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Cyclone death toll in Comoros rises to 42

Bloomberg The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Kenneth increased to 42 as the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros struggles to restore power supplies and torrential rains causes flooding in Mozambique. At least 182 people were injured by the hurricane-strength storm that swept across the two nations, the United Nations humanitarian office said. Kenneth was the second cyclone to hit Mozambique ...

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‘Eiffel Tower bomb plot terrorist can be deported’

Bloomberg An Algerian convicted in 2015 for his involvement in an unsuccessful terrorist plot to blow up the Eiffel Tower and Louvre Museum in Paris can be deported to his home country without a credible risk of torture or other inhuman treatment, Europe’s top human rights tribunal has ruled. Ali Meguimi was sentenced in 2015 to a six-year prison term ...

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US warships sail by Taiwan once again

Bloomberg American naval vessels transited through the Taiwan Strait for the second straight month, highlighting the US’s strategic rivalry with China as Taiwanese presidential hopeful and Foxconn founder Terry Gou called for the island to adopt high-tech defense mechanisms. The destroyers USS Stethem and USS William P Lawrence conducted a transit through the waters on Monday, US Seventh Fleet public ...

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