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Mexican border city violence leaves 11 dead, shops burned
A wave of violence in a Mexican city on the border with the United States left 11 people dead, including a radio presenter, and businesses torched, authorities said Friday. Gunmen also killed four radio station employees, including a presenter, as they were taking part in a promotional event outside a pizzeria.
Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage in New York state
British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings made him the target of Iranian death threats that forced him into hiding, was attacked on stage Friday in western New York state. "A most horrible event just happened at #chautauquainstitution - Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage at #chq2022.
Mexican officials say close to accessing trapped miners
Mexican authorities said on Friday they are in a position to enter the flooded coal mine where 10 workers have been trapped for more than a week. Since the August 3 accident, there have been no signs of life from the 10 miners trapped inside.
Ethiopia's controversial mega-dam
Ethiopia's massive hydro-electric dam project on a tributary of the Nile has raised regional tensions notably with Egypt, which depends on the huge river for 97 percent of its water supply, and with Sudan. - Egyptian thirst - Egypt, an arid nation of nearly 100 million people, depends on the Nile for 97 percent of its water needs, including for agriculture.
Eleven died in Gambia's worst floods in 50 years
The Gambia suffered its worst flooding in "nearly half a century" late last month, killing 11 people and internally displacing more than 5,000, its disaster agency said in a report. "The suburbs in urban settlements have been the hardest hit", the agency said, with 11 deaths reported and 5,407 people internally displaced.
Sealed search warrant from Trump raid poised for release
US justice officials were poised Friday to make public a sealed warrant explaining the unprecedented raid on Donald Trump's Florida estate that triggered accusations of political persecution by the former president and his supporters.
Over 150 endangered vultures poisoned to death in southern Africa
At least 150 critically-endangered vultures were poisoned to death in separate incidents in Botswana and South Africa, conservationists said Friday, warning the killings pushed the birds closer to extinction.
Burkina junta says army to win back areas lost to rebels
Burkina Faso's army will deploy a new strategy to push back jihadist insurgents and recapture lost territory, the defence minister said Friday. Defence Minister General Barthelemy Simpore told a press conference the army would reorganise fighting units to take back areas from rebels and allow displaced people to safely return home.
Kenya election commission says count moving too slowly
The head of Kenya's election commission on Friday admitted the tallying of results from the country's presidential poll was moving too slowly, blaming political parties for the delay, as national broadcasters abruptly stopped sharing provisional outcomes. But the broadcasters suddenly stopped their tallies on Thursday, with around a million votes left to go.
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