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United States renews Agoa for another three years
However, it’s not certain whether South Africa will continue to benefit from the concessional trade pact for qualifying African countries
Trump impeached for ‘inciting’ US Capitol riot
In historic vote, Trump becomes first US president to be impeached a second time for inciting mob that attacked the Capitol
Cameroon can achieve peace. But first, it needs a ceasefire
The country has been wracked by conflict between the government and separatists. Both sides need to work on finding a path forward. Here’s what they can do
Barr to release redacted Mueller report ‘within a week’
Attorney General William Barr says he does not intend to release the full unredacted report ‘at this stage’
Anger, terror warnings cloud Olympics
China said it was outraged by a resolution by United States lawmakers urging an end to a crackdown in Tibet as a Beijing-run newspaper linked al-Qaeda to claimed plots to attack…
US candidates court black vote on King anniversary
Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton sought to shore up support among black voters on Friday in the city where civil rights leader Martin…
King still roils US politics 40 years after death
Forty years after Martin Luther King Jr was shot to death, the civil rights leader is still roiling American politics. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and…
Obama wins support of former congressman
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday won the endorsement of Lee Hamilton, a former Indiana congressman who is a leading United States authority on foreign…
Clinton, Obama assail McCain on economy
Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama assailed potential White House opponent John McCain on the economy on Tuesday, accusing the Republican of favoring the wealthy and…
Inside the court of the Tibetan god-king
When the Dalai Lama sat down on Saturday with Richard Gere and Robert Thurman, father of actor Uma and a United States professor of Buddhism, it was supposed to be for a few…
US high court considers landmark gun-rights case
The United States Supreme Court considers on Tuesday a landmark legal battle over gun rights, taking up for the first time in nearly 70 years whether Americans have the right to…
McCain now has to pick a running mate
Now that he is the Republican presidential nominee, John McCain has a big decision ahead of him — who to choose as his vice-presidential running mate. A top priority for him is…
China’s mobile network a surveillance tool?
Serious concerns were raised in Davos last week about the ability of the Chinese government to spy on the country’s 500-million cellphone users. China’s biggest cellphone company…
Turkey turns up diplomatic heat in genocide row with US
A diplomatic rift between Turkey and the United States deepened on Friday after Ankara recalled its ambassador to Washington over a vote in the US Congress to label the massacre…
Iraq tribal leader who fought al-Qaeda killed
A Sunni Arab tribal leader instrumental in driving al-Qaeda out of Iraq’s Anbar province was killed by a bomb on Thursday, hours before United States President George Bush…