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Moroccan rescuers get within metres of reaching child trapped in well

RABAT, Feb 5 – Rescuers on Saturday dug to within a few metres of reaching a young boy who has been trapped for five days in a well in northern Morocco, a delicate and dangerous operation constantly delayed by rocks and imperilled by the threat of landslides. Workers […]

UN experts: Darfur rebel groups make money in Libya

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. experts say rebel groups in Darfur that signed a peace agreement with the Sudanese government in 2020 continue to operate in Libya and profit from opportunities provided by the civil war and lack of government control in the oil-rich north African nation. In a […]

EXPLAINER: Ukraine not joining NATO so why does Putin worry?

WASHINGTON — At the core of the Ukraine crisis is a puzzle: Why would Russian President Vladimir Putin push Europe to the brink of war to demand the West not do something that it has no plan to do anyway? Russia says NATO, the American-led alliance that has […]

PM kickstarts 50th Anniversary Celebrations of ICRISAT and inaugurates two research facilities

“Your research and technology have helped making agriculture easy and sustainable” “Pro planet people movement is not limited to just words, but is also reflected in the actions of the Government of India” “India’s focus is on the fusion of ‘back to basic’ and ‘march to future’ to […]

ISIS leader Quraishi kills himself during Syria raid, U.S. says

Summary Biden says U.S. took measures to minimise civilian harm Quraishi blew himself up, also killing family members Northwestern Syria is haven for several jihadist groups AMMAN/WASHINGTON, Feb 3 – The leader of Islamic State died when he blew himself and family members up during a U.S. military […]

China’s pandemic Olympics begins, with lockdown and boycotts

BEIJING — The country where the coronavirus outbreak emerged two years ago launched a locked-down Winter Olympics on Friday, proudly projecting its might on the most global of stages even as some Western governments mounted a diplomatic boycott over the way China treats millions of its own people. The opening […]

Biden says IS leader killed during US raid in Syria

ATMEH, Syria — The leader of the violent Islamic State group was killed during an overnight raid carried out by U.S. special forces in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, President Joe Biden said Thursday. The raid targeted Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, who took over as head of the militant […]

Kremlin mocks Britain’s ‘utterly confused’ Johnson before Putin talks

Summary Scathing comments about UK signal no mood for compromise West fears Russia planning an invasion; Moscow denies this Washington offers talks but rejects main Russian demands MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Russia mocked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as “utterly confused” and ridiculed British politicians for their […]

COVID test, which deliberately infects young adults, found to be safe

Summary 36 young people infected with COVID in trial Study aimed at advancing research into virus Another trial by Oxford University looking at immunity LONDON, Feb 2 – The world’s first “human challenge” trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to COVID-19 to advance research into the disease […]

Hunger crisis looms in Nigeria’s ‘food basket’ amid conflict

AGATU, Nigeria — It’s 2 p.m. and Hannah Mgbede asks her husband if she can take her first break of the day from threshing rice so she can breastfeed their 18-month-old baby girl fastened to her back during the grueling work. Her husband Ibrahim Mohammed, 45, used to […]

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