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Hundreds Of Nigerian Students Missing After Attack On School
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of Nigerian students are missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in the country’s northwestern Katsina state, police ...
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Trump Wants To Sell A Dictator $23 Billion In Weapons. Here's Where They Could Go.
On the night of Jan. 4, about 50 unarmed cadets ― many of them teenagers ― were practicing drills at a military academy ...
Africa
Egyptian Man Finds Fortune Hunting Scorpions For Venom
CAIRO, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Several years ago, a young Egyptian man abandoned his degree in archaeology to hunt scorpions in the country’s ...
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Biden To Tap Rochelle Walensky To Lead CDC: Reports
President-elect Joe Biden plans to tap Rochelle Walensky, the head of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, as his incoming director of the Centers ...
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U.N. Warns 2021 Is Shaping Up To Be A Humanitarian Catastrophe
NEW YORK, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Next year is shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe and rich countries must not trample poor ...
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John Boyega, The Actor-Activist, Isn't Afraid To Use His Voice
This year has been absolutely maddening for John Boyega. “I never knew the plot twist could be so mad. I feel like God ...
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California Governor Says State At COVID-19 'Tipping Point'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California’s governor said on Monday the state was at a “tipping point” in the COVID-19 pandemic that would soon overwhelm ...
Africa
Ethiopians Flee Tigray Capital In Fear Of Imminent Assault
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed again ruled out dialogue with the leaders of the defiant Tigray region Friday but ...
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Belgian Racing Pigeon Flies Past Record In Auction
KNESSELARE, Belgium, Nov 15 (Reuters) – A two-year-old Belgian racing pigeon called New Kim set a world record of 1.6 million euros ($1.89 ...
World Health
Leaked Recordings Reveal WHO’s Pandemic Analysis In Private
GENEVA (AP) — As the coronavirus explodes again, the World Health Organization finds itself both under intense pressure to reform and holding out ...
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Watch 20 Lions Drink Together Because Happy Hours Are Scarce
Lions can go up to four or five days without drinking water. But in a moment captured recently at South ...