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ULAN BATOR, Aug. 6 (Xinhua/APP): Mongolia kicked off an annual cultural and sports festival near the country’s capital on Saturday to promote its pandemic-hit tourism by attracting more domestic and foreign tourists. The two-day festival titled “Khuree Tsam-Danshig” was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due […]

Nairobi, Aug 6 (AFP/APP): The frontrunners for Kenya’s presidential election were set to make their final push for votes Saturday, capping months of frenetic campaigning ahead of the August 9 polls. Deputy President William Ruto and Raila Odinga, a veteran opposition leader now backed by […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 05 (APP):Food prices dropped significantly in July, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline since hitting record highs earlier in the year in the wake of the war in Ukraine, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, reported Friday. The […]

Phnom Penh, Aug 5 (AFP/APP): Southeast Asian ministers Friday condemned the lack of progress on a crisis resolution plan for coup-hit Myanmar, demanding the junta take action before a regional summit later this year. Myanmar has been in chaos since a putsch in February last […]

Moscow, Aug 5 (AFP/APP):The drug smuggling conviction in Russia of US basketball star Brittney Griner has again raised the question of potential prisoner exchanges between Moscow and Washington. Russia said Friday it was “ready” for talks on a swap, so who are the potential prisoners […]

Washington, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): The US Justice Department charged four police officers on Thursday over the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed in a botched 2020 raid on her home in Louisville, Kentucky. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the four officers were being […]

Beirut, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): Several more grain silos damaged by the 2020 Beirut port explosion collapsed Thursday, as hundreds marched toward them to mark the second anniversary of the disaster. AFP correspondents saw parts of the gutted structure fall down while local media said at […]

Lampedusa, Italy, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): Italian anti-immigration leader Matteo Salvini warned Thursday his country would not host “the refugee camp of Europe” as he visited a migrant centre on the tiny island of Lampedusa on a campaign stop for September elections. Dozens of overcrowded boats […]

Khimki, Russia, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): A Russian court on Thursday sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison over drug smuggling as US President Joe Biden called the ruling “unacceptable”. The court “found the defendant guilty” of smuggling and possessing “a significant […]

Goma, DR Congo, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): Rwandan troops have attacked soldiers inside DR Congo and aided the M23 rebel group, according to a report by independent experts for the UN seen by AFP on Thursday. The findings follow months of deepening tensions between the Democratic […]