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Court overturns Senegalese presidential election delay

Senegal will hold its next presidential election as soon as possible after a Constitutional Council ruling.The ruling overrode President Macky Sall’s delay of the Feb. 25 election, raising concerns of authoritarian creep in one of Africa’s most stable democracies.Sall reportedly intends to cooperate with the order.Senegal will hold a presidential…

Zimbabwe VP says government will block LGBTQ scholarship initiative

Zimbabwe’s powerful vice president said the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people, a move that human rights groups described Friday as a perpetuation of the African country’s homophobic practices.The state university scholarship for people between the ages of 18 and 35 is sponsored by GALZ, a…

3 dead, 2 missing after construction mishap in Italy

An accident at a supermarket construction site in the Italian city of Florence on Friday killed at least three workers and left two others missing, local officials said.The accident happened when a reinforced concrete beam toppled over a slab of a pre-fabricated building, which then collapsed. Local authorities said rescue…

St. Vincent and the Grenadines upholds gay sex ban

A top court in St. Vincent and the Grenadines upheld laws on Friday that criminalize gay sex, a blow to activists who have long decried the violence the LGBTQ+ community has faced on the conservative Caribbean archipelago.The ruling by St. Vincent’s High Court stems from a 2019 case filed by…

Imprisoned former Pakistani premier Khan appeals 3 recent convictions

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The legal team of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday appealed his recent convictions and sentences in three controversial legal cases, a defense lawyer said.Khan was sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison on charges of corruption, revealing official secrets and marriage…

Cambodia to import tigers from India as part of plan to restore population

Cambodia is set to install hundreds of monitoring cameras and import four tigers from India in an effort to restore the country’s tiger population.The last tiger sighting in Cambodia was recorded in 2007 through a camera hidden in the eastern Mondulkiri province.The Environment Ministry plans to install 410 cameras in…