Clashes among armed forces in Sudan during protests
KHARTOUM, Apr 08 (BBC): Elements of Sudan's military have acted to protect protesters in Khartoum after security forces fired tear gas to break up a mass sit-in, eyewitnesses say.Soldiers tried to chase away pick-up trucks firing tear gas, on the second night of a sit-in protest calling for President Omar...
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Deaths rise as battle for Tripoli intensifies
TRIPOLI, Apr 08 (Reuters): Eastern Libyan forces tried to push toward the center of Tripoli on Monday after their easy desert advance hit a tougher urban phase, with deaths and displacements mounting despite Western appeals for a truce and a return to a peace plan.Renewed war in Libya - splintered...
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Artificial intelligent software for serious paralysis patients
SYDNEY, Apr 08 (Xinhua): A device, developed in Australia that uses artificially intelligent (AI) software to help people suffering from severe conditions of paralysis control assistive technology, has been granted approval for a world-first human trial on Monday.Set to take place at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the advanced paperclip-sized implant...
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Ardern names top judge to head mosque attack inquiry
WELLINGTON, Apr 08 (AFP): New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday named a Supreme Court judge to lead an inquiry into the massacre last month of 50 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques."The government will ensure no stone is left unturned as we examine as quickly as possible how the...
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Tanzania to ban single-use plastics by July
DODOMA, Apr 08 (Reuters): Tanzania plans to ban the production, importation, sale and use of all single-use plastic bags by July, to help tackle pollution from non-biodegradable waste.The East African nation is the latest country to make a formal commitment to phase out single-use non-biodegradable plastics, which have been identified...
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Two rebels die in Philippine clash
MANILA, Apr 08 (Xinhua): Philippine security forces killed two leftist fighters in a five-minute firefight on early Monday in Masbate, an island province in the country's central Bicol region.Capt. Joash Pramis, the spokesperson of the Philippine Army's ninth Infantry Division, said troops and policemen clashed with seven New People's Army...
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News in Brief -(09-04-2019)
UK govt, opposition expect Brexit compromise LONDON, Apr 08: Britain's government and opposition were clinging to hope on Monday of finding a compromise Brexit deal, 48 hours before Prime Minister Theresa May must try to persuade European Union leaders to grant a delay to the U.K.'s departure from the bloc....
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