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[ad_1] The West African nations of Guinea and Ivory Coast are repatriating citizens who want to leave Tunisia after the country’s increasingly authoritarian leader called for a crackdown on migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Morissanda Kouyate, Guinea’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Guineans Abroad, was aboard the chartered flight that brought …

[ad_1] Hong Kong firefighters battled a blaze early Friday that broke out at a construction site in the city’s popular shopping district. The fire erupted at the site of The Mariners’ Club redevelopment project in the densely populated Tsim Sha Tsui district at about 11 p.m. on Thursday night. Multiple …

[ad_1] Italian prosecutors have placed former prime minister Giuseppe Conte under investigation for allegedly mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in early 2020, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. The total of 19 suspects also includes former Health Minister Roberto Speranza, Lombardy region governor Attilio Fontana …

[ad_1] President William Ruto of Kenya criticized a recent Supreme Court ruling that allows an activist to register an LGBTQ rights organization, reiterating Thursday that the country’s stance on same-sex marriage remained unchanged. The national board that oversees non-governmental organizations had denied the activist’s registration request. Kenya’s High Court and …

[ad_1] North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un announced his regime will take stronger control of the nation’s agricultural sector amid the ongoing food shortage.  Kim revealed the plan for more state intervention during a four-day conference with Workers’ Party of Korea officials, according to state media.  NORTH KOREA HOLDS CONFERENCE …

[ad_1] A summit on how to protect the world’s largest forests underway in Gabon is set to be dominated by the issue of who pays for the protection and reforesting of lands that are home to some of the world’s most diverse species and contribute to limiting planet-warming emissions. French …

[ad_1] Australian police in the northeast city of Cairns charged Indian national Rajwinder Singh with murder Thursday, two years after Australia first applied for his extradition from India. Singh, 38, has denied killing Toyah Cordingley, 24, as she walked her dog along Wangetti Beach north of Cairns in October 2018. …

[ad_1] UNITED NATIONS, New York — Estonia has criticized NATO allies for not doing enough to continue supporting Ukraine as Russia’s invasion drags on past the one-year mark, and it also raised concerns that the U.N. may not be able to fulfill its duty in holding those in power responsible …

[ad_1] An ongoing row between the European Union and coastal Indian Ocean nations over sustainable tuna fishing continues to simmer after a resolution in early February temporarily banned the use of destructive driftnets despite opposition from the European bloc. Civil society organizations sent a petition Wednesday to the EU’s oceans …

[ad_1] A British man is fighting a fine he claims he received after his wife and kids visited a McDonald’s last summer, according to reports.  The man, 35-year-old Marcus Ward, told CoventryLive, his wife took their two children to a McDonald’s location in Walsgrave. The family chose this location so …