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3:37pm, 24th April, 2019

325 detained migrants evacuated as war reaches Tripoli

The United Nations refugee agency evacuated 325 African refugees on Wednesday from Qasr Ben Gashir detention centre in southern Tripoli because of deteriorating security and escalating violence.

Detention center opened but migrants too frightened to leave as war reaches Tripoli

1:33pm, 24th April, 2019

World

Detention center opened but migrants too frightened to leave as war reaches Tripoli

Libyan officials have opened the doors of a detention center for illegal migrants in Tripoli, but frightened Somalis and other sub-Saharan Africans told Reuters they had decided to stay there for fear of getting caught up in fighting engulfing the ca...

Financial Times reaches a million paying readers

4:46am, 1st April, 2019

UK

Financial Times reaches a million paying readers

The Financial Times has reached a milestone of a million paying readers, it said on Monday, with revenues and profits continuing to rise since the London-based business publication was acquired by Japan's Nikkei from Pearson in 2015.

Chinese rescuers pull survivor from factory blast rubble, death toll reaches 64

9:27am, 23rd March, 2019

World

Chinese rescuers pull survivor from factory blast rubble, death toll reaches 64

Rescuers in eastern China pulled a survivor from rubble early on Saturday, two days after a massive explosion at a pesticide plant killed at least 64 people, flattening nearby buildings and shattering windows more than a mile away.

War memorial or religious symbol? Cross fight reaches U.S. high court

7:28am, 22nd February, 2019

US

War memorial or religious symbol? Cross fight reaches U.S. high court

When Fred Edwords first drove by the 40-foot-tall (12 meters) concrete cross that has stood for nearly a century on a busy intersection in suburban Maryland outside the U.S. capital, his first reaction was, "What is that doing there?"

Ethiopian PM reaches agreement with soldiers demanding pay rises: TV

11:23am, 10th October, 2018

World

Ethiopian PM reaches agreement with soldiers demanding pay rises: TV

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reached an agreement on Wednesday with several hundred soldiers who had marched on his office to demand pay rises and were invited in to see him, state television (ETV) reported.

Survivor pulled from capsized Tanzanian ferry as death toll reaches 207

11:42am, 22nd September, 2018

World

Survivor pulled from capsized Tanzanian ferry as death toll reaches 207

Divers on Saturday rescued a man from the wreck of an overcrowded Tanzanian ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria on Thursday, killing at least 207 people.

Archbishop who called on Pope to resign says corruption reaches the top

5:34am, 30th August, 2018

World

Archbishop who called on Pope to resign says corruption reaches the top

The archbishop who sparked a crisis in the Catholic Church by calling on Pope Francis to resign has denied he was motivated by personal vendetta and said he sought to show that corruption had reached the top levels of the Church hierarchy.

Jury says reaches verdict in trial of ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort

4:09pm, 21st August, 2018

Politics

Jury says reaches verdict in trial of ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort

A federal court jury in Virginia said on Tuesday it had reached a verdict in the trial of U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, according to a jury note.

Death toll from Afghan blast reaches 48: health ministry

9:29am, 15th August, 2018

World

Death toll from Afghan blast reaches 48: health ministry

The death toll from a suicide blast at an educational centre in a mainly Shi'ite area of the Afghan capital on Wednesday reached 48, with another 67 wounded, the health ministry said.