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Shots were fired in Burkina Faso’s capital and a fire broke out at the French embassy on Saturday as self-proclaimed leader Ibrahim Traore accused President Paul-Henri Damiba of staging a counter-offensive following his apparent ouster. one day before. The confrontation signals a deep division within the military and a worrying new chapter for Burkina Faso, where a rampant Islamist insurgency has undermined faith in the authorities and displaced nearly two million people. “I appeal to Captain Traore and…

Washington: In a first, Google CEO Sunder Pichai visited the Embassy of India here in the American capital and held discussions with India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, on various aspects of the tech company's activities in the country, particularly its aggressive push towards digitization. "Thank you" Ambassador Sandhu for the great conversation, Pichai said in a tweet after his visit to the Indian Embassy in downtown Washington DC late last week. This is for the first time that a top Indian American…

Multiple investigations by Indian enforcement agencies into Chinese companies are damaging the confidence of foreign entities investing and operating in the country, China's embassy in the South Asian nation has said.Many Chinese firms have struggled to do business in India after political tension surged following a border clash in 2020. India has cited security concerns in banning more than 300 Chinese apps since, and toughened rules on Chinese investment.Wednesday's comments by the embassy follow raids this week by a…