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Young Mexicans are taking part in 'aura battles', where creativity, confidence and humour decide the winner. The trend is moving from social media to live events.

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It comes amid growing economic pressures during a summer of extreme heat that has left many Tunisians short of water and electricity.

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Spain began relocating migrants from a makeshift camp on Ceuta’s El Trampolín beach on Thursday, 20 August, nearly three weeks after a mass border surge left thousands living without adequate shelter in the North African enclave.

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Residents of Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district spent Thursday assessing the damage after a Russian overnight barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones tore through a residential area.

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Authorities in the Central African Republic have closed an artisanal gold mine near the Cameroon border after a landslide killed at least 49 people, according to the official toll. Local sources say the death toll could be around 100, with many miners still missing.

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Twenty migrants deported from the United States have arrived in Liberia, the first group of up to 1,200 people the West African country says it will receive under a new agreement.

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Once a giant of African politics, the PDP is in danger of being wiped out after January's elections.

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The incident took place in the country's northwest ​Sokoto state, with many of the victims feared to be children.

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A navigation tool built in Kenya is using AI to help people with visual impairment understand what lies ahead as they move through Nairobi. 'Sightra' runs as a phone based web app, detecting cars, trees, furniture and other obstacles in real time and sending spoken descriptions through an earpiece.

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Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Cairo on Thursday for talks on bilateral cooperation and regional deescalation.

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Advocacy group Reporters Without Borders is calling for the release of two French journalists and their fixer detained in Togo.

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President Paul Biya, 93, returned to Cameroon on Thursday, after a 73-day absence that fuelled speculation about his health.

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WHO experts say early evidence, including animal studies, suggests Ervebo could offer some protection—and the new trial will seek to establish whether that protection extends to humans.

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Hui was fined 47 million yuan ($6.5 million) in 2024 and banned from China's securities markets for life by the China Securities Regulatory Commission over inflating company financial results, among other issues.

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On Thursday morning, it began relocating over 1,000 people from the beach to reception centres set up in army tents.

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America's national debt has surpassed 40 trillion dollars for the first time - more than double what it was just 10 years ago, according to data released by the US Treasury on Wednesday.

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Gaël Mocaër and Sebastian Perez Pezzani's detention is "unjustified and disproportionate", Reporters Without Borders says.

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They accuse Constant Mutamba of being the mastermind behind the fraudulent disbursement of some $20 million from the Uganda Victims’ Reparation Fund.

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UEFA, AFC and CONCACAF have not given up on ousting FIFA president Gianni Infantino, according to a new report from Reuters. The three continental bodies are said to be in talks about seeking a vote of no confidence against Infantino over his proposal to sell World Cup profits to private investors.

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The Sahel country has been wracked since 2012 by a serious security crisis, notably fuelled by violence from jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State group, along with criminal gangs and armed separatists.

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Health Minister Ali Pate said the reform aims at reducing suicide deaths and attempts by 15 per cent by 2030.