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Who is Fani Willis, the ‘pit bull’ prosecutor weighing Trump charges?

By Andrew Goudsward and Tom Hals (Reuters) – Fani Willis, the district attorney in Georgia’s Fulton County who is pursuing a criminal investigation of Donald Trump over his contacts with state officials concerning the 2020 U.S. election, has been described as a “pit bull in the courtroom.” That would be the kind of tenacity Willis, …

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Burkina Faso buys 200 kg of gold from Endeavour’s Mana mine

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Endeavour Mining has sold 200 kilograms (7054.79 oz) of gold from its Mana mine in Burkina Faso to the West African country’s government, the company told Reuters on Wednesday. The UK-headquartered multinational is the biggest gold miner in Burkina Faso, which is funding a battle against a rampant jihadist insurgency that spurred …

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U.S. Congress members seek halt to $1 billion Nigeria weapons deal

By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to rescind a nearly $1 billion arms sale to Nigeria following Reuters reports on an illegal abortion program and the targeted killing of children carried out by the Nigerian military. Democrat …

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Three women, two children pulled from rubble in Turkey, some aid reaches Syria

By Henriette Chacar and Khalil Ashawi KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria (Reuters) -Two women were pulled from the rubble in Turkey’s southern city of Kahramanmaras and a mother and two children were rescued from the city of Antakya on Wednesday, as rescue efforts shifted to getting relief to survivors nine days after a deadly earthquake. Rescuers could …

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U.S. could face debt-ceiling crisis this summer without deal, CBO warns

By David Lawder and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday said the U.S. Treasury Department will exhaust its ability to pay all its bills sometime between July and September, unless the current $31.4 trillion cap on borrowing is raised or suspended. In a report issued alongside its annual budget outlook, the …

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