The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of its First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), adopted 57 draft resolutions and three decisions today, including many aimed at reinvigorating multilateral efforts to curb the prolifer...
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December 13, 2019 Web Desk
Politics
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GABORONE, BOTSWANA - A hunter has gunned down a collared elephant in Botswana, the first illegal killing since the country lifted a five-year ban on hunting the animals. The killing has conservationists concerned but not opposed to elephant hunting, as...
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December 13, 2019 Web Desk
Legal and Judicial Affairs
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CAIRO - Large crowds of protesters turned out in the capital, Algiers, on Friday despite word from the country's electoral commission that former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune won a resounding victory in the presidential election.Commission head ...
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December 13, 2019 Web Desk
Legal and Judicial Affairs, Legal-Judicial
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa's state utility Eskom will work to stabilise the national power grid by the end of March in the wake of the country's most severe blackouts in a decade, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.A week of heavy rains across parts of Sou...
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December 13, 2019 Web Desk
General
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ADDIS ABABA - Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday that Ethiopia will receive $3 billion from the World Bank to help strengthen reforms in its traditionally state-controlled economy.Two days ago, the International Monetary Fund said it had reached ...
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December 13, 2019 Web Desk
General
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