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Bamako, Mali
AP
A German priest who was abducted by al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Mali's capital in November, 2022, has been released by his captors, a former colleague told The Associated Press on Monday.
Church members in the capital of Bamako learned of the release of Rev Hans-Joachim Lohre
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- NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and DAN WILLIAMS
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Ahmedabad, India
Reuters
Twenty-four people have died by lightning strikes and about 23 have been left injured in rain-related incidents in the western Indian state of Gujarat over the past two days, government officials said, with rains continuing on Monday morning.
The state was hit by heavy
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Beijing, China
Reuters
China's health ministry on Sunday urged local authorities to increase the number of fever clinics as the country grapples with a surge in respiratory illnesses in its first full winter since easing COVID-19 restrictions.
The spike become a global issue last week when the
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London, UK
Reuters
Talks over a possible return of the British Museum's Parthenon Sculptures to Athens are not advancing quickly enough, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday as he prepared to meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak this week.
Athens has long campaigned for the
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Wellington, New Zealand
Reuters
New Zealand’s new right-of-centre government was sworn in on Monday, with parliament expected to sit next week and begin working on new policies including a new central bank mandate and lifting a ban on oil and gas exploration.
New Zealand Governor General Cindy
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Antananarivo, Madagascar
Reuters
Madagascar's incumbent leader Andry Rajoelina effectively secured a third term after the electoral body (CENI) on the weekend said he had obtained the most votes in a presidential election marked by a low turn out and an opposition boycott.
Provisional results announced by
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- OLEKSANDR KOZHUKHAR, ALEXANDER TANAS AND ELAINE MONAGHAN
Kyiv, Ukraine
Reuters
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday thanked Ukraine's military for fighting Russian attacks and its rescue services for tackling the consequences of extreme winter weather that he said had deprived about 400 settlements in 10 regions of power.
In his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said
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- HAMZA IBRAHIM and AHMED KINGIMI
Kano, Nigeria
Reuters
At least 150 people, including women and children, were abducted with one person killed in a coordinated attack by gunmen on four villages in Nigeria's north-west Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday.
Kidnapping for ransom has become rife in north-western Nigeria in recent
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Freetown, Sierra Leone
Reuters
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio said on Sunday that most of the leaders of an earlier attack on a military barracks in the capital Freetown had been arrested, adding that security operations and an investigation were ongoing.
"We will ensure that those
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- FRANCES D'EMILIO
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- MOHAMMED SALEM
Tens of thousands march against anti-Semitism in London including UK ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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London, UK
AP
Tens of thousands of people including former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered in London on Sunday for a march against anti-Semitism, a day after large crowds turned out for a pro-Palestinian rally.
Johnson was joined by UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and other senior government officials
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