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Telecom Italia CEO resigns after KKR buyout bid: report

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Rome, Nov 27 (AFP/APP):Telecom Italia Chief Executive Luigi Gubitosi has resigned, news reports said Friday, amid increasing pressure on the top management by shareholders, including France’s Vivendi. The departure of Gubitosi, who has been at the helm of the struggling telecom company since May 2018, […]

Pantheon: Resting place of France’s great and good

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Paris, Nov 27 (AFP/APP):Josephine Baker, the French-American dancer and singer who fought in the French Resistance and later battled racism, will become the first black woman to enter the Pantheon, France’s most hallowed resting place, on Tuesday. The domed mausoleum in the heart of Paris, […]

Tebboune faces another test as Algerians vote

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Algiers, Nov 27 (AFP/APP):Algerians vote on Saturday in local elections seen as key in President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s push to turn the page on the two-decade rule of late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. But despite official campaigns urging Algerians to “make their mark”, the vote for municipal […]

31 more dengue cases reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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PESHAWAR, Nov 27 (APP):As many as 31 more dengue cases have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the last 24 hours, an official of the Health Department told APP here on Saturday. Giving a detail, the official said that the total number of dengue patients […]

Calm returns to Solomons capital after deadly riots

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Honiara, Nov 27 (AFP/APP):Calm returned to the Solomon Islands’ capital Honiara Saturday after days of rioting left at least three dead and reduced sections of the city to smouldering ruins. Petrol stations, shops and other businesses began to reopen, with Honiara residents flocking to buy […]

Revered Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim dies aged 91

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New York, Nov 27 (AFP/APP):Legendary Broadway songwriter Stephen Sondheim, widely credited with revolutionizing American musical theater, died Friday at the age of 91. Sondheim — a lyricist and composer known for works including “West Side Story” and “Sweeney Todd” — died suddenly in his Connecticut […]

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