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01 Sep

Court blocks Trump bid to end protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

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Court blocks Trump bid to end protections for 600,000 Venezuelans A federal appeals court on Friday blocked Donald Trump’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have permission to live and work in the US . A three-judge panel of the ninth US circuit court of appeals unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that maintained temporary protected status for Venezuelans . Homeland Security condemned the decision as more obstruction from “unelected activist” judges . Read full story: Source

01 Sep

Eight people kidnapped from Haitian orphanage released after three weeks

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Eight people kidnapped from Haitian orphanage released after three weeks Irish aid worker and seven fellow captives have been released nearly a month after they were kidnapped in Haiti . Heraty, a missionary who ran the Our Little Brothers and Sisters orphanage in the hills outside Port-au-Prince, was abducted on 3 August along with seven Haitians, including a three-year-old child . Read full story: Source

01 Sep

‘I’m holding his political wake’: the trumpeter waiting to mark Bolsonaro’s judgment day

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‘I’m holding his political wake’: the trumpeter waiting to mark Bolsonaro’s judgment day When Jair Bolsonaro was Brazil’s far-right president, the guerrilla trumpeter Fabiano Leitão would stalk him around the capital, Brasília, to taunt him with renditions of the anti-fascist anthem Bella Ciao. In March, when Bolsonaro was charged with plotting a coup, Leitão changed his tune and began provoking the ex-president by serenading him with Chopin’s Funeral March. “It symbolises his political demise, which is what we want to see,” said the 46-year-old musician. Now, as the supreme court prepares to decide whether to send Bolsonaro to jail for…

01 Sep

Botswana’s president declares health emergency over supply shortages

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Botswana’s president declares health emergency over supply shortages President Duma Boko has declared a public health emergency due to shortages of essential medicines and equipment . He has announced 250m pula (£13.8m) in funding for emergency medicines, the distribution of which will be overseen by the military . The announcement comes after the Ministry of Health suspended non-urgent surgeries . Read full story: Source

01 Sep

Attempt to partner African countries with Japanese cities triggers xenophobic backlash

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Attempt to partner African countries with Japanese cities triggers xenophobic backlash Controversy erupted after Japan designated four Japanese cities as “Africa hometowns’ for partner countries in Africa: Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana and Tanzania . The four cities have received thousands of complaints from confused residents . Read full story: Source

01 Sep

Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid

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Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid Malawi is one of the world’s poorest countries, with 70% of its 21.66 million people living in extreme poverty, on less than $2.15 a day . World Health Organization said Malawi had successfully reduced TB cases by 40% over the past decade . Read full story: Source

01 Sep

Rwanda accepts seven people from US as part of deportation deal

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Rwanda accepts seven people from US as part of deportation deal Seven people have arrived in Rwanda as part of a deal to accept deportees from the US . Three of the seven have expressed a desire to return to their home countries, while four wish to stay in Rwanda . The Trump administration has been negotiating arrangements to send people to third countries including South Sudan and Eswatini . Read full story: Source

01 Sep

Sixty-nine people drown as migrant boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania

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Sixty-nine people drown as migrant boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania Sixty-nine people drowned when a vessel full of migrants overturned off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week . The accident occurred after passengers on the boat spotted the lights of a coastal town about 50 miles (80km) north of the capital, Nouakchott . Read full story: Source

01 Sep

China Rekindles Wartime Fury, Stirring Fears of Anti-Japan Hate

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China Rekindles Wartime Fury, Stirring Fears of Anti-Japan Hate China’s state broadcaster has rolled out multipart specials on everything from military tactics and wartime songs to the role the Soviet Union played . Television channels are playing nearly 100 movies related to the war through the end of the year . The campaign is about presenting China as a rising superpower on the right side of history . Read full story: Source

01 Sep

3 Dead in Indonesia After Jumping From Building Protesters Set on Fire, Official Says

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3 Dead in Indonesia After Jumping From Building Protesters Set on Fire, Official Says Three people died after jumping from the third floor of the building in Makassar, Indonesia . Photos and videos posted on social media showed buses and motorcycles set on fire . Separately, a man mistaken for an intelligence officer later died of his injuries . Read full story: Source