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Ethiopia asks U.S. to postpone final talks on Blue Nile dam

FILE PHOTO: Building site machines stand on the construction site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba in the North West of Ethiopia, 24 November 2017. /Getty Images Ethiopia has ask

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Losses from Libya's oil shutdown surpass $2 billion

FILE PHOTO: A view shows Ras Lanuf Oil and Gas Company in Ras Lanuf, Libya, March 16, 2017. /Reuters Financial losses over a protracted blockade of Libya's vital oil fields and ports have rapi

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UN agencies appeal for more funding to tackle locust outbreak

The director-general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, and th

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Mane, Salah score as Liverpool beat West Ham 3-2

Liverpool’s Sadio Mane reacts during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and West Ham United at Anfield on February 24, 2020 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. /Getty Images Goals from Sa

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Netanyahu plans settlement in contentious West Bank area

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he was advancing settlement construction in a contentious open area of the West Bank.The pledge to build several

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Mane, Salah score as Liverpool beat West Ham 3-2

Liverpool’s Sadio Mane reacts during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and West Ham United at Anfield on February 24, 2020 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. /Getty Images Goals from Sa

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Car drives into German carnival parade, ten injured: police

Emergency vehicles at the scene after a car ploughed into a carnival parade injuring several people in Volkmarsen, Germany February 24, 2020. Elmar Schulten/Waldeckische Landeszeitung Ten peop

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Israel closes all crossings with Gaza, bans fishing

Israel said on Monday that it was closing all crossings with the Gaza Strip and banned fishing off the Palestinian coastal enclave after the fire exchange near the Gaza

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Palestine slams U.S.-Israeli mapping plans for West Bank

Palestine on Monday said that the U.S.-Israeli team tasked with mapping the areas in the West Bank that would be annexed by Israel under the U.S. President Donald Trum

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China greenlights new testing kits to identify COVID-19

China's national Medical Products Administration approved three new testing kits to detect the novel coronavirus on Saturday, according to the announcement published on its official website. The t

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Sokowatch raises $14M to digitize Africa’s informal B2B supply-chain

Kenya based B2B e-commerce startup Sokowatch has raised $14 million in Series A funding toward its mission of revamping supply-chain markets for Africa’s informal retailers.From Nairobi, the company

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Nine dead in Turkey as 5.7 earthquake strikes western Iran

Nine people were killed in Turkey in a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that struck western Iran early Sunday morning, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.The quake cen

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More Russian weapons for Serbia despite US sanction threats

Serbia has received a sophisticated anti-aircraft system from Russia, despite possible U.S. sanctions against the Balkan state, which is formally seeking European Union

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Voting process of Togo's presidential election concludes

Togo presidential elections: voters queuing up at a voting bureau in capital Lomé, 22 February 2020 /Reuters The voting process of Togo's presidential election ended in calmness at 4 p.m. on S

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Palestinian universities cooperate in teaching Chinese language

Various Palestinian universities on Saturday signed a cooperation agreement on Chinese language teaching. Under the agreement, Al-Quds University, which hosts the only

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Togo's presidential election kicks off

The flag of Togo pinned on the map. Horizontal orientation./Getty Images Togo's presidential election kicked off on Saturday at 7 a.m. local time (0700 GMT).Seven candidates, including the out

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Feuding EU fails to plug Brexit hole in new budget

European leaders attend the second day of the European Union leaders summit held to discuss the EU's long-term budget for 2021-2027, in Brussels, Belgium, February 21, 2020. Yves Herman/Reuters