7 d. ago Tanzania police arrest opposition party official after deadly election protests

Chadema party says deputy secretary general arrested and calls election of incumbent president fraudulentTanzanian authorities have detained a senior official from the main opposition party Chadema amid a spate of arrests in connection to deadly protests during elections last week.More than 1,000 people were killed by security forces during the demonstrations, according to Chadema and human rights bodies. The Tanzanian government has said these figures were exaggerated but did not give its own figures. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Tanzania officials seek arrest of opposition leaders after fatal election protests

Incumbent president won with 98% of vote but opposition was barred from running and say result was fraudulentTanzania is seeking the arrest of 10 people, including senior opposition figures, it has blamed for the deadly protests during elections last week.More than 1,000 people were killed by security forces during the demonstrations, according to the main opposition party, Chadema, and human rights bodies. The Tanzanian government has said these figures were exaggerated but did not give its own figures. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Fed officials’ opposition to rate cut signals growing challenge from hawks

Two regional central bank presidents say they would have kept interest rates on hold this week

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2 w. ago Lettuce Liz Truss names the 'incompetent technocrats' who 'really run Britain'

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has claimed that the UK has been run by 'incompetent technocrats' for the past 30 years, with the Government chosen by voters having little real power

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2 w. ago Opposition leaders in Cameroon contest official election results as protests continue

Opposition leaders in Cameroon Tuesday contested the results of the Oct. 12 presidential election after the country’s top court declared the world’s oldest leader Paul Biya winner

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2 w. ago Liz Truss only lost to our lettuce because she was too good at being PM – apparently

Never mind getting outlived by the iconic Daily Star lettuce, deluded Liz Truss just keeps doubling down. She now says the reason she lost is because she was SUCH a good Prime Minister

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3 w. ago Lettuce Liz Truss has backed the Greens as the next official opposition party

The former Tory leader said: “I think there’s a certain kind of honesty about the Green Party that you don’t see in the Labour Party”

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3 w. ago It’s great to see pregnant women in the public eye – but must they all be so gorgeous? | Coco Khan

Call me cynical, but I have a feeling Victoria’s Secret wouldn’t have sent a heavily pregnant model down the runway if she looked like most of us do at that stageDetermined to find new ways to stay in the headlines, the underwear brand Victoria’s Secret recently had the model Jasmine Tookes – one of its most longstanding “angels” – open its runway show nine months pregnant. As a postpartum woman myself, my first thought, of course, was: “Finally! A pregnant woman I can relate to.” Only joking: it was a deep concern for her ankles, followed by a wish that one day the modelling industry will solve its recruitment crisis, because surely short-staffing is the only justifiable reason for wanting a heavily pregnant woman to work.Nonetheless, body image and pregnancy have been on my mind recently. It is a curious thing, giving birth. We are all here because someone did it, yet what happens to women, mentally and physically, remains less known than, say, Liz Truss losing to a lettuce. And e...

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3 w. ago Truth behind bizarre vegetable traditions as Lettuce Liz immortalised at British Film Institute

The Daily Star’s Lettuce Liz is officially a cultural icon since taking her place in the British Film Institute’s National Archive. Now we reveal 11 more veg that changed the world

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