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Apr
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Egypt’s Sisi visits Saudi Arabia amid financial pressure, regional realignment

Egypt’s Sisi visits Saudi Arabia amid financial pressure, regional realignment

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EGYPTIAN President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Saudi state news agency SPA said, as Cairo seeks financial inflows to ease pressure on its currency and bolster a faltering economy. Oil-rich Saudi Arabia has long provided financial support to Egypt but recently signalled it would no longer provide such backing without conditions attached, which observers think may have sparked a rare media clash between the two countries. The trip also comes amid a major diplomatic realignment in the region, with moves by Saudi Arabia and Egypt to ease tensions with Syria, Iran and Turkey. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, met…
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Mar
31
2023
By The African Mirror
In watershed moment, Trump indictment sets US on uncertain course

In watershed moment, Trump indictment sets US on uncertain course

WORLD
KAREN FREIFELD, LUC COHEN and TYLER CLIFFORD DONALD Trump, the ex-president and frontrunner to be the Republican nominee in 2024, is set to face a mug shot, finger-printing and a court appearance next week after being indicted over a probe into hush money paid to a porn star in a historic U.S. first. The possible spectacle of Trump's appearance in Manhattan before a judge as the first sitting or former President to face criminal charges, with international media camped outside, could further divide the world's most powerful country. The specific charges against Trump are not yet known as the indictment…
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Apr
09
2023
By The African Mirror
Who is Republican donor and Justice Clarence Thomas’ friend Harlan Crow?

Who is Republican donor and Justice Clarence Thomas’ friend Harlan Crow?

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LAURA SANICOLA REAL estate magnate Harlan Crow has come under scrutiny after ProPublica reported that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury trips over decades from the Republican donor despite a federal law requiring the disclosure of most gifts. The following are some key facts about Crow. WHO IS HARLAN CROW? Crow, 74, is the chairman and former CEO of Crow Holdings, a Texas-based family real estate firm established to manage the capital of the Trammell Crow family. Crow’s father, noted real estate developer Trammell Crow, founded the company in 1948. Crow, a Dallas resident, graduated from The University of Texas…
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Apr
09
2023
By The African Mirror
Chinese planes cross Taiwan Strait median line

Chinese planes cross Taiwan Strait median line

WORLD
JOSH ARSLAN, YIMOU LEE and BEN BLANCHARD SEVENTY-ONE Chinese military aircraft crossed the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait as China began drills around Taiwan in anger at President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The three-day drills, announced the day after Tsai returned from the United States, had been widely expected after Beijing condemned her Wednesday meeting with Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Los Angeles. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. Taiwan's government strongly objects…
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Apr
09
2023
By The African Mirror
One tourist killed, five injured in Tel Aviv attack

One tourist killed, five injured in Tel Aviv attack

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AN Italian tourist was killed and five other tourists were wounded in a Tel Aviv car-ramming attack, Israeli and Italian officials said. An Israeli security source identified the assailant as an Israeli Arab from the town of Kafr Qassem. A police officer who was nearby arrived at the scene to find several people wounded and an overturned car near a popular Tel Aviv promenade. The officer "neutralized" the driver when he tried to pull a gun, police said. The car had veered off the street near a popular bike and walking path along the beach. Reuters video from shortly after…
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Apr
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Americans divided over criminal charges against Trump

Americans divided over criminal charges against Trump

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RICHARD COWAN THE prosecution of former President Donald Trump has evenly divided Americans but appears to have boosted his chances of winning the Republican nomination for the 2024 election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday. The poll was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, following Tuesday's indictment of Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records by prosecutors in New York City. The survey found that 49% of all Americans think it was right for prosecutors to pursue the first criminal case against a U.S. president or former president. But the finding underscores the political divide on so…
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Apr
08
2023
By The African Mirror
With lavish treatment of Macron, China’s Xi woos France to “counter” U.S.

With lavish treatment of Macron, China’s Xi woos France to “counter” U.S.

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MICHEL ROSE and JAMES POMFRET CHINA'S Xi Jinping has given French President Emmanuel Macron an unusually lavish welcome on a state visit, which some analysts see as a sign of Beijing's growing offensive to woo key allies within the European Union to counter the United States. The two leaders visited southern China together on Friday, where Macron was due to drink Chinese tea with Xi in a former residence of his father in the city of Guangzhou, the capital of the economic and manufacturing powerhouse of Guangdong province. Such forays by Xi with visiting leaders are rare. Diplomats say it…
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Apr
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Ukraine discusses preventing military leaks after report of breach

Ukraine discusses preventing military leaks after report of breach

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UKRAINE'S president and top security brass discussed ways to prevent leaks of military information at a meeting, Kyiv said, after secret documents detailing Western help for Ukraine reportedly ended up online. A statement about the meeting issued by the president's office did not say a leak had occurred. It also did not refer to a New York Times report that said documents about U.S. and NATO plans to build up the Ukrainian military had been leaked online. "The participants of the meeting focused on measures to prevent the leakage of information regarding the plans of the defence forces of Ukraine,"…
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Apr
07
2023
By The African Mirror
Senators seek probes into report on undisclosed luxury trips by Supreme Court’s Thomas

Senators seek probes into report on undisclosed luxury trips by Supreme Court’s Thomas

WORLD
ANDREW CHUNG and JOHN KRUZEL CONSERVATIVE U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for decades accepted luxury trips from a Dallas businessman without publicly disclosing them despite a federal law requiring disclosure of most gifts, a media report said, prompting Senate Democrats to call for an investigation. The report by ProPublica found that Thomas has repeatedly vacationed with real estate magnate and Republican donor Harlan Crow, including on his private jet and superyacht in the United States and around the globe. The news outlet said the frequency of the gifts have "no known precedent in the modern history of the…
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Apr
07
2023
By The African Mirror
Macron seeks China’s help on Ukraine, Xi ‘willing’ to call Zelenskiy

Macron seeks China’s help on Ukraine, Xi ‘willing’ to call Zelenskiy

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MICHEL ROSE and LAURIE CHEN CHINA'S Xi Jinping expressed willingness to speak to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the head of the EU said after French President Emmanuel Macron urged Beijing to talk sense to Russia over the war in Ukraine. In closely watched talks, European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen and Macron met with Xi in Beijing. Macron said the West must engage China to help end the crisis and prevent "spiralling" tensions that could split global powers into warring blocs. Xi, who has sought to position China as a potential mediator in the conflict but has been seen…
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