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Holding placards and singing songs denouncing the country's finance minister, about two dozen union leaders representing teachers, nurses and other government workers gathered in front of the finance ministry offices in central Harare.

The blast sent flames shooting some 30 feet in the air and rocked the surrounding neighbourhood with such force that some residents initially mistook it for an earthquake.

Jacob Zuma said he had conceived the idea of having an 'alternative media' in South Africa because 'the media in this country is very biased; at all material times, just critical'.

The celebrations of France's national day were tarnished by clashes erupted between protesters and police that recalled violence seen at the peak of the "yellow vest" protest movement earlier this year.

Gina Miller, who had mounted a successful legal challenge to prevent May triggering Brexit without Parliament's approval back in 2017, has said she is ready for another legal battle to establish parliamentary supremacy.

Wang Neng Sheng, the director general at the government of Tibet Autonomous Region, said the current Dalai Lama was recognised by Beijing and his successor must be found through the 'draw of lots in golden urn process' within China.

Police said the man caused a vehicle to catch fire and that he attempted to ignite a large propane tank and set buildings on fire. They added that besides the rifle, he had a satchel and flares.

China's spokesman, Geng Shuang, also called the sale a serious violation of the "one-China" principle, under which the United States officially recognises Beijing and not Taipei.

The youth have been at the forefront of huge rallies against the legislation, which has plunged Hong Kong into chaos amid wider fears about the erosion of civil rights in the Chinese territory.

World Population Day was first observed by the United Nations in 1989 to raise awareness of global population issues while natural resources remain finite.

The MSC Gayane was being operated by Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Co and is now 'subject to possible forfeiture'.

His use of the blocking function was challenged by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, as well as seven Twitter users he had blocked.

The global lender last week formally approved the USD 6 billion loan to Pakistan, which is facing "significant" economic challenges on the back of "large" fiscal and financial needs and "weak and unbalanced" growth.

An indictment unsealed in federal court in Manhattan accused Epstein, 66, of arranging for girls to perform nude "massages" and other sex acts, and paying some girls to recruit others, from at least 2002 to 2005.

When we innovate, produce, and grow, we're able to unleash technologies and processes that make the environment better while reshoring and, so importantly, you look at reshoring production all the way, taking it away from foreign polluters, and back to Am...

London police say they were called to the scene after receiving reports that someone was climbing The Shard.