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After the birth of the world's first genetically edited babies criticism of Chinese scientist He Jiankui continues. Europe's media fear unpredictable medical risks and warn of a future in which the genetic makeup of a child depends on its parents' incomes.

Ukrainian President Viktor Poroshenko and US President Donald Trump have called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to mediate in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in the Kerch Strait. Some commentators argue that Merkel bears some of the blame for the escalation of the conflict. Others are more disappointed by the US president's conduct on the issue.

La CAF a retiré officiellement l’organisation de la CAN 2019 au Cameroun et ouvrira ce samedi la porte à de nouvelles candidatures.

La CAN 2019 n’aura finalement pas lieu au Cameroun. La CAF s’est prononcé ce vendredi à Accra (Ghana) dans ce sens. Les retards des travaux dans les différentes villes devant accueillir les matchs de la CAN est la cause principale de cette prise de décision. La CAF ouvre demain samedi la porte à de nouvelles candidatures.

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The Confederation of African Football (Caf) reveals its preliminary lists of nominees for the 2018 African men's and women's Player of the Year awards.

VIENNA, 30 November 2018 – A renewed understanding and commitment is needed to reinvigorate the negotiation process and normalize the situation on the ground in eastern Ukraine, the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Ertugrul Apakan, said in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday in Vienna.

The Chief Monitor reiterated the need for additional measures to strengthen the ceasefire to be agreed by the Trilateral Contact Group. Recent loss of life, he told OSCE participating States, underlined that adherence was less than complete. He flagged the presence of mines and the positioning of personnel and hardware in and around residential areas as matters  of particular concern.

Many civilians, Apakan said, were facing a fifth winter without security and stability and without the basics of life such as clean drinking water, electricity and gas. While repairs and maintenance to 90 civilian infrastructure facilities had been made possible since the beginning of the year through SMM-facilitated dialogue and monitored adherence to the ceasefire, a full and sustainable ceasefire was required to ensure utilities were available to all, Apakan noted.

Referring to recent incidents at sea that have raised tensions, Apakan reiterated his call for restraint and to engage in dialogue to de-escalate the situation.  

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L'avocate générale de la CJCE assure que la Belgique a enfreint les deux conventions environnementales en vigueur. L'obligation de consulter l'avis des citoyens et de faire les évaluations adéquates n'ont pas été respectées.  

Le service d'intervention rapide des douanes des départements du Borgou et de l'Alibori à saisi 362 plaquettes de chanvre indien correspondant à 362 Kg dans la nuit de mercredi 28 à jeudi 29 novembre 2018 dans la commune de N'Dali.
Le chargement en provenance du Ghana via Djougou, apprend-on, avait pour destination Parakou. La vigilance des éléments de la douane de N'Dali a permis d'intercepter ledit chargement à Tourou. Le conducteur du taxi et le convoyeur ont été mis aux arrêts et déposés au commissariat central de Parakou.
Une action qui témoigne de la volonté du pouvoir en place de mener une lutte effrénée contre les trafics illicites.
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L'imam éthiopien de la mosquée An'Nur de Winterthour a vu sa peine confirmée à 18 mois de prison avec sursis avec expulsion de Suisse pendant dix ans.