A North Korean state agency threatened on Thursday to use nuclear weapons to “sink” Japan and reduce the United States to “ashes and darkness” for supporting a U.N. Security Council resolution and sanctions over its latest nuclear test, Reuters reports. Pyongyang’s Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, which handles the North’s external
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Kenya borrowed KSh430.6 billion (over UShs15 trillion) in the five months to June, highlighting the Jubilee administration’s appetite for foreign money to finance mega infrastructure projects. The Daily Nation reports that the Treasury signed a total of 29 new loans involving bilateral, multilateral and commercial creditors. “The proceeds from all
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Tanzania and Uganda are among several African countries being investigated by the United Nations for violating sanctions imposed on North Korea. A report on the investigations was released by United Nations panel of experts dated September 9, reports the Daily Nation. The report was issued two days prior to the
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wednesday launched an inaugural annual report showcasing the remarkable progress that has been made in reducing extreme poverty and disease in recent decades, but issuing a stern warning to the world that future progress is in jeopardy. Goalkeepers: The Stories Behind the Data, co-authored
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Standard Bank Group Ltd. appointed Sim Tshabalala as sole chief executive officer, ending a dual role he shared with Ben Kruger, and making him the first black person to lead Africa’s largest lender independently, reports Bloomberg. Kruger, 58, will step down as joint-CEO immediately and continue as an executive director,
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Zimbabwe's First Lady, Grace Mugabe, has denied assaulting South African model Gabriella Engels with an electric cable in a Johannesburg hotel suite last month, saying an "intoxicated and unhinged" Engels attacked her with a knife. In a previously unreported Aug. 17 deposition seen by Reuters, Mugabe countered 20-year-old Engels' version,
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"When I had surgery, I was not thinking that I would be anywhere near a US Open title," said Sloane Stephens. Sloane Stephens was planning to spend Saturday night in New York celebrating with Madison Keys, hours after beating her friend to a first Grand Slam title. The 24-year-old American,
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China will set a deadline for automakers to end sales of fossil-fuel powered vehicles, a move aimed at pushing companies to speed efforts in developing electric vehicles for the world’s biggest auto market. Xin Guobin, the vice minister of industry and information technology, said the government is working with other
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Nissan has launched a longer-range version of its best-selling Leaf electric vehicle, as it fights growing competition in the electric car market. The new Leaf will run about 150 miles (240km) on a single charge, about 40 miles more than its previous model, the firm said. But that still falls
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A prominent Indian journalist critical of Hindu nationalist politics has been shot dead in the southern state of Karnataka, police say. Gauri Lankesh, 55, was found lying in a pool of blood at her doorstep in the city of Bangalore, reports the BBC. She was shot in the head and
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