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Tripoli, Feb 10 (UNI) The Libyan Attorney General’s office announced on Sunday that security services in the southeastern city of Kufra had freed 76 migrants detained by a criminal gang, and recovered 28 bodies of migrants buried near the detention site. “The investigation procedures revealed evidence that there was a gang whose members deliberately detained…

Paris, Feb 10 (UNI) French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday night that France is set to receive a total investment of 109 billion euros (113 billion U.S. dollars) in artificial intelligence (AI) in the coming years. Speaking in a televised interview on public television channel France 2, Macron described the investment as the “equivalent…

Cairo, Feb 10 (UNI) Egypt condemned on Sunday recent remarks on Gaza by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to U.S. media, describing them as deliberate “misinformation” that contradicts the efforts Egypt has been making. In an interview with Fox News aired on Saturday, Netanyahu said the reason why Gaza is described the “biggest open-air prison…

Beirut, Feb 9 (UNI) Six people were killed and two others injured on Saturday in an Israeli drone strike targeting the al-Shaara area near the town of Janta in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. The NNA also reported that Israeli warplanes were conducting intensive mid-altitude flights over southern Lebanon,…

Quito, Feb 9 (UNI) Ecuadorans will head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president for a four-year term. Incumbent President Daniel Noboa is running for re-election after having assumed office just a little over a year ago following the dissolution of parliament amid the political crisis in May 2023. Left-wing lawmaker Luisa…

Chengdu, Feb 9 (UNI) As of 11 a.m. Sunday, a landslide in southwest China’s Sichuan Province had left one person dead, 28 missing and two injured, local authorities said. The landslide occurred at 11:50 a.m. on Saturday in Jinping Village, which is located in Junlian County in the city of Yibin. The province has mobilized…

Windhoek, Feb 9 (UNI) Namibia’s founding President Sam Nujoma died aged 95 on Saturday, the country’s President Nangolo Mbumba announced in a statement on Sunday morning. Mbumba said that over the past three weeks, the founding president had been hospitalised in the capital city of Windhoek for medical treatment and observation due to ill health….

Beijing, Feb 9 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 jolted 209 km SW of George Town, Cayman Islands at 2323 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 17.70 degrees north latitude and 82.46 degrees west longitude.

Gaza, Feb 8 (UNI) Hamas on Friday accused Israel of deliberately delaying the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement by disturbing the delivery of humanitarian aid and relief to the enclave. “Israel has failed to uphold its commitments under the agreement,” Salama Marouf, head of the Gaza-based media office, said in a press conference. “The…

Praia, Feb 8 (UNI) Cape Verdean President Jose Maria Neves presided over the swearing-in ceremony of four new ministers on Friday in Praia, after their appointments earlier this week amid a cabinet reshuffle. Speaking at the ceremony, Cape Verdean Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva explained that three government members would take on new or…