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Report: UK, EU reach post-Brexit deal for N. Ireland

February 1, 2023

In this file photo taken on Dec 31, 2020, traffic passes a billboard for Irish unification outside Newry, Northern Ireland near the border with Ireland. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON - Britain and the European Union have struck a customs deal that could help end post-Brexit wrangling over Northern Ireland, The...

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Irish foreign minister: UK-EU talks still challenging, complex

January 13, 2023

In this file photo taken on Dec 11, 2017 pro-EU protesters wave EU and Union flags outside the Houses of Parliament in central London. (BEN STANSALL / AFP) BELFAST — Very challenging and complex issues remain to be resolved in talks between British and European Union negotiators on post-Brexit trade...

International

Seeking N. Ireland solution, UK foreign minister hosts EU talks

January 9, 2023

Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly arrives in Downing Street to attend a cabinet meeting in London, Dec 13, 2022. (KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH / AP) LONDON - British Foreign Minister James Cleverly will on Monday seek to inject fresh momentum into talks with the EU on resolving disputes over a post-Brexit trade...

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Latest ‘atmospheric river’ storm renews flood threat in California

January 5, 2023

A fallen tree blocks the street next to Fort Sutter Medical Complex in Sacramento, California, Jan 1, 2023. California was drying out and digging out on New Year's Day after a powerful storm brought drenching rain or heavy snowfall to much of the state, snarling traffic and closing highways. (SOPHIE AUSTIN /...

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Surayyah Ahmad on Greater Participation for Nigerian Women in Tech

January 2, 2023

ABUJA, NG, Jan 2, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Surayyah Ahmad, Ethco Group Ltd co-founder and Executive Secretary of Startup AREWA has discussed the underrepresentation of Nigerian women in the tech industry, and women's effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in the...

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Dr. Marliyyah Mahmood discusses the Impact of Tech on Women in Northern Nigeria

January 2, 2023

ABUJA, NG, Jan 2, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Dr. Marliyyah A. Mahmood, Women In Tech and Project Manager for Startup AREWA, discusses how technology is enabling and enhancing women's empowerment in Northern Nigeria. She emphasizes some of the fundamental advantages of social media technologies, such as giving...

International

Kosovo reopens border crossing with Serbia, easing standoff

December 30, 2022

Italian soldiers serving in a NATO-led international peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) patrol near a road barricade set up in the divided town of Mitrovica on Dec 29, 2022. (STRINGER / AFP) MITROVICA, Kosovo - Kosovo re-opened its biggest border crossing with Serbia on Thursday, hours after protesting Serbs in...

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Serbs in northern Kosovo to start removing barricades Thursday

December 29, 2022

A pedestrian walks past a new road barricade set up in the divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo on Dec 28, 2022. (ARMEND NIMANI / AFP) MITROVICA, Kosovo - Kosovo Serbs who have been blocking roads in northern Kosovo for 19 days have agreed to start removing barricades from Thursday morning, bowing...

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Magnitude 6.4 quake hits N Calif, 2 dead, thousands without power

December 21, 2022

The collapsed second-story porch of a house is seen after a strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern California, in Rio Dell, California, US Dec 20, 2022. (FRED GREAVES / REUTERS) RIO DELL, California – A powerful magnitude 6.4 earthquake jolted the extreme northern coast of California before...

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Hazardous storm system hits US ahead of winter holidays

December 21, 2022

A person shovels snow outside Rome Grocery northeast of Bellingham, Washington, Dec 20, 2022. (LISA BAUMANN / AP) A huge swath of the United States will face heavy snow, below-freezing temperatures, and dangerous wind chills this week, likely leading to flight delays and impassable roadways during one of the busiest...

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Serbia president: Belgrade seeks to defuse tensions in Kosovo

December 12, 2022

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic talks to the press as he arrives for the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tirana, on Dec 6, 2022. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) BELGRADE – Serbia demands the release of all arrested Serbs from northern Kosovo, but also seeks to defuse tensions there following tensions in the...

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Nineteen dead in Egypt after bus falls into canal

November 13, 2022

People walk past a damaged minibus that was pulled out of a water canal following a crash in al-Dayris village near the Nile Delta city of Mansoura in the Dakahlia governorate, some 120Km north of the capital, on Nov 12, 2022. (KHALED DESOUKI / AFP) CAIRO - Nineteen people were...

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Nineteen dead in Egypt after bus falls into canal, health ministry says

November 13, 2022

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UK PM ‘pleased’ with progress on Northern Ireland protocol talks

November 11, 2022

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, Nov 9, 2022. (HENRY NICHOLLS / REUTERS) LONDON – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday he was pleased with the progress the government was making on resolving a long running post-Brexit trade row with...

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UK, EU agree to work to find solutions on N. Ireland protocol

November 8, 2022

A poster reading "No Irish Sea Border" is pictured atttached to a lmap post outside of Larne port, north of Belfast in Northern Ireland on Feb 3, 2022. (PAUL FAITH / AFP) LONDON — Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen agreed to work...

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Britain says no fresh election in N. Ireland this year

November 4, 2022

Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris speaks during an event on the opening day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, central England, on Oct 2, 2022. (PAUL ELLIS / AFP) BELFAST - The UK government will not call fresh elections in Northern Ireland before the end of the...

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UNICEF seeks funds for drought-affected children in Ethiopia

October 30, 2022

A woman holds a malnourished child at the nutrition unit of the Kelafo Health Center in the town of Kelafo, 120 kilometers from the city of Gode, Ethiopia, on April 7, 2022. (EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) ADDIS ABABA - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday called the donor...

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Ethiopia: UNICEF seeks funds for drought-affected children

October 30, 2022

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Irish PM urges UK to support peace, stability in N. Ireland

October 21, 2022

Ireland's Prime Minister Michael Martin speaks to members of the media during his visit to Terminal 10, the largest state facility in Dublin Port, in Dublin on Nov 23, 2020. (JULIEN BEHAL / POOL / AFP) DUBLIN - Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin on Thursday called on the British government...

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Queen’s coffin arrives in London amid huge crowds

September 14, 2022

The hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Buckingham Palace, London, Sept 13, 2022, from where it will rest overnight in the Bow Room. (GARETH FULLER / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) LONDON / BELFAST - King Charles and members of the royal family received the coffin of...