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Ethiopia asks to join BRICS bloc of emerging economies
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Pentagon chief in Iraq says US wants to ‘strengthen’ ties
Baghdad (AFP) – Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said Tuesday he hoped to “strengthen and broaden” relations with Iraq, on a Baghdad visit ahead of the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. Defense Secretary Austin also told Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani that US troops were “ready to remain” in the country…
Breaking News | Germany | NewsGerman military satellite plan raises alarm in EU
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Oil prices plunge to multi-year low as OPEC+ plans to accelerate production hikes
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Feedback 100 Nigerian students rescued, more still with kidnappers
MINNA/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s government on Monday rescued 100 schoolchildren abducted last month from a Catholic school in Niger state, in one of the country’s biggest mass kidnappings in recent years. The students arrived at the government house in Niger’s capital Minna and were handed over to the state governor. President Bola…


