Security key to military-led Kabul airlift
The military airlift of thousands of people fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is posing a…
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French firm paid CAR rebels to protect sugar operations: US watchdog
A subsidiary of French wine group Castel paid rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) to…
Read MoreR. Kelly sex crimes trial begins in New York
R. Kelly’s highly anticipated sex abuse trial got underway Wednesday in New York where the disgraced…
Read MoreOne dead as France battles Riviera inferno
Hundreds of firefighters struggled for a third day Wednesday to contain France’s worst wildfire…
Read MoreJapanese Grand Prix cancelled for second year over virus
The Japanese Grand Prix has been cancelled for a second year over “ongoing complexities”…
Read MoreTeenager takes to the skies on round-the-world record bid
Teenage pilot Zara Rutherford took her ultralight sports plane into the skies on Wednesday on the first…
Read MoreBeat route: Congolese rumba bids for UN heritage listing
DR Congo has given the official kick-off to a campaign to enshrine Congolese rumba, one of the most…
Read MoreVerdict in ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s terror trial delayed
Rwanda announced Wednesday that a verdict due this week in a terrorism trial against Paul Rusesabagina,…
Read MoreBTS producer becomes South Korea’s best-paid employee
The producer behind K-pop sensation BTS was the highest-paid employee in South Korea in the first half…
Read MoreChina sifts opportunity from ashes of US Afghan project
China’s overtures to the Taliban indicate a bid to extract maximum benefit from the dramatic collapse…
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