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by:Edward Robinson WorldRemit uses mobile money to make inroads in remittances Biggest challenge is keeping digital cash away from terrorists Refugee, economist, whistle-blower, entrepreneur -- Ismail Ahmed has played many roles in his odyssey from war-torn Somalia to London’s fintech frontier. But one event stands out: In...

By Griff Witte, James McAuley and Isaac Stanley-Becker May 8 at 7:09 AM PARIS — Emmanuel Macron received congratulations from around the world — including Moscow — on Monday after French voters made the centrist political neophyte their new president and rejected anti-E.U. firebrand Marine...

PARIS—Political newcomer Emmanuel Macron will be France’s next president, pollsters projected Sunday night, delivering a resounding victory to an unabashedly pro-European former investment banker and strengthening France’s place as a central pillar of the European Union. A crowd outside the Louvre museum at a Macron...

By James Masters, Kara Fox and Bryony Jones, CNN Updated 1244 GMT (2044 HKT) May 7, 2017 Paris (CNN)France has started voting in the final act in one of the most tumultuous presidential election campaigns in the country's history. All voting stations will close by 8 p.m....

By ANGELA CHARLTON AND SAMUEL PETREQUIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS French voters decided Sunday whether to back pro-business independent Emmanuel Macron or far-right populist Marine Le Pen as their next president, casting ballots in an unusually tense and important presidential election that also could decide Europe's...

By AURELIEN BREEDEN, SEWELL CHAN and NICOLE PERLROTH MAY 5, 2017 PARIS — On the eve of the most consequential French presidential election in decades, the staff of the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron said late Friday that the campaign had been targeted by a “massive and...

A family put in temporary housing in Bristol 13 years ago have been the subject of an incredible outpouring of love and support after council housing chiefs decided they needed to move home - across the city. So huge was the messages of support from...

By Brian Love | PARIS Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen took a fishing-boat ride on Thursday as two polls suggested the underdog had made a more impressive start to the last lap of campaigning than the favourite, centrist Emmanuel Macron. Since last Sunday's opening...

In the Muslim world, economic advancement depends upon women's empowerment.   by:Maha Akeel Maha Akeel is the Director of the information department at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. "If you want to go forward, you have to give education to girls. And once you educate girls, you change...

By MarEx 2017-04-24 20:22:00 On Saturday, a product tanker was attacked at 05.7 N 048.9 E, just six nm off the coast of Somalia's Mudug region. The attack was 30 nm northeast of Hobyo, a small port town that was once the home base of...