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Africa’s ageing leaders: succession race in Cameroon, Congo and Equatorial Guinea could destabilise the region

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Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea is 82 and has been in power for 45 years. Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, 79, has held on to power

Florida counts cost of Hurricane Milton amid political storm

YoopyaOct 11, 2024October 11, 20240

FORT PIERCE/ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Florida on Friday was clearing downed trees and power lines and mopping up flooded neighborhoods after Hurricane

Nobel Peace Prize given to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work against nuclear weapons

YoopyaOct 11, 2024October 11, 20240

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism

Obama targets male voters in Pennsylvania campaign swing for Harris

YoopyaOct 11, 2024October 11, 20240

PITTSBURGH, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Former President Barack Obama made a passionate case against Donald Trump on Thursday during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania in

Han Kang: innovative South Korean author wins the 2024 Nobel prize for literature

YoopyaOct 10, 2024October 10, 20240

It’s often the case that when poets write novels, they deliver arrestingly vivid and nimble prose. Han Kang’s The Vegetarian (2007) is a case in

At least 18 people killed in Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut. A strike on Gaza school kills 27

YoopyaOct 10, 2024October 10, 20240

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit central Beirut on Thursday evening, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens, Lebanon’s health ministry said, the latest

Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are reasons people stay in harm’s way, and it’s not just stubbornness

YoopyaOct 10, 2024October 10, 20240

As Hurricane Milton roared ashore near Sarasota, Florida, tens of thousands of people were in evacuation shelters. Hundreds of thousands more had fled coastal regions ahead

Nobel Literature Prize 2024: Winner is South Korean author Han Kang

YoopyaOct 10, 2024October 10, 20240

Born in 1970, Han Kang comes from a literary background, her father being a well-regarded novelist. In her Booker International Prize-winning novel “The Vegetarian”, after

Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past

YoopyaOct 10, 2024October 10, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration

More than 3 million without power after Hurricane Milton slams Florida, causes deaths and flooding

YoopyaOct 10, 2024October 10, 20240

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after plowing across Florida as a Category 3 storm, pounding cities with ferocious winds