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Chad cuts military agreement with France
Chad has said it is terminating a key defence cooperation agreement with France, raising questions about Paris’s waning influence in Africa's embattled Sahel region.Chadian Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah said...
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Chad ends a defense cooperation agreement with France, its former colonial ruler
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Chad's government said it is ending a defense cooperation agreement with France, its former colonial ruler, to redefine the nation's sovereignty.The decision marks a historic...
Ukraine fights to keep the lights on as Russia hammers power plants
Amid the monstrous heaps of twisted metal, pools of congealed oil and walls pockmarked by shrapnel, one incongruous detail catches my eye.Patches of snow. Inside a thermal power station.With...
Childcare worker who abused more than 60 girls jailed for life
A former childcare worker dubbed "one of Australia's worst paedophiles" has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and sexually abusing almost 70 girls.Ashley Paul Griffith, 47, confessed...
Xi Jinping’s military purge is bleeding into his elite circle of generals commanding China’s forces
A member of China's highest military body is being slapped with a corruption investigation.Adm. Miao Hua is one of six members of an exclusive commission led by Xi that...
Canada sues Google claiming ‘near-total control’ of online ads
Canada’s antitrust watchdog said Thursday it was suing Google over its alleged anticompetitive conduct in online advertisements.Canada’s Competition Bureau said it wants Google to sell off two of its...
Sweden asks China to co-operate over severed cables
Sweden has formally asked China to co-operate with an investigation into damage to two cables in the Baltic Sea after a Chinese ship was linked to the incidents.The cables...
Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade attracts crowds despite rain and chilly weather
MANHATTAN (PIX11) — Crowds from around the world come to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.Although the rainy weather and chilly temperatures were not ideal, crowds still came out...
Both Israel and Hezbollah accused of ceasefire agreement violations
The Israeli military and the Iran-aligned Hezbollah militia both faced accusations on Thursday of violating the ceasefire, just one day after the fragile truce came into force.Netanyahu told the...
