Putin wants lasting peace in Ukraine
MOSCOW, Aug 02 (AFP): Russia wants a "lasting and stable peace" in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, adding that Moscow's conditions for peace remained unchanged as Kyiv repeated its call for a leaders' meeting.Putin has consistently rejected calls to pause his nearly three-and-a-half year assault on Ukraine despite growing...
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Angola unrest death toll risess 30
LUANDA, Aug 02 (AFP): Angolan President Joao Lourenco praised security forces Friday for quelling unrest that claimed 30 lives over two days but rights groups accused them of killing "defenceless people".Dozens of shops and warehouses in Luanda were looted and vehicles attacked on Monday and Tuesday when a strike against...
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Israeli attacks leave 22 dead in Gaza
GAZA, Aug 02 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli gunfire and air strikes killed at least 22 people on Friday, including eight who were waiting to collect food aid in the war-battered Palestinian territory.Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that five people were killed in a strike in...
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Four killed in Montana bar shooting
MONTANA, Aug 02 (BBC/AP): A suspect is on the run after four people were killed in a shooting at a bar in the US state of Montana, authorities say.The shooting happened at The Owl Bar in the city of Anaconda at around 10:30 local time, the Montana Division of Criminal...
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