LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian presidential contender Peter Obi of the opposition Labour Party said his supporters were on Saturday attacked and injured ahead of a rally in the commercial capital Lagos, a stronghold of the ruling party. Previous elections in Africa’s most populous nation have been fraught with violence between supporters of rival parties and …
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By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASO, Somalia (Reuters) – At least nine people were killed and another 14 wounded on Saturday in a sixth day of fighting in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region, a local government official and medic said, hours after Somaliland called for an unconditional ceasefire. Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 but has not …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force general overseeing North American airspace said on Sunday after a series of shoot-downs of unidentified objects that he would not rule out aliens or any other explanation yet, deferring to U.S. intelligence experts. Asked whether he had ruled out an extraterrestrial origin …
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By Aditi Shah and YP Rajesh BENGALURU (Reuters) -India is scouting for billions of dollars worth of military planes, completing jetliner deals to meet civilian demand and pressing global aircraft manufacturers to produce more locally at a major air show this week. Flanked by nuclear-armed rivals China and Pakistan, India has the world’s fourth-largest air …
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By Ali Kucukgocmen and Henriette Chacar ANTAKYA/ELBISTAN, Turkey (Reuters) -Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday, nearly a week after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities sought to maintain order across the disaster zone and began legal action over building collapses. With chances of finding more …
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) -Microsoft-backed OpenAI has kept its hit ChatGPT app off-limits to users in China, but the app is attracting huge interest in the country, with firms rushing to integrate the technology into their products and launch rival solutions. While residents in the country are unable to create OpenAI accounts to …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden appealed to Republican and Democratic governors on Saturday to continue working across political divides to improve Americans’ lives and rebuild the economy after the hardships brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at a black-tie dinner at the White House, attended by Vice President Kamala Harris and …
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By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks that took a beating last year are surging in the early weeks of 2023, leading markets higher. Some investors believe that trend is unlikely to last. Stunning gains in shares of companies such as Nvidia, Netflix and Meta Platforms are lifting sectors that struggled in last year’s …
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By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Steve Scherer WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) -A U.S. F-22 fighter jet shot down an unidentified cylindrical object over Canada on Saturday, the second such instance in as many days, as North America appeared on edge following a week-long Chinese spying balloon saga that drew the global spotlight. Separately, the U.S. military …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will end his term as planned in October, a spokesperson for the alliance said, after a newspaper reported a further extension was in the works. “The mandate of Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has been extended three times, and he has served for a total of almost nine years,” NATO …
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