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African leaders outlined priority areas where rich countries and development partners could focus on to stimulate growth on the continent. President Samia Suluhu Hassan urged the World Bank to focus on providing concessional loans to relieve the countries from debts. She appreciated the support of IDA in maternal and child health and rural electrification.
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1 year ago Read more at The Citizen

The movie is unapologetically stylistic, from the costumes to the cinematography, everything is over the top and sometimes almost cartoonish. Positives This is a crazy blend of beat 'em up video game, Hardcore Henry, Hunger Games, Monkey Man and comic books or graphic novels focused on one thing and one thing only: to keep you entertained. The movie does well in terms of escalation, each scene builds up and improves on the last with either comedy or violence
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1 year ago Read more at Business Daily

It’s a classic Trinidadian dessert — a chocolate cake soaked in overproof rum and topped with swoops of ultrapasteurized whipped cream. And a Chilean cake, festooned with locally grown cherries. Und a Nepali cake, and a Zimbabwean cake.
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1 year ago Read more at The New York Times

Mexico and the U.S. are out of the running for 2027. FIFA is scheduled to announce the winning bid at its annual congress on May 17 in Bangkok.
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1 year ago Read more at Sports Business Journal

Allen 12-13 Higgins Result: Allen. I've missed a few but I was wanting to have a go at my shots. "I'm pretty good under pressure - I have to give myself a pat on the back!'
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1 year ago Read more at BBC

The World Bank approved a $105.98 million financing package to the Republic of Moldova for the Moldova Rural Connectivity Project (MRCP) MRCP will finance the rehabilitation and upgrading of approximately 95 km of three priority local roads with climate-resilient design to improve reliable, all-weather connectivity to markets, schools, health, and other social and economic centers. The works include road safety measures in the proximity of schools and settlement areas.
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1 year ago Read more at Mirage News

The Maiden team from the UK crossed the finish line at Cowes, Isle of Wight, earlier this month having sailed for 153 days in the Ocean Globe Race. They had passed through South Africa, New Zealand and finally Punta del Este, Uruguay, before making a beeline back to British shores.
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1 year ago Read more at Sky News

Amy Broadhurst has switched allegiance and will represent Great Britain in the forthcoming Olympic qualifying event in Thailand. Broadhurst landed world gold in Istanbul in 2022 and also won the European and Commonwealth Games titles in the same year.
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1 year ago Read more at Carlow Nationalist

"Miriam" was Miriam Rivera, a Mexican-American transgender model and aspiring celebrity. It was a sort of proto-Love Island, larks-in-Ibiza affair in which six likely lads vied for the affections of Rivera. In 2004, the show was disgrace – or the glee with which the six contestants were manipulated. The good news is that a show such as this would never be made today.
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1 year ago Read more at The Irish Times

UNReliefChief Civilians in El Fasher are already struggling to survive hunger and deprivation. UN Security Council appealed for warring parties in Sudan to immediately halt military build-up. Iraq urged to shelve new law criminalising same-sex relations.
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1 year ago Read more at UN News