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Mali expels spokesman of UN peacekeeping mission
Mali expels spokesman of UN peacekeeping mission
World
by  AFP

Mali is expelling the spokesman of the UN's peacekeeping force in the country over posts he made on Twitter, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The foreign ministry accused Salgado of Twitter posts "declaring without any proof that the Malian authorities had been previously informed" of their arrival.

Sunak or Truss to be Britain's next PM
Sunak or Truss to be Britain's next PM
World
by  AFP

Conservative rivals Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, offering competing answers to Britain's multiple crises, will duel in the coming weeks to become the next prime minister after the party's lawmakers held a concluding vote Wednesday. Sunak and Truss now take their case to Conservative party members, who will decide the new leader and prime minister after a series of nationwide hustings in August.

Americans in Paris get more bang for their buck as euro slides
Americans in Paris get more bang for their buck as euro slides
Business and Economy
by  AFP

As the dollar enjoys near-parity with the euro, Americans returning to Paris in droves after two years of Covid restrictions find that their greenbacks go a much longer way than they used to. The euro slipped to parity with the dollar for the first time in nearly 20 years this month, as a cut in Russian gas supplies to Europe heightened fears of a recession in the eurozone.

Iraq PM condemns Turkey after Kurdistan strike kills 9 civilians
Iraq PM condemns Turkey after Kurdistan strike kills 9 civilians
World
by  AFP

Nine civilians, including at least two children, were killed in a park in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region Wednesday by artillery fire Baghdad blamed on neighbouring Turkey, a country engaged in a cross-border offensive. Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, has complicated relations with the PKK as its presence in the region hampers vital trade relations with neighbouring Turkey.