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Vandalism hobbles Nigeria’s mobile telephone services

[ad_1] A telecoms antenna downed by Boko Haram Islamists in Nigeria’s Borno state in 2017. Photo: FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR / AFP/FileSource: AFP When cell phone and internet networks went down across nine states in Nigeria earlier this summer, leaving millions without service, telecoms officials pointed to an increasingly familiar culprit: vandalism. …

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[ad_1] Minneapolis church community reeling after deadly school shooting; The legacy of Memphis’ WDIA, America’s first all-Black radio station [ad_2]

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Japan seeks record defence budget, to triple drone spending

[ad_1] Japan in recent years has been shedding its strict pacifist stance, moving to obtain ‘counterstrike’ capabilities and doubling military spending to two percent of GDP. Photo: Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP/FileSource: AFP Japan’s defence ministry is aiming for a major boost to its drone arsenal as part of another record …

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DOJ launches investigation into CalEPA over racial equity hiring practices

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has launched an investigation into the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) over accusations of racial equity-based hiring practices. In a letter dated Wednesday, the DOJ notified the state environmental agency of an investigation into whether it …

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Cash-strapped Taliban look to airspace for windfall

[ad_1] A view from inside a commercial plane flying over Kabul city in November 2021, after the Taliban takeover in August of that year. Photo: Hector RETAMAL / AFP/FileSource: AFP Far above Kabul, the cash-strapped Taliban government has located a potentially lucrative revenue stream: Afghanistan’s airspace. As Israel and Iran’s …

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