeting on multilateralism, Guterres said that strengthening multilateralism to address today’s global challenges has been his highest …
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Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday he hopes that COVID-19 will no longer be a global health emergency sometime next year. Addressing a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the WHO COVID-19 Emergency Committee will discuss next …
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Doha, Qatar | QNA | After years of hard work and planning based on innovation and uniqueness in various stages of preparations, the State of Qatar fulfilled its promises and silenced the voices of critics and skeptics by presenting the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 which kicked off in November 2022 …
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New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Multiple U.S. agencies have filed charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former chief executive officer of cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX, which went into bankruptcy in November 2022. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday charged Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors and customers in crypto …
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President Museveni meets President of Boeing Middle East, Turkey, and Africa Washington, USA | INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has been commended over his successful fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ebola outbreak in Uganda at the on-going US-Africa Leaders’ Summit. President Museveni was lauded by his Botswana counterpart, …
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🌟 #FIFAWorldCup SEMIFINAL 1 ⚽ Argentina 🇦🇷 3 Croatia 🇭🇷 0 TODAY ⚽ France vs Morocco 10pm (UBC TV) Doha, Qatar | FIFA.COM | The dream that appeared to be going up in smoke when Saudi Arabia inflicted the shock of this FIFA World Cup™ is not only alive, it is …
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🌟 #FIFAWorldCup TODAY ⚽ Argentina 🇦🇷 vs Croatia 🇭🇷 10pm (UBC TV) TOMORROW ⚽ France vs Morocco 10pm (UBC TV) Doha, Qatar | FIFA.COM | Messi is one of only six men to have played in five World Cups alongside Antonio Carbajal, Lothar Matthaus, Rafa Marquez, Andres Guardado and Cristiano …
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Cancers with IDH1 mutations are addicted to lipids Canberra, Australia | Xinhua | A low fat diet could hold the key to stopping cancer growth, an Australian research has found. In a study published on Tuesday, researchers from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and the University …
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