More foreign nationals living abroad will be able to join United Kingdom’s armed forces, the government is to announce. Currently, only 200 Commonwealth citizens per year can apply without having lived in the UK for five years. But in a bid to recruit more servicemen and women to the Army,
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By AFP Fifa president Gianni Infantino said expanding the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams was "feasible" on Wednesday, as hosts Qatar pledged to come to a decision in the early part of next year. Infantino said "Why not?" bring forward the expansion from 32 teams to 48, which is
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The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Nelson Chamisa on Saturday "installed" the 40-year-old lawyer as president of Zimbabwe, two months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared by the Constitutional Court as winner of the country's July 30 presidential election. MDC vice president Morgen Komichi declared Chamisa "duly
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The Leicester City owner's helicopter has crashed in a car park outside the club's ground shortly after taking off after match. It is not known if Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was in the helicopter at the time. Leicester City had been playing West Ham United in the Premier League at their King
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The US Commerce Department said strong consumer and government spending helped to bolster the economy. But lower exports weighed on growth, after a surge earlier in the year as firms rushed shipments to beat tariffs. The 3.5% gain marked a slowdown from the 4.2% pace in the second quarter, but
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Legislators from across the world attending the 139th Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Geneva have opposed plans by pro-gay nations to introduce the LGBT agenda. LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and describes particular groups within the gay community. Representatives from the pro-gay nations had moved
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The Kingdom of Belgium continues to call for the total abolition of the death penalty as the global community marks the World Day against the Death Penalty. This message is contained in a press statement released on Wednesday stating that the European nation "attaches great importance to the abolition of the
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By AFP Nikki Haley resigned Tuesday as the US ambassador to the United Nations, in the latest departure from President Donald Trump's national security team. Meeting Haley in the Oval Office, Trump said that Haley had done a "fantastic job" and would leave at the end of the year. "She
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Foremost businessman, Aliko Dangote has in London called for conscious efforts at deepening African regional market by African investors and governments to aid rapid growth and development of the Continent’s economy. Speaking during “One to One Conversation” at the on-going 5th annual Financial Times African Summit, the Nigerian entrepreneur said
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Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege is one of two winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. Mukwege is a gynaecologist, who works in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He and his colleagues have treated thousands of victims of sexual abuse. They were targeted as part of the war in the DR Congo.
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