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Xi, Kishida to meet as N. Korea fires missile
Xi, Kishida to meet as N. Korea fires missile
World
by  AFP

The leaders of China and Japan will hold their first face-to-face talks in three years on Thursday, after North Korea fired the latest in a record-breaking missile blitz that has sent nuclear fears soaring. As Xi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prepared to meet, North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile and warned Washington and its allies to expect a "fiercer" military response.

Language proposal stirs thorny debate in troubled Mali
Language proposal stirs thorny debate in troubled Mali
Africa
by  AFP

Mali gained independence from France in 1960, yet even today French is the language of government business, used on road signs and in state TV broadcasts. Of these 13 are recognised as "national" languages but French is the only official one, meaning that it is used for government and regulatory business, said Amadou Salifou Guindo, a specialist in sociolinguistics.