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Germany’s government announced plans to impose tighter controls at all of the country’s land borders in what it called an attempt to tackle irregular migration and protect the public from threats such as Islamist extremism. The controls within what is normally a wide area of free movement – the European Schengen zone – will start on September 16 and initially last for six months, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Monday. The government has also designed a scheme enabling authorities to reject more migrants directly at German borders, Faeser said,…

and Algeria have been drenched in floods By AFP September 09, 2024 Moroccan authorities on Sunday said four people died and 14 were missing in flooding caused by an “exceptional” climate phenomenon in southern areas, AFP reported. “Four people have died and 14 have gone missing” since heavy rains began on Friday in the province of Tata, some 740 kilometres south of Rabat, a local official told AFP, saying the toll could potentially rise. “Eight houses were washed away by floods in some valleys” near Tamanart, a rural area in the Tata region, said…

WASHINGTON: Vice President of the US and presidential candidate Kamala Harris seems to be taking notes from former president Donald Trump’s playbook by focusing on evoking emotions among the American voters rather than explaining policies during 2024 election campaign.  Since taking over from President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic Party’s ticket in July, Harris has had to run her campaign in fast-forward, with just months to go before the November election. With few exceptions she has avoided press conferences, interviews and lengthy discussions on policy. Instead, her…