Le Président de la Transition, Président de la République, Chef de l'État, le Général Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema s'est entretenu ce jour au Palais Rénovation avec le Général Michael Langley, Chef du Commandement Américain pour l'Afrique qu'accompagnait S.E madame Vernelle Trim Fitzpatrick, Ambassadeur des États-Unis d'Amérique près la République Gabonaise. Le renforcement de la coopération militaire et les questions d'intérêt commun entre le Gabon et les États-Unis ont été au centre (...) - COOPERATION / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

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After the meeting, the sides signed a number of documents, including the outline of key cooperation areas until 2030 and cooperation on agreement in science and technologies

The document was signed during Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko’s meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas

Trump’s inauguration is scheduled for January 20, 2025

The agreements that were signed consolidate path of unity and cooperation, Maduro said

On September 26, nine children reunited with their relatives in Ukraine, with the assistance of Russian presidential commissioner for children's rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, and Qatar’s mediation

King Charles and his sister Princess Anne were pictured beaming as they hosted a reception Olympic and Paralympic medallists at Buckingham Palace today.

A woman is missing after entering Niagara River near the falls where a mom and her two kids died in a horror murder-suicide one week ago.

John Charlesworth, 78, was found dead the day before Rachel Reeves broke an election pledge to announce the tax would apply to all farm estates worth over £1m at a 20pc rate.

Sir Keir Starmer insisted he and Donald Trump had a positive phone call after this week's election and that the special relationship between the UK and US is more important than ever.

Under a peace bid being considered by Mr Trump's security advisers, UK and other European troops would enforce an 800-mile buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian armies.

Nikita Hand wept as she told her boyfriend that she couldn't name the man who had raped her, as 'he'll f****** kill me'.

The Archbishop of Canterbury admitted last night to having 'personally failed' as he apologised to victims of 'the most prolific child abuser associated with the Church of England'.

The Rajasthan government appealed to the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing regarding the closure of approximately 23,000 mines in the state. The closure follows a National Green Tribunal ruling that mandated environmental clearances for mining leases. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal, which seeks an extension for compliance with environmental regulations.

Uttarakhand is experiencing a development surge under Chief Minister Dhami and central government support. Key projects include a new AIIMS center, expressway construction, and railway expansion. The state will also host the National Games and benefit from the Vibrant Village Programme for border areas. These initiatives aim to enhance infrastructure, healthcare, and connectivity, positioning Uttarakhand for significant progress.

Susie Wiles has led Trump’s operation since 2021 — when he was widely viewed as a pariah after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Critics fear President-elect Donald Trump intends to make good on a host of campaign pledges with enormous implications for the nonpartisan military.

A 25-year-old Singaporean student was allegedly stabbed at Sint-Pietersstraat in Brussels, Belgium, at about 2.30am local time on Nov 7. He was reported by Bruzz to have sustained stab wounds in his abdomen. He was taken to hospital and was later pronounced dead. «Investigation showed that the victim was approached by the two suspects and that an argument ensued and ended in a stabbing,» the news portal quoted the local authorities as saying. Online Belgian magazine P reported that the victim was a student at KU Leuven, a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven. A source close to the investigation shared that the Singaporean had spent the evening with two other students, after which the trio were allegedly harassed by two young males. According to Het Nieuwsblad, the youths asked the victim for a cigarette and they subsequently demanded that he handed over his mobile phone. The trio tried to flee but were chased to a student house at Sint-Pietersstraat. One of the two youths apparently pulled out a knife and allegedly stabbed the Singaporean.

Kremlin spokesman added that if the new US administration «will be eyeing peace instead of conflict,» it will certainly do better than its predecessors

For over a decade, Kishore Meshram has made a monthly 85km journey to Nagpur for his son's life-saving blood transfusions, highlighting the plight of countless impoverished tribals battling thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia. The Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Centre (TSCC) in Nagpur has emerged as a beacon of hope, providing free transfusions, consultations, and advocating for prenatal screening to combat these preventable genetic disorders.

The Rajasthan government has appealed to the Supreme Court to prevent the closure of approximately 23,000 mines. The closure, ordered by the National Green Tribunal, is due to a lack of reappraisal by state environmental authorities. The state government argues that the closures will lead to unemployment and economic disruption.

