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Tanzania Maasai file case over wildlife protection area
Tanzania Maasai file case over wildlife protection area
Africa
by  AFP

Maasai pastoralists have filed a court case against Tanzania's government, challenging its decision to cordon off land for wildlife protection, a lawyer representing the community said Wednesday. The case was filed in September, he said, weeks before a regional court ruled in favour of the government in a separate petition.

UK turning against Brexit and Tories look doomed: top pollster
UK turning against Brexit and Tories look doomed: top pollster
World
by  AFP

A persistent majority of Britons think Brexit was a mistake, one of the UK's leading pollsters said Wednesday, forecasting near-certain defeat for the Conservatives at the next election. The election is not due for another two years but as it stands, the Conservatives are in deep trouble after installing their third prime minister of the year.

Hurricane Lisa menaces Central America
Hurricane Lisa menaces Central America
World
by  AFP

The northern part of Central America was on high alert Wednesday for the passage of Hurricane Lisa, with warnings of devastating winds, downpours and flash floods also affecting Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.

Ferrari sales, earnings guidance shift higher
Ferrari sales, earnings guidance shift higher
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari said Wednesday it had raised its 2022 earnings guidance after posting double-digit gains in sales and earnings. Chief executive Benedetto Vigna said "all these lead us to revise upward our 2022 guidance on all metrics."

Germany primes energy price cap as bills soar
Germany primes energy price cap as bills soar
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Germany on Wednesday put the finishing touches on an energy price cap, the cornerstone of a massive 200-billion-euro ($198-billion) package to shield households and businesses from rising costs. - European discontent - Germany, long reliant on Moscow for energy imports, has been hit hard by the sharp rise in prices since the invasion of Ukraine and the cut to supplies.

Mette Frederiksen, the face of the anti-immigration left in Denmark
Mette Frederiksen, the face of the anti-immigration left in Denmark
World
by  AFP

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, poised to form a new government after winning Denmark's election this week, is a social-media loving leader who has overseen her Social Democrats' monumental shift to a "zero refugee" policy. She went on to become prime minister after the 2019 election, and has since led an all-Social Democrat minority government.

Burkina junta chief heading to Mali in first foreign trip
Burkina junta chief heading to Mali in first foreign trip
Africa
by  AFP

Burkina Faso's new military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, was heading to Mali on Wednesday for his first foreign trip since taking power on September 30, officials in both countries said. Both leaders came to power at the head of army officers angered by failures to roll back Islamists linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.