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The arrest of a Ugandan opposition figure in Kenya was carried out with Nairobi’s knowledge, a Ugandan government spokesperson told AFP Friday.His comments came two days after a senior Kenyan official said Nairobi had launched an investigation into the affair.Uganda has faced international condemnation following the abduction from Nairobi of veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye, …

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Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife are set to assume absolute power after loyalist lawmakers Friday approved a constitutional amendment elevating her to the position of “co-president” and boosting the pair’s joint control over the state.Under sanctions for human rights abuses, Ortega himself had proposed the change, which also increases the Central American country’s …

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Heated negotiations on a global climate deal were set to spill into Saturday after developing nations rejected an initial $250 billion offer from rich countries to help them tackle global warming.COP29 hosts Azerbaijan said negotiations would drag “over the course of the night” in the Caspian Sea city Baku to produce a final text.This will …

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A second young Australian tourist died in a Thai hospital on Friday, bringing the death toll related to suspected methanol poisoning during a night out in a Laos backpacker hotspot to six.Two Danish citizens, an American and a Briton have also died after what media described as a night out in adventure town Vang Vieng.The …

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A staggering 281 aid workers have been killed around the world so far this year, making 2024 the deadliest year for humanitarians, the UN aid chief said Friday.”Humanitarian workers are being killed at an unprecedented rate, their courage and humanity being met with bullets and bombs,” said Tom Fletcher, the United Nations’ new under-secretary-general for …

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The judge in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case ordered on Friday that sentencing be delayed indefinitely, a legal win for the President-elect as he prepares to return to the White House.Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts in May after a jury found he had fraudulently manipulated business records to cover up an alleged …

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The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Friday that hospitals have only two days’ fuel left before they must restrict services, after the UN warned aid delivery to the war-devastated territory is being crippled.The alarm came a day after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence …

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Wealthy nations on Friday offered $250 billion a year to help poorer nations hit hardest by global warming but faced immediate calls led by Africa to give more as UN climate negotiations extended into overtime. At the COP29 talks in Azerbaijan, developing nations are demanding a bigger commitment from historic polluters most responsible for warming, but …

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Confined to her family’s ramshackle shanty by the toxic smog choking India’s capital, Harshita Gautam strained to hear her teacher’s instructions over a cheap mobile phone borrowed from her mother.The nine-year-old is among nearly two million students in and around New Delhi told to stay home after authorities once again ordered schools to shut because …

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A new draft deal at UN climate talks Friday proposes that rich nations commit $250 billion a year to help poorer nations combat global warming in an 11th-hour bid to break the deadlocked negotiations.African countries and climate activists quickly denounced the figure as “unacceptable” and inadequate to meet the realities of a rapidly warming world, …

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