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Kenya has secured 25 billion shillings (about $250 million) loan from the World Bank to enhance access to affordable housing financing for Kenyans. The World Bank said on Wednesday the…

About 45,000 Mozambican people marched on Wednesday in Maputo, marking the International Labor Day. Speaking to the press, Samuel Matsinhe, a senior member of the Mozambican Workers' Organization, said the…

Paris riot police fired teargas as they squared off against hardline demonstrators among tens of thousands of May Day protesters, who flooded the city Wednesday in a test for France's…

A suspected bomb attack by Maoist rebels killed 16 paramilitary troops in western India on Wednesday, police said."Maoists attacked a team of commandos travelling in a private vehicle to inspect…

Barack and Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled a slate of projects they are preparing for Netflix, a year after the former president and first lady signed a deal with the…

Japan's new Emperor Naruhito formally ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne on Wednesday, a day after his father's historic abdication, and vowed to stand with the people as the country begins a…

A British judge sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail seven years ago and holing up in the Ecuadorian embassy. Judge Deborah…

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Tuesday expressed support for the Venezuelan government and rejected the U.S. threat to impose more sanctions on Cuba for its alleged military support of Caracas.…

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said security forces succeeded in frustrating an attempted coup early on Tuesday. The "intelligence" work allowed the army to follow rebel soldiers as they…

Brendt Christensen, accused kidnapper and killer of visiting Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying in 2017, is abandoning his mental-health defense, local media have reported. Chicago Tribune said Monday that the suspect's…