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At least 240 charged with treason after Tanzania election violence
A Tanzanian court has charged at least 240 people with treason following last week’s deadly election protests. President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the winner of the election with 98% of the vote, but the opposition – which was barred from contesting – denounced the poll as a sham. Security forces clashed with those protesting…
Read MoreGaza ‘reduced to dust’ as world commits in Doha to eradicate poverty
For Gaza resident Yassir Shaheen, nights were the hardest part of living through Israel’s devastating two-year war on the enclave. “Many nights, we lay awake, our lips dry, our hearts pounding in fear, feeling as though the sky itself was collapsing on us,” he told Al Jazeera. The Strip lies in tatters – its economy…
Read MoreThe Ghosts of Gracie Mansion Meet Mr. Mamdani
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Read MoreWhat to know about pirates off the Somali coast who have hijacked a tanker
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Pirates off the coasts of Somalia have hijacked a commercial vessel for the first time in 18 months, raising fears of a resurgence of armed attacks along the coasts of Somalia. This week, the pirates have launched multiple attacks against vessels before successfully boarding the Malta-flagged Hellas Aphrodite, which was en…
Read MoreSiemens wins $2.5 billion order from Swiss railway for 116 trains
A Siemens Mobility “Mireo” train stands in Buchloe station after a test run. Germany’s Siemens Mobility has received an order by Switzerland’s national railway service SBB for 116 double-decker trains. Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa Germany’s Siemens Mobility has received an order by Switzerland’s national railway service SBB for 116 double-decker trains. “Siemens Mobility submitted the most advantageous…
Read MoreTanzania charges dozens with treason over violence linked to disputed election
DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Prosecutors in Tanzania on Friday charged dozens of people with treason over their alleged roles in violence surrounding the country’s disputed election. The charge sheet identified 76 suspects accused of intending to obstruct the Oct. 29 election “for the purpose of intimidating” the authorities in Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital.…
Read More6 migrants die in crash after police try to stop a van in Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Six migrants died, while three others and their driver were injured in a vehicle crash near the Black Sea city of Burgas, a senior interior ministry official said Friday. The incident occurred a short time before midnight Thursday as police tried to stop a van with Romanian registration plates carrying nine…
Read MoreEurope’s next chapter: EU enlargement report lists progress, setbacks
The European Commission presented its annual enlargement report on Tuesday, assessing the progress of states aspiring to join the European Union: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. Of the ten membership hopefuls, two – Georgia and Turkey – are frozen in their accession tracks. Leading the pack are Balkan…
Read MoreRenoir’s Surprising Experiments in Perception
Also: a Quadrophenia ballet, the brave women of “Liberation,” the cultural business of affairs, and more. Source link
Read MoreTehching Hsieh Turned Every Second Into Art
At Dia, the cage has been reconstructed in full, complete with Hsieh’s boots and his tally marks gouged into the wall. Every day, Hsieh was photographed by his friend, and the photos, which are wrapped around the gallery, show his facial expression fixed from week to week, month to month—relaxed and blank. The only element…
Read MoreRosalía Doesn’t Want to Take It Easy
Sometimes it seems as if everyone wants to be a pop girlie. Last year, Taylor Swift counted herself among the “tortured poets,” but nowadays she is a self-described “showgirl,” having released a short album full of bite-size songs co-produced by the distinguished hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback. The year’s biggest new musical act is probably…
Read MoreThe Bad Show-Biz Dads of “Sentimental Value” and “Jay Kelly”
In new films from Joachim Trier and Noah Baumbach, success in filmmaking proves depressingly incompatible with success in fatherhood. Source link
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