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Cameroon troops 'summarily killed' 10 in crackdown: HRW
Troops in Cameroon's Northwest Region have "summarily killed" at least 10 people in a crackdown against anglophone separatists, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. "Cameroonian soldiers summarily killed at least 10 people and carried out a series of other abuses between April 24 and June 12, during counter-insurgency operations in the Northwest Region," HRW said.
Living underground on the spearhead of Russia's offensive
Svitlana Klymenko is restless with rage but has nowhere to go. To escape the deadly contest above, Klymenko lives below, in a semi-subterranean cellar.
New wildfire outbreaks feared as blazes rage in France
French officials warned Thursday that flare-ups could cause a massive wildfire to further spread in the country's parched southwest, where fresh blazes have already blackened swathes of land this week.
Blinken in Rwanda on final leg of Africa trip
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds talks with Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Thursday, facing calls from campaigners to pressure Kigali over its human rights record and alleged support of rebels in the neighbouring Democratic of Congo.
Whites-only town booms in 'Rainbow Nation' South Africa
From a distance, Orania looks like any other small town in rural South Africa. In rich suburbs elsewhere in South Africa, manual work is done almost exclusively by blacks.
'Catastrophe': East DR Congo hospital overflows amid rebel fighting
Dozens of bandaged patients lounge on beds in a hushed hospital ward in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, groans of pain occasionally breaking the silence. AFP has not named patients or doctors in the hospital to protect their safety.
Chinese medical portal censored after doubting herbal 'Covid remedy'
A popular Chinese medical information site has been censored by authorities for "violation of relevant laws and regulations", months after its criticism of a government-backed herbal Covid-19 treatment sent shares in a pharmaceutical giant tumbling.
Markets track Wall St rally as soft US inflation boosts rate hopes
Asian markets rallied Thursday as investors breathed a sigh of relief after data showed US inflation finally easing from a four-decade high, giving the Federal Reserve some room to slow down its pace of interest rate hikes.
N Korea declares 'victory' over Covid, says Kim had fever
North Korea's Kim Jong Un declared a "shining victory" over Covid-19 as his sister revealed he had fallen ill during the outbreak, which she blamed on Seoul, state media said Thursday. - Kim's 'high fever' - Kim's powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, said the top leader himself had been ill during the outbreak, according to another KCNA report.
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