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Kenyans are trying to fathom why more than 100 people starved to death in an isolated camp.

The US Treasury warned on Monday that the federal government could run short of cash to pay all of its bills as soon as June… Read More »US could default on debt as soon as June 1 if Congress fails to act, says Yellen

Thousands marched across Paris and other French cities in what unions hoped would be one of the biggest May Day demonstrations in years. Galvanised by previous protests against… Read More »May Day march against pension reform: Protesters determined to ‘give it our all’

A new novel by French President Emmanuel Macron’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire – containing one breathlessly erotic passage that has gone viral – has forced… Read More »French finance minister raises eyebrows with racy novel, ‘Fugue américaine’

Negotiators for Hollywood writers and film and television studios engaged in 11th-hour contract talks on Monday to try and avert a strike that would disrupt… Read More »Hollywood writers in last-minute talks with studios to avert walkout

The fighting raging in Sudan could spur more than 800,000 people to flee into neighbouring countries, the United Nations warned Monday. The UN refugee agency UNHCR… Read More »More than 800,000 people could soon flee Sudan, UN says

Thousands of people have left Sudan’s capital but the situation is getting worse for those left behind.

Sudanese citizens say they can’t escape because their passports are inside closed European embassies.

Several nations voiced concern at the United Nations Monday over police violence, including against protesters, in France, as the country headed into another day of… Read More »France under fire at UN for police violence, racial and religious discrimination

Hisham Abdel Aziz had been arrested at Cairo airport in 2019 while on his way to visit family.