Niger President Mohamed Bazoum calls on US for help after coup – AVR News
Niger's ousted leader has urged the US and "entire international community" to help "restore... constitutional order" after last week's coup.
In an opinion piece in the Washington Post, President Mohamed Bazoum said he was writing "as a hostage".
He also warned that the region could fall further under Russian influence, via the Wagner Group which already operates in neighbouring countries.
Niger's West African neighbours have threatened military intervention.
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60 years of African-American history in photographs - AVR News
Photographer Frank Stewart has captured key moments of US history on camera.
His iconic images have documented everything from Ku Klux Klan gatherings to sold-out jazz clubs.
Photos courtesy of the Collection of the artist, Collection of Sing Lathan and Bining Taylor, Telfair Museums, the Guess Family Collection, and Gallery Neptune & Brown.
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Oppenheimer: What is an H-bomb? - AVR News
J. Robert Oppenheimer led the development of the world’s first nuclear weapon, the atomic bomb.
But Oppenheimer was famously opposed to building hydrogen bombs, or H-bombs.
So what makes the two nuclear weapons different?
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Pittsburgh synagogue gunman gets death penalty - AVR News
A US federal jury has sentenced the attacker who killed 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh in October 2018 to the death penalty.
The ruling needed a unanimous vote from the 12-member jury for the sentence to be imposed. Prosecutors had asked the jury to vote for the death penalty.
The same jury found the man guilty of all 63 charges stemming from the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue.
It was the worst antisemitic attack in American history.
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What does Donald Trump's indictment mean for former president? - AVR News
Former US President Donald Trump has been charged with plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
He is accused of four counts including conspiracy to defraud the US, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of citizens.
The indictment caps an inquiry into events surrounding the 6 January 2021 riot at the US Capitol.
Mr Trump, 77, who is again running for president, denies wrongdoing. On social media he called the case "ridiculous".
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