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Iran committed 'crimes against humanity' in 2019 crackdown: lawyers
Iran's government and security forces committed "crimes against humanity" in their suppression of huge nationwide protests in 2019, an international panel of lawyers probing the crackdown concluded on Friday.
Tobacco giant Altria ends non-compete accord with Juul
Tobacco giant Altria said Friday it ended a non-compete agreement with Juul, which is mired in a fight with a US agency over its ability to sell vaping products.
Latvia's Russian-speakers fear becoming Ukraine war 'collateral'
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has complicated things for Latvia's Russian-speakers, already caught between an attachment to country versus cultural and linguistic identity and who now fear becoming collateral victims of Moscow's war. - 'Kremlin-friendly fake news' - The Ukraine war has only further complicated things.
Key US inflation index shows signs of slowing in August
A closely-watched measure of US inflation showed the annual pace of price increases slowed slightly in August as energy costs fell and increases in food costs eased, according to government data released Friday.
UK teen died after 'negative effects of online content': coroner
A 14-year-old British girl died from an act of self harm while suffering from the "negative effects of online content", a coroner said Friday in a case that shone a spotlight on social media companies. The teenager "died from an act of self-harm while suffering depression", he said, but added it would not be "safe" to conclude it was suicide.
Gunfire heard near Burkina Faso presidency: witnesses
Shots rang out before dawn on Friday around Burkina Faso's presidential palace and headquarters of the military junta, which itself seized power in a coup last January, witnesses told AFP. Troops blocked several main roads in the capital Ouagadougou, AFP journalists said, and state television was cut, broadcasting a blank screen for several hours saying: "no video signal".
Court upholds Tanzania move to cordon off land to protect wildlife
A regional court on Friday ruled that Tanzania's decision to cordon off land for wildlife protection was legal, dealing a blow to Maasai pastoralists who had protested the move, a lawyer for the community said.
UK avoids recession in boost for under-fire Truss
Britain is not yet in recession, revised data showed Friday in a boost for under-fire Prime Minister Liz Truss, but its economy may still face a downturn on soaring interest rates. But the country's economy remains fragile, with Friday's data also revised to show that it was still below pre-Covid levels.
Life returns to Mozambique port city after bloody jihadist rule
A year after jihadist militants were driven out of Mocimboa da Praia, the port city in northern Mozambique is slowly coming back to life. In 2020, the group known locally as al-Shabab -- though with no links to the Somali militants of a similar name -- seized Mocimboa da Praia, and made it its main base.
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