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Burundi opposition party picks Agathon Rwasa to run for president

Burundi opposition party picks Agathon Rwasa to run for president

CNL's candidate will face governing party nominee Evariste Ndayishimiye in the May 20 election. Burundi's main opposition party has picked Agathon Rwasa as its candidate for the...
To avoid ratings downgrade, India may cap virus relief at $60bn

To avoid ratings downgrade, India may cap virus relief at $60bn

Fitch and Standard & Poor's both have India pegged at an investment grade rating that is one notch above a junk rating. The Indian government is likely to cap...
Trump vetoes Congressional resolution restricting war with Iran

Trump vetoes Congressional resolution restricting war with Iran

Congress took up the resolution after Washington and Tehran appeared to be on the brink of war earlier this year. United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed legislation...
N Korea's Kim Jong Un makes first 'public appearance' in weeks

N Korea’s Kim Jong Un makes first ‘public appearance’ in weeks

State media report Kim attended the completion of a fertiliser plant after weeks of speculation over his health. N Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has made his first public...
'The ocean is on fire': Gas leak from underwater pipeline sees flames erupt in Gulf of Mexico

‘The ocean is on fire’: Gas leak from underwater pipeline sees flames erupt in...

The fire has been extinguished, says Reuters A gas leak from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico led to a raging fire on the ocean's surface Friday,...
Russia approaches India to produce Sputnik vaccine

Russia approaches India to produce Sputnik vaccine

The government on Tuesday said India and Russia were in communication on the recently registered Sputnik-V Covid-19 vaccine developed by Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Direct Investment...
More than a dozen killed in southern India plane crash

More than a dozen killed in southern India plane crash

Officials say 16 people killed and dozen wounded as Air India Express flight skids off runway in city of Calicut. At least 16 people have been killed and 123...
Warren Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway sells US airline shares

Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway sells US airline shares

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says his company Berkshire Hathaway has sold all of its shares in the four largest US airlines. Speaking at the annual shareholders' meeting, Mr Buffett...
Bitcoin tops $10,000 as 'halving' draws near

Bitcoin tops $10,000 as ‘halving’ draws near

Bitcoin halvings that happen about once every four years cut the rewards miners receive for processing transactions. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency briefly rallied back above $10,000 ahead of a...
Papa Shirandula: Much-loved Kenyan comedian buried

Papa Shirandula: Much-loved Kenyan comedian buried

Popular Kenyan comedian Charles Bukeko, known to many as Papa Shirandula, has been buried after dying from breathing complications on Saturday. His self-deprecating humour made Papa Shirandula one of...

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