NIMULE, Uganda, (APP/AFP): A heavily-armed Ugandan military convoy crossed into South Sudan on Thursday to evacuate citizens trapped by recent fighting in the capital Juba, an AFP reporter at the border said. The convoy of around 50 trucks escorted by machine gun-mounted armoured vehicles crossed the border at Nimule to rescue Ugandans in the capital […]
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Ugandan army enters S.Sudan to evacuate citizens
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Scientists find new stubby-armed dinosaur in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, (APP/AFP) – Researchers announced Wednesday they have discovered a ferocious meat-eating dinosaur in Argentina, notable for having short arms like the T-rex but hailing from a different branch of the family tree. The Gualicho shinyae — nicknamed Gualicho — is a theropod, a two-legged, bird-like dinosaur. It stretched an imposing six meters (nearly […]
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US, UN lambasted for silence over killing in Indian occupied Kashmir
WASHINGTON, (APP): A leading US-based Kashmiri organization on Wednesday lambasted the United Nations and the Obama administration for ignoring the killings of innocent people in the Indian occupied Kashmir and said the world powers have moral obligations to play their role in supporting the right of self-determination. Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General of the […]
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Cuba eyes ‘reforms’ with new role for economy chief
HAVANA, (APP/AFP) – Cuba announced Wednesday it was reshuffling leadership at its economy ministry so its current chief could focus on making reforms. Economic Minister Marino Murillo, 55, has been in the post since 2014 and implemented some small changes away from the top-down, Soviet-style economy that the country’s had for more than five decades. […]
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New British PM May rounds out Brexit cabinet
LONDON, (APP/AFP) – Theresa May was to spend her first full day as prime minister fleshing out her government on Thursday, after taking office pledging a fresh start as Britain heads towards the EU exit door. May has rung the changes in appointing her first six ministers, including the surprise nomination of Brexit campaign figurehead […]
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Oil prices rebound on weaker dollar, bargain-buying
SINGAPORE, (APP/AFP) – Oil prices rebounded in Asia Thursday thanks to a weak dollar and bargain-hunting a day after the commodity sank to fresh two-month lows. Both main contracts tumbled more than four percent Wednesday after official US data showed a smaller than expected decline in crude stockpiles, adding to fears that a supply glut […]