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Togo’s president has signed a new constitution, eliminating presidential elections and allowing parliament to choose the president.President Faure Gnassingbe’s ruling party won a majority of parliament seats in recent elections.The new constitution increases presidential terms to six years, but Gnassingbe’s nearly 20-year tenure wouldn’t count towards the limit.Togo’s president has…
Amos Hochstein, a White House senior adviser, has voiced the need to promote mining in countries that may be deemed ‘risky’ by corporations.Hochstein urged support for projects in countries with mineral wealth but facing challenges like poor standards and political instability.He warned that Western reluctance to engage in these countries…
The mayor of Porto Alegre, Brazil, requested water rationing as 80% of the population lacks running water due to recent flooding.Rescue efforts continue in Rio Grande do Sul as the area sees closed airports, blocked roads and disrupted water treatment facilities.Urgent needs include drinking water, food and hygiene products, with…
Ukrainian authorities have arrested two colonels from the Ukrainian forces who had allegedly collaborated with Russians to plot the assassination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “The attempt was planned under the supervision of employees of the 5th department of the FSB as a gift to Vladimir Putin for the inauguration,” Ukrainian…
In the jungles of southeastern Burma’s Dawna Hills, rebels from an armed ethnic group are fighting to hold back columns of reinforcements sent by the country’s ruling junta to try to reclaim Myawaddy, a critical trading outpost on the Thai border.What happens in the next few weeks in the scramble…
Two of the three men charged in the slaying of Canadian Sikh separatist leader Singh Nijjar in June made a brief first court appearance on Tuesday morning.The killing of the prominent activist became the center of a diplomatic spat after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in September that there…
Both sections of the temporary floating pier intended to be placed off the coast of Gaza Strip for the delivery of humanitarian aid have been completed, though weather and sea conditions are preventing delivery of the parts to the embattled region, Pentagon officials tell Fox News.Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina…
Rescue teams trying to find dozens of construction workers missing since a multi-story apartment complex collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa have made contact with 11 people buried alive beneath the mangled wreckage, authorities said Tuesday.One man called his wife from underneath the rubble of the five-story building…
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The Olympic torch will finally enter France when it reaches the southern seaport of Marseille on Wednesday. And it’s already been quite a journey.After being lit on April 16 in Ancient Olympia, the torch was carried around Greece before leaving Athens aboard a three-mast ship named Belem, headed for Marseille.OLYMPIC…
