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Five killed in Toronto shooting: police

  Montreal, Canada (AFP) Five people were killed and another wounded Sunday in a shooting in the suburbs of the…

Musk ‘temporarily’ suspends another journalist’s Twitter account

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Elon Musk temporarily suspended the Twitter account of another journalist, the latest in a series of…

Draft UN biodiversity deal calls to protect 30% of planet by 2030

  Montreal, Canada (AFP) by Issam Ahmed and Roland Lloyd Parry Countries gathered at a UN meeting on biodiversity in…

Google rivals join forces in online maps

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - Google rivals on Thursday unveiled a project to make freely available data sets for map…

Twitter suspends accounts of journalists covering Musk

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - Twitter suspended Thursday the accounts of more than a half-dozen journalists who had been writing…

Biden tells leaders US is ‘all in’ for Africa

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - US President Joe Biden threw his support Thursday behind a larger African role in the world…

US financial sanctions target one of Russia’s richest men

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The US announced financial sanctions targeting one of Russia's wealthiest men, Vladimir Potanin, the Treasury Department…

US announces $2.5 billion in food assistance to Africa

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) --The United States on Thursday committed another $2.5 billion in food assistance to Africa, pledging to…

Biden seeks principled Africa partnership as US businesses pour in

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - President Joe Biden called Wednesday for a long-term partnership with Africa rooted in good governance as…

US political world seeks distance from disgraced donor Bankman-Fried

by Aurélia END Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- After years of benefitting from the enormous contributions of FTX…

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