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Court challenge in Kenya over GM crops
A Kenyan lawyer said Friday he has filed a court challenge to a decision by the new government to lift a decade-old ban on genetically modified crops. The government has defended its decision, saying it would enable Kenya to have disease-resistant crops and improve yields.
UK finance chief rushes home to face budget storm
UK finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng dashed home Friday from Washington for crisis talks with Prime Minister Liz Truss, with both their jobs on the line as their budget plans unravel. But speaking in Washington on Thursday, the under-fire minister insisted that his job was safe.
Nigerian university lecturers end eight-month strike over pay
Nigerian university lecturers on Friday suspended an eight-month strike over pay, welfare and crumbling facilities, the latest industrial dispute to hit Africa's most populous nation. The demands of the lecturers, as in previous strikes, are the same -- higher pay, improved welfare, increased funding and upgraded facilities.
Appetite for 'de-Russification' builds in Ukraine
At a bookshop in Kyiv, 33-year-old Yulia Sydorenko was dumping an entire collection of old books -- some gifts from childhood friends -- that have recently lost their appeal. Sydorenko is among a steady stream of people hauling piles of books, sometimes by the suitcase or carload, to the Siayvo bookshop.
Poverty, climate, space: China's progress in 10 years under Xi
Xi Jinping's China has dragged millions out of extreme poverty, sent spacecraft to the Moon and committed itself to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. A year after Xi became leader, 82 million Chinese people lived in extreme poverty, according to World Bank data.
Danone plans to withdraw from most of its business in Russia
French agribusiness Danone said Friday it planned to transfer control of its essential dairy and plant-based business in Russia, retaining only its infant nutrition branch. Danone will however retain the activities of its "specialised nutrition" arm, which includes infant milk.
Murder rate plummets amid 'gangster peace' in Medellin
Seven days without a single murder: The month of August marked a security record for Colombia's second city Medellin, the onetime fiefdom of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar. Thirty years after Escobar was shot dead on a Medellin rooftop while trying to evade capture, the drug trade still dominates many poor neighborhoods of the city of nearly three million people.
Street art animates Johannesburg's gritty streets
Next to a wall surrounding an empty lot in central Johannesburg, a cherry picker carries a man above the street. Entire blocks were left empty.
Secrets of Hoxha's henchmen still poison Albania
Three decades after the fall of communism, the files held by Albania's infamous secret police on "enemies of the state" are slowly revealing their secrets. The Sigurimi may be long gone, but it still poisons public life, with rumours of links to the hated secret police often used to blacken political rivals.
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