When Flutterwave launched in 2016, the fintech company quickly became the poster child for African startup success stories. In 2021, it achieved unicorn status, reaching a valuation of more than $1 billion, and in 2022, after …
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The last time Charles and Camilla visited Australia in 2018, local marriage celebrant Lesley Kerl wore a bright red dress and managed to get close enough to the royal couple to strike up a conversation. …
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Pakistani police fire tear gas at protesting students as anger spreads over alleged on-campus rape
by adminPakistani police fired tear gas and charged at student protesters who ransacked a college building Thursday, as anger spread over an alleged on-campus rape, prompting the government to shut schools, colleges and universities for two days. …
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More than a year after Hamas’ devastating October 7 attacks on Israel, the country’s military said Thursday it had killed the man it considers to have been the chief architect of that cross-border massacre – …
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US imposes first sanctions on Chinese firms for making weapons for Russia’s war in Ukraine
by adminThe United States has imposed sanctions on two China-based drone suppliers and their alleged Russian partners, the first time it has penalized Chinese companies for supplying complete weapons systems to Russia for its war in Ukraine. Washington …
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Voters in Moldova will cast their ballots Sunday in two crucial votes, which have been billed as the most consequential in the country’s post-Soviet history. One is for president, the other a referendum on eventual …
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Mother of a sick baby in Gaza and daughter of an Israeli hostage call for ceasefire deal
by adminIn one of Gaza’s last standing hospitals, Tamara Al-Maarouf’s eyes well up with tears as she stands helplessly by her baby boy’s hospital bed. A tumor, now removed, has been compressing the 4-month-old’s tiny heart …
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Stray dogs are eating the dead in the streets of northern Gaza, emergency services chief says
by adminEditor’s Note: This story contains graphic material that some readers may find disturbing. Bodies strewn across dusty streets, entire roads destroyed by Israeli strikes, people starving. This is the picture painted of Jabalya, northern Gaza, …
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The toll is expected to rise from the blast, which happened late evening local time on Tuesday in Majiya, a village in Jigawa state. “The driver lost control and the tanker somersaulted and spilled fuel into a …