THE United Kingdom [UK] has started the implementation of the dependants’ ban on migrant caregivers and health workers. In a post on its X handle on Monday, the UK Home Office said the move was part of plans to cut migration. “From today, care workers entering the UK on Health …
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FORMER Cote d’Ivoire president Laurent Gbagbo has announced his intention to lead the party he founded into the 2025 presidential elections, according to spokesman Katinan Kone. The decision came following a meeting of the party’s central committee. Gbagbo, who served as president of the West African nation from 2000 to 2011, established …
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TURKEY President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose NATO-member country has sought to balance its close relations with both Ukraine and Russia, offered during a visit Friday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to host a peace summit between the two countries. Erdogan, who has repeatedly discussed brokering a peace deal, said at …
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A major drug lord responsible for supplying cocaine to European gangs was arrested in Colombia in a joint operation with Spanish police, authorities in both countries said on Saturday. Julio Andres Murillo Figueroa, 49, was detained on March 1 in his luxury villa in the region of Antioquia under an arrest …
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THE ongoing strike by ground staff members of the German airline Lufthansa has caused numerous flight cancellations in Germany on Friday, March 8, 2024. Around 1,000 flights will be cancelled during the day, especially at the Munich and Frankfurt hubs, a company spokesman said on Friday. Only 10 to 20 …
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SENEGAL’s President Macky Sall has finally scheduled Senegal’s delayed Presidential elections for March 24. According to a Reuters report, “this is following weeks of political turmoil and unrest by the Senegalese people demanding an immediate vote.” The announcement came on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting held in response to a …
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French lawmakers will on Monday, March 4, 2024, anchor the right to abortion in the country’s constitution, in a global first that has garnered overwhelming public support. A congress of both houses of parliament in Versailles starting at 3:30 pm (1430 GMT) is expected to find the three-fifths majority needed …
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AFRICA, a continent of 54 diverse countries, is home to some of the world’s most underdeveloped nations. Amidst this backdrop, the continent showcases a rich tapestry of currencies, with the Tunisian dinar (TND) currently recognized as the most valuable currency in Africa, closely followed by the Libyan dinar (LYD). Historically, …
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EIGHT women in the remote north of Guinea-Bissau were reportedly poisoned and murdered, a top official said on Thursday. The ladies were accused of practising witchcraft, according to AFP reports. Newsextra24 reports that an animist priest forced the women to swallow poison when two children in the Cacheu district of Culade …
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HUNGARIAN President Katalin Novak resigned on Saturday after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted of helping to cover up sexual abuse in a children’s home. Novak, a close ally of conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban, resigned a week after her presidential pardon was first reported by local …
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