Japan’s Shinzo Abe sought to revive economy, fulfil conservative agenda

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Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, launched his "Abenomics" policies to lift the economy out of deflation, beefed up Japan's military and sought to...

Boris Johnson reached the top but was felled by his flaws

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Boris Johnson wanted to be like his hero Winston Churchill: a larger-than-life character who led Britain through a time of crisis. He was felled...

Women media team fights gender stigma in Somalia

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Armed with mobile phones, tripods and laptops, the crew at Bilan Media, a Somali start-up staffed entirely by women, is on a mission to...

South Africans frustrated as blackouts persist

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Unable to switch on lights or heaters, cook dinner or charge their phones, South Africans are spending their mid-winter evenings plunged in darkness and...

A million Muslims attend the beginning of Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca

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One million pilgrims from across the globe amassed on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca to perform the initial rites of the...

Scramble as last Miss. abortion clinic shuts doors

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Mississippi's only abortion clinic has been buzzing with activity in the chaotic days since the U.S. Supreme Court upended abortion rights nationwide — a...

Beninese insecure as terrorism increases

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Benin's government has been taking steps to stop incursions after several months of terrorist attacks in the northwest and northeast of the country. Despite this citizens...

Haiti’s struggle worsened in year since slaying of president

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 A year has passed since President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated at his private home where an elite security team was supposed to protect him....

OPEC secretary-general dies, just weeks shy of departure

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The Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has died, Nigerian authorities and the oil cartel announced Wednesday. Only hours before his death, he’d met...

DRC, Rwanda agree to de-escalate tensions at a mini-summit in Luanda

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The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a "de-escalation process" following weeks of rising tensions over rebel fighting in eastern DRC,...