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WTO Set to Have First Female DG As Okonjo-Iweala Makes Final List
World Trade Organisation members have selected two final candidates, Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee, to advance to…
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Trump Criticised for Leaving Hospital to Greet Supporters
US President Donald Trump sparked an angry backlash from the medical community Sunday with a protocol-breaking visit to his supporters…
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Trump Suspends Campaign Schedule after Contracting COVID-19
US President Donald Trump said Friday he had tested positive for Covid-19 and would quarantine inside the White House during…
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Bottled Water Seller Becomes China’s Richest Man
The owner of China’s largest bottled water maker has overtaken Alibaba’s Jack Ma to become China’s richest man, the Bloomberg Billionaires…
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Biden Campaign Breaks Obama’s Record, Raises $364m
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden raised more than $364 million in August, reportedly breaking the record for monthly campaign donations…
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Mali President Resigns after Mutiny
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his resignation on live television in the early hours of Wednesday morning following a…
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14 Feared Dead As Indian Plane Crashes
At least 14 people were killed and dozens wounded when a passenger jet skidded off the runway after landing in…
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Fraudsters Hack Twitter Accounts of Obama, Biden, Gates, Others
Twitter accounts belonging to prominent Americans including ex-President Barack Obama, ex-Vice President Joe Biden and billionaires Bill Gates and Elon…
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AfDB: ECOWAS Chair, Ex-AfDB Director, Others Boost Adesina’s Re-election Bid
Support for the re-election of Akinwumi Adesina as President of African Development Bank (AfDB) for a second term in office…
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AfDB: I’m Leaving Purely for Family Reasons, Says Blanke As Bank Announces Resignation
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday announced the resignation of its Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development,…
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