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Norway boosts Ukraine aid for 2025 to $3.2bn
Norway plans to increase its support to Ukraine for 2025 to at least 35 billion Norwegian kroner ($3.2 billion), the government announced after a parliamentary meeting on Thursday.Of this...
Footprints show two species of ancient human relatives shared the same ground at the same time
A newly discovered set of footprints in Kenya provides the first evidence that two different species of ancient human relatives walked the same ground simultaneously 1.5 million years ago.The...
Zimbabwe parliament hit by power cut during budget speech
A power cut plunged Zimbabwe's parliament into darkness as Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was finishing his budget speech.The lights flickered and died, leaving top officials like President Emmerson Mnangagwa,...
Liberia’s notorious rebel-turned-senator Johnson dies
Prince Yormie Johnson, Liberian warlord-turned-politician, who became infamous for the 1990 footage of him sipping beer while the-then president was tortured nearby, has died at the age of 72.As...
EU Parliament: North Korean deployment is ‘new phase’ in Ukraine war
The European Parliament on Thursday condemned the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia's war with Ukraine and criticized China for its assistance to Moscow.Lawmakers adopted a resolution denouncing...
Russian lawyer handed 7-year prison term for speaking out against the Ukraine war on social media
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a prominent lawyer and sentenced him to seven years in prison for speaking out against the war in...
German inflation rises again in November, to 2.2%
A woman holds money in her hand over of a full shopping basket of groceries. Germany's inflation rate rose for the second consecutive month in November, climbing 2.2% above...
Putin threatens to strike Kiev with new medium-range missile
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to fire the military's new medium-range missiles at further targets in Ukraine, including the capital Kiev.The Kremlin is currently selecting targets for further...
Houses swept away in Uganda landslide after heavy rainfall
At least 13 people have been killed in a landslide in eastern Uganda, but officials fear that the true number of dead is much higher after 40 houses were...
Former British soldier convicted of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian government
LONDON (AP) — A former British soldier whose audacious escape from a London prison spurred a dayslong search was convicted on Thursday of passing on sensitive information to the...
