Pope Francis on Monday met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the pontiff’s first face-to-face interaction
Blinken, on a tour of Europe, had a private audience with the Argentine pope after meeting with senior Vatican officials
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Swathes of the United States and Canada endured record-setting heat on Sunday
The village of Lytton in British Columbia broke the record for Canada’s all-time high, with a temperature of 46.6 degrees Celsius
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Thousands of supporters gave Ivory Coast’s controversial former president Laurent Gbagbo a hero’s welcome
Shouting “Hurray” and flashing the V for Victory sign as he made a triumphant return to his home village on
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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday reimposed restrictions for two weeks to combat a surge in coronavirus cases
The worst-hit country on the continent “is facing a massive resurgence of infection,” the president said in a televised address
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The French international Non-Governmental Organization (iNGO), ACTED has said that it organized a shooting training for its staff in Borno state
In a statement on Sunday, the organization said the shooting practice put together for its staff became imperative because over
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Katsina United have ended the unbeaten run of Akwa United in the Nigeria Professional Football League
Before the matchday 29 fixture at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina, Akwa United were unbeaten in 18 league matches.
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Two factions of the Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday conducted primaries for the upcoming governorship election in Anambra state
The INEC-recognised Chris Ubah faction conducted its primary at Paul University primary school, while the Ndubuisi Nwobu-led faction conducted theirs
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Lebanese protesters tried to storm central bank offices in two major cities on Saturday
The pound has been pegged to the dollar at 1,507 since 1997, but the country’s worst economic crisis in decades
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Australia’s largest city Sydney entered a two-week lockdown Saturday to contain a sudden coronavirus
Britain’s health minister meanwhile resigned after revelations that he had broken the government’s own coronavirus restrictions during an affair with
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Activists in Mali stage protest against French military presence in Bamako
Some waved Russian flags and held banners calling for greater cooperation between Mali and Russia. The demonstration organised by political
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