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Kanye West agrees to buy social network Parler
Social network Parler announced Monday a deal for Kanye West to buy the platform popular with US conservatives, just over a week after the rapper's Twitter and Instagram accounts were restricted over anti-Semitic posts. Parler said West, who has an account on the network as of Monday, was "taking a bold stance against his recent censorship from Big Tech."
Kenya disbands 'killer' police unit
Kenya's new president, William Ruto, said he had dissolved a police unit accused of extrajudicial killings, in a move hailed by human rights groups. "We have disbanded the unit that was killing Kenyans arbitrarily," Ruto said on Sunday.
Court challenge to Uganda's 'draconian' internet law
Ugandan media groups and rights activists on Monday filed a court challenge to a controversial new internet law that they protest is aimed at curtailing free speech and quashing dissent. - 'Rise up and defend rights' - Opposition leader Bobi Wine, who unsuccessfully challenged the president in 2021 and has often been targeted by security forces, said the adoption of the law was not surprising.
Drones spark gunfire, fearful cries before exploding in Kyiv
Buzzing like a lawn mower, a white arrow darts across the blue sky and drops obliquely toward its target in Ukraine's capital as policemen crouching next to their patrol car open fire. Their patrol car is about 100 metres (yards) from where the first drone hit.
Paris police question two over 12-year-old's brutal murder
Paris investigators were on Monday questioning a woman and a man suspected of raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl whose body was found in a trunk on Friday. Investigators suspect a 43-year-old man also under arrest sheltered the young woman and drove her around in the vehicle where she was discovered.
Bomb kills two peacekeepers in Mali, UN says
Two United Nations troops were killed and four others were badly injured by a roadside bomb in northern Mali on Monday , the UN peacekeeping mission said. MINUSMA -- the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali -- was launched in 2013 to help one of the world's poorest countries cope with a bloody jihadist campaign.
BP to buy US renewable gas firm for $4.1 bn
BP has agreed to buy US renewable gas producer Archaea for $4.1 billion to help the British oil giant reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the pair said Monday. Houston-based Archaea produces renewable natural gas equivalent in amount to about 6,000 barrels of oil per day.
Raza leads Zimbabwe to win over Ireland in T20 World Cup opener
Sikandar Raza smashed 82 off 48 balls to set up a convincing 31-run victory for Zimbabwe in their opening match of the Twenty20 World Cup against Ireland on Monday. Raza took nine balls to get going as he smashed Curtis Campher for two sixes in the ninth over and kept up the attack despite losing partners along the way.
'Very OK': EU's Borrell shrugs off flak for undiplomatic outbursts
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday shrugged off criticism over a string of less than diplomatic comments he has made on sensitive topics. Asked about the criticism over the comments, a spokeswoman for the European Commission said the executive's chief Ursula von der Leyen still "has confidence" in Borrell.
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