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Trump stirs global tensions with surprise nuclear test order

Trump stirs global tensions with surprise nuclear test order

US President Donald Trump's surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing provoked global criticism on Friday, as it raised the specter of renewed superpower tensions.

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Nvidia to supply 260,000 cutting-edge chips to South Korea

Nvidia to supply 260,000 cutting-edge chips to South Korea

US tech giant Nvidia said on Friday it will supply 260,000 of its most cutting-edge chips to South Korea, as CEO Jensen Huang met President Lee Jae Myung and the heads of Korea's biggest companies on the sidelines of the APEC summit.

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Camels replace cows as Kenya battles drought

Camels replace cows as Kenya battles drought

"God, God, God, protect them," chanted two herders, their eyes following a dozen camels rushing toward acacia trees, oblivious to the dry riverbed in northern Kenya where it hasn't rained since April.

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Endangered across west Africa, leopards thrive in I.Coast reserve

Endangered across west Africa, leopards thrive in I.Coast reserve

Like other big cats, the leopard is endangered across west Africa.

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Risky gold rush drives young into Ivory Coast nature park

Risky gold rush drives young into Ivory Coast nature park

Emmanuel knows only too well the allure of illegal gold prospecting in the protected Comoe National Park for the many young without prospects in Ivory Coast's troubled northeast.

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Deadly roads block mothers from care in jihadist-hit Nigeria

Deadly roads block mothers from care in jihadist-hit Nigeria

When Lawan Mustafa's wife, nine months pregnant, woke up bleeding in the middle of the night, she looked at her husband and warned him: don't go to the hospital.

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Pillaged I.Coast nature reserve on the mend after crisis decade

Pillaged I.Coast nature reserve on the mend after crisis decade

Forest ranger Daouda Bamba is in no doubt about who the apex predator is in Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park, ravaged by war and unrest between 2002 and 2011.

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India savours 'greatest day' after Women's World Cup heroics

India savours 'greatest day' after Women's World Cup heroics

India's stunning World Cup semi-final win over Australia was described Friday as the greatest day in the history of women's cricket in the country, with Jemimah Rodrigues hailed for her "innings of a lifetime".

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Why emboldened Kim had little need for photo-op with Trump

Why emboldened Kim had little need for photo-op with Trump

US President Donald Trump may have hoped for an impromptu talk with his old friend Kim Jong Un during a recent trip to Asia, but analysts say the increasingly emboldened North Korean despot had few good reasons to join the photo-op.

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In the black: the business of mourning Thailand's queen mother

In the black: the business of mourning Thailand's queen mother

In a bustling Bangkok market, hundreds of wholesale vendors have been selling black clothing since dawn -- several with hefty discounts -- in honour of Thailand's late former queen.

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