Haftar meets with Putin as Russia eyes strategic expansion in Libya
Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) that controls eastern Libya, recently held talks with Russian President Vladimir
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has won the gold medal in the Paris Olympic Games, defeating China’s Yang Liu in the welterweight category after attacks on her gender. It is Algeria’s second gold medal.
In the Friday match at the Roland Garros Stadium, Khelif came out on top five rounds to zero, to instant applause. The boxer gained notoriety when far-right conspiracy theories saying that Khelif was transgender circulated after she beat Italian Angela Carini in an embarrassing defeat.
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