LONDON (Reuters) – A new law to crack down on migrants arriving in Britain in small boats from Europe across the English Channel will be unveiled on Tuesday, with a senior minister saying “enough is enough”, the Sun on Sunday newspaper reported. The British government has been promising to step up action to tackle the …
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By Amindeh Blaise Atabong KUMBA, Cameroon (Reuters) – A Cameroonian businessman has been charged with complicity in torture, a spokesperson for his business group said on Saturday, after he was arrested last month in connection with the murder of a prominent journalist, Martinez Zogo. Businessman Jean Pierre Amougou Belinga was transferred from a detention centre …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – The Tunisian Judges Association said in a statement on Saturday that Tunisian President Kais Saied had suspended a judge because he had not sent a suspect to prison, accusing the government of a crackdown on opponents. “The Association warns of the great and unprecedented pressures on the judiciary, after arrests and prosecutions …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Billionaire investor Mark Mobius told FOX Business he cannot take his money out of China due to the country’s capital controls, cautioning investors to be “very, very careful” about investing in an economy under a tight government grip. “I have an account with HSBC in Shanghai. I can’t take my money out. …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s nearly 3,000-member National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s legislature, kicked off its annual gathering in Beijing on Sunday, with delegates set to review government reports and choose its leaders for the next five years. This year also marks the start of China’s country’s 14th legislature, whose delegates serve five-year terms. When …
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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Iran has given sweeping assurances to the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it will finally assist a long-stalled investigation into uranium particles found at undeclared sites and even re-install removed monitoring equipment, the watchdog said on Saturday. The International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran issued a joint statement on IAEA chief …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Power was restored to parts of Kenya after a nationwide blackout lasting several hours which was thought to have been caused by a fault on a transmission line, electricity distributor Kenya Power said on Saturday. “Initial reports indicate that the outage was caused by a fault that occurred on the Suswa-Loyangalani high-voltage …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s inflation will remain above 5% in the first half of 2023, mainly on high food prices, before falling below 4% in the second half, central bank Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Sunday, warning that the fight to control inflation must continue. “The game is not over, let us together anticipate inflation, mainly …
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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 4 mar (Reuters) – El australiano Alex De Miñaur, número 22 del mundo, ganó por primera vez el Abierto Mexicano de Tenis tras vencer en tres sets al estadounidense Tommy Paul, clasificado 23 en la ATP, por 3-6, 6-4 y 6-1. El australiano de 24 años ganó el séptimo título de su …
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By Eduardo Baptista and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s science and technology policies should aim to build its strength and self-reliance, while the role of the government in pooling resources for key technological breakthroughs needed to be leveraged better, Premier Li Keqiang said on Sunday. The nation effectively countered external attempts to suppress and contain …
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