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UK 'jobs miracle' turns into employers' nightmare
UK 'jobs miracle' turns into employers' nightmare
by  AFP

Job vacancies seem to come ten-a-penny in Keswick, a tourist town in England's picturesque Lake District, as the hospitality sector cries out for staff -- shortages which are a direct result, critics say, of the coronavirus pandemic and of Brexit.

Gambian ex-spies sentenced to death for Jammeh-era murder
Gambian ex-spies sentenced to death for Jammeh-era murder
by  AFP

A Gambian court on Wednesday sentenced five former members of the intelligence service to death for the murder of a political activist during the rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. His death galvanised a political movement that eventually ousted Jammeh, who had ruled the tiny West African nation for 22 years.

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