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Amazon to sack 10,000 employees
Amazon is preparing to lay off as many as 10,000 employees, The New York Times reported on Monday, making the e-commerce behemoth the latest tech giant to unleash a large-scale redundancy plan.
This would represent a little less than one…
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2022: Ghana president sacks junior finance minister over alleged impropriety
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Monday sacked Charles Adu Boahen, the minister of state for finance, after allegations of impropriety were circulated by a well-known Ghanaian investigative journalist.
A statement from the presidency…
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Fire destroys 35-storey building near Dubai’s Burj Khalifa
A fire broke out in a 35-storey building in Dubai near Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building early Monday morning.
The cause of the fire is still unknown. Meanwhile, according to Daily Mail, the blaze started around 2.20am before…
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2022: Twitter to permanently suspend account impersonators
Twitter will permanently suspend users who impersonate authentic accounts on the social media platform, new owner Elon Musk has revealed.
“Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’…
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Egyptian Foreign Minister elected COP27 President
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, has been elected President of the Conference of Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Shoukry was elected by the parties during the opening plenary…
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Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania
A domestic passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania early on Sunday due to bad weather shortly before landing in the northwestern city of Bukoba, police said, adding that rescue efforts were underway.
“There was an accident…
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Nigerian-born woman becomes Brigadier-General in US Army
A woman of Nigerian origin, Amanda Azubuike, was elevated from the rank of Lieutenant Colonel to Brigadier General in the United States (US) Army.
Azubuike, whose ancestry is connected to Nigeria, received her new rank during a ceremony…
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Journalist killed by ex-PM Khan’s truck during coverage
A female journalist was crushed to death by a vehicle carrying former prime minister Imran Khan, which was leading a protest march in eastern Pakistan.
Sadaf Naeem was run over by Khan’s truck, Channel 5 announced in a tweet after the…
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South Africa: President Ramaphosa condemns US terror alert without consulting government
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday regretted as “unfortunate” the US embassy’s issuing of a warning of a possible weekend “terrorist” attack in the country without consulting his government.
The US embassy on Wednesday…
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Rishi Sunak emerges new UK Prime Minister
The Conservative Party has elected former United Kingdom’s Minister of Finance, Rishi Sunak, as the Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the country.
The party confirmed this in a tweet on Monday.
Sunak, who came…
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