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Mali junta chief sacks prime minister

Prime Minister Maiga had criticized the junta for indefinitely postponing the country's return to civilian rule. The military has been in charge in Mali since 2020 following back-to-back coups.The civilian prime minister of Mali and his government have been sacked by the country's ruling...

Banana taped to wall sells for $6.2 million at art auction

A controversial piece of art has sold for millions of dollars at auction, prompting debate as to what constitutes art.A work of art by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has been sold for $6.2 million (€5.8 million) at Sotheby's auction house in New York.But...

Google must divest Chrome to end monopoly, US regulators say

Google controls about 90% of the online search market with over 60% of users relying on the company's browser, Google Chrome, to perform those searches.US prosecutors asked a judge on Wednesday to force Alphabet's Google to divest its Chrome browser, share data and search...

Prominent Uganda opposition figure kidnapped and jailed

Kizza Besigye is a longtime critic of strongman President Yoweri Museveni. Besigye's wife questioned why he was being held in military jail despite not being a soldier.The wife of well-known opposition politician Kizza Besigye said on Wednesday that her husband had been kidnapped in...

Iran in standoff with European powers over nuclear deal

Iran said it would take a "proportionate" response if Western nations back a resolution against its nuclear program at a meeting of the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.Western countries have moved ahead with plans to censure Iran for its nuclear program...

Pakistan: Suicide bombing kills several

Hafiz Gul Bahadur, an Islamist militant group, has claimed responsibility. Pakistan has experienced a rise in violence over the last two years after the TTP ended a monthslong cease-fire with the government in Islamabad.A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security post...