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How Kenya’s evangelical president has fallen out with churches
William Ruto, who became Kenya’s president two years ago riding on the crest of the Christian vote, has been visibly shaken to find that over the last few months...
Clip shows Burmese resistance fighters praying at replica pagoda, not ‘arriving at Golden Rock shrine’
As conflict between the military and various armed groups continues to roil Buddhist-majority Myanmar, a clip of pro-democracy fighters has been shared alongside a false claim they have arrived at...
Japan government to approve $140bn stimulus
Japan already has one of the world's biggest ratios of national debt to output (Richard A. Brooks) Japan's minority government was expected Friday to approve a $140-billion stimulus drive...
Trudeau plays Santa with seasonal tax break
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is playing Father Christmas with a seasonally-timed tax break amid growing frustrations about Canada's cost of living.The prime minister announced Thursday a two-month limited-time...
Vancouver airport works to move damaged Amazon Air cargo jet
Amazon has dozens of Boeing 767 freighters (pictured) in its private airline that are operated by third-party carriers. One of them couldn’t slow down on landing at Vancouver airport...
Japan finds massive rare metals deposit worth $26,290,800,000
[Source]A survey by the University of Tokyo and The Nippon Foundation from April 24 to June 9 has uncovered a vast deposit of rare earth metals worth an estimated...
Chinese women sport Lululemons, carry Stanley cups to create ‘white woman aesthetic’
Reactions: While the trend has gone viral, some netizens are not too keen about it. One Xiaohongshu user stressed that some Chinese people simply would not be able to...
Gunfire breaks out at the home of South Sudan’s former spy chief who is under house arrest
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Heavy gunfire erupted late Thursday in South Sudan ’s capital of Juba at the home of the country's former spy chief who has been...
Canada’s Trudeau to cut sales tax and send checks to millions of Canadians as election looms
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 's government announced plans Thursday to temporarily lift the federal sales tax off a number of items and send...
UK and France open bribery and corruption probe into French defense firm Thales
LONDON (AP) — British and French authorities have opened a probe into France-based defense group Thales for suspected bribery and corruption.In a statement Thursday, Britain's Serious Fraud Office said...