Relates to graft in issuance of lease deed for valuable land

Mauritius votes Sunday in an election overshadowed by a wire-tapping scandal that has rocked the Indian Ocean archipelago amid fears that rights are eroding in one of Africa's biggest success stories. The legislative poll comes as the country celebrates the historic deal last month that saw Britain relinquish sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius following a long-running legal dispute. But Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth's hopes of an easy re-election were battered when secretly recorded phone calls of politicians, diplomats and journalists began to be leaked online in October. The authorities responded last week by banning social media until after the election. But an uproar from the opposition and local media forced an embarrassing climbdown within 24 hours. Mauritius, a country of 1.3 million people, has seen remarkable stability and growth since independence from Britain in 1968, building an economy based on tourism, manufacturing and financial services. More than one million people are registered to vote in the 12th legislative election in Mauritius since independence, but there are fears that its lauded democracy is eroding. «In the last five years, the institutions that were ensuring checks and balances have not been functioning and corruption has increased,» said democracy researcher Roukaya Kasenally. She highlighted procurement scandals during the Covid-19 pandemic, harassment of opposition parties in parliament, and the use of police against political opponents. Mauritius last month slipped from the top spot to second place in the latest Ibrahim Index, which monitors governance across the African continent. The index highlighted worsening discrimination, which Kasenally put down to the «systematic» disadvantages faced by the Creole population descended from African slaves. The Creole population has struggled for representation in Mauritius, which is predominantly Hindu but has sizeable Christian and Muslim minorities. «After independence we developed this democratic success story and 'Mauritian miracle' economy, and never thought we were going to backslide,» said Kasenally. «But because of that, a number of issues were not seriously addressed,» she added, including the winner-takes-all election model that means single coalitions often dominate parliament. - Rotating families - Just three families have rotated the leadership of the East African island group since independence. Jugnauth, 62, inherited the premiership from his father when he died in 2017, before winning by a wide margin at the 2019 election as head of the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM). He is hoping to build on the MSM-led  alliance's majority of 38 seats in the 70-seat National Assembly and win a new five-year term. His main opponent is Labour Party leader Navin Ramgoolam, 77, of the progressive Alliance of Change -- himself a former premier and son of the country's first leader. However, the established leaders face a new outside challenge from the Linion Reform alliance, campaigning under the slogan «Neither Navin, Nor Pravind». It has criticised corruption, nepotism and called for greater transparency -- which may hit home in the aftermath of the wire-tapping leaks. The deal with Britain over the Chagos archipelago was a major success for the government, however, even if the UK will retain a lease to keep a joint US military base on the island of Diego Garcia for an «initial» 99 years. Commentators in Mauritius have suggested that president-elect Donald Trump's approach to the US presence in the Indian Ocean could impact the Chagos agreement. © Agence France-Presse

Donald Trump's election victory spells immediate doubt for Ukraine in its fight against Russia, with President Joe Biden's administration expected to sprint in its final days to ensure -- insofar as possible -- long-term US support. Trump, who won an overwhelming victory in Tuesday's election, has in the past voiced admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin and scoffed at the $175 billion in US assistance committed for Ukraine since Moscow's 2022 invasion. The 78-year-old tycoon has repeatedly boasted that he can end the war in 24 hours, without explaining how. His aides have mused about conditioning aid to Kyiv to force concessions, with Vice President-elect J.D. Vance once bluntly saying he did not care what happened to Ukraine, seeing the country as strategically insignificant compared with the global US rivalry with China. With 10 weeks to go until Trump takes over, the Biden administration is looking to push out the more than $9 billion of remaining funding appropriated by Congress for weapons and other security assistance to Ukraine, officials said. The Biden team is also looking for structural ways to put European allies in greater charge of assistance to Ukraine before Trump returns, diplomats said. In a pre-emptive «Trump-proofing» measure, NATO -- the transatlantic alliance that has been criticized by the president-elect -- has already agreed to take over from the United States in coordinating aid to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has also moved quickly with Trump in hopes of preserving ties with Kyiv's top backer. Zelensky called him Wednesday, offering flattery on his «tremendous victory» and voicing hope for «strong and unwavering US leadership» to bring a «just peace.» - Not so simple - Brian Taylor, a Russia expert at Syracuse University, said that if Trump seeks a direct role in Ukraine-Russia talks, he will «quickly find out that the details and the nuances are not so simple as simply telling everyone to stop shooting at each other.» Even a deal to freeze the grinding conflict raises questions on where to draw battle-lines, with Ukraine's military fighting in regions which Russia says it has annexed. At the same time, Taylor doubted that Europe could immediately replace US military assistance. «I'm not sure Europe has the stomach or the institutional capacity to just step up and fill that role instantly, although maybe it will develop that capacity over time,» he said. Olga Khakova, of the Atlantic Council, said that Biden could lift restrictions on use of Western weapons on Russian soil, a long-running demand of Kyiv, and boost Ukraine's air defenses to protect its energy infrastructure. Boosting Ukraine could also appeal to Trump by giving him a stronger negotiating hand, she said. «Much is still unknown, but this offers a unique opportunity to negotiate from a position of strength and decisiveness and boldness,» Khakova said. - Bringing both to table - Leon Aron, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, said Trump could ultimately be disappointed by Putin's refusal to budge on demands, resulting in a deal politically unpalatable even in Trump's Washington. For now, Trump's victory mostly means uncertainty, said Brian Finucane, a former State Department official now at the International Crisis Group. «Further substantial US military aid seems doubtful, but Trump himself has been vague about how specifically he would deal with the conflict,» Finucane said. Representative Michael Waltz, a Republican army veteran seen as a contender for a national security position, said in a pre-election interview that Trump could find ways to press Putin, including by tightening enforcement of sanctions on Russian energy exports. «I think that will get Putin to the table. We have leverage, like taking the handcuffs off of the long-range weapons we provided Ukraine as well,» Waltz told National Public Radio. Trump, he said, is «very focused on ending the war rather than perpetuating it.» © Agence France-Presse

TASS has compiled a summary of the Russian leader’s remarks

In his words, it was not the only example of «egoistic and timeserving interests standing in the way of the common good»

A total of 58 members of parliament voted in favor. The opposition abstained from the vote

The Russian leader added that he is open to the Western media whenever possible

That Hurricane Rafael caused no deaths on the territory of Cuba, although damage was reported