BEIJING (Xinhua) - China has lodged solemn representations with Britain over multiple cases involving Chinese nationals being subjected to prolonged detention and questioning by British border enforcement officers, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday. Guo said the Foreign Ministry and the Chinese Embassy in Britain had recently received several reports of Chinese citizens being detained and questioned for extended periods while entering or leaving the country, with mobile phones and other electronic devices confiscated. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and serious concern over what it considers arbitrary and excessive enforcement measures by British authorities, he said.

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ROME (Reuters) - A recent cyberattack on the computer systems of Italy’s Chamber of Deputies affected the email accounts of several lawmakers, including Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Italian news agency ANSA reported Tuesday. The attack affected the chamber’s entire computer system but was contained by its technicians, the agency said. Sources at Palazzo Chigi, the prime minister’s office, said Meloni’s affected account was not the one she uses for government communications. Sources at the Chamber of Deputies said the incident did not constitute an emergency, adding that such attacks occur daily. “All protective measures have been implemented,” including in cooperation with the National Cybersecurity Agency, ANSA quoted the sources as saying.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has abandoned plans to seek the annulment of Sunday’s presidential runoff, but will pursue separate legal action against incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s campaign over power abuse, Brazilian media reported Monday. Lula won Sunday’s runoff with 51.79 percent of valid votes, defeating Bolsonaro, who received 48.21 percent, according to results released by Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court. 

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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Nearly 40,000 Ethiopians have sought refuge in Kenya after fleeing deadly clashes in their country, Kenya’s independent human rights commission said Tuesday, urging authorities to provide emergency assistance and protect civilians escaping the violence. “The protection of life and human dignity cannot be postponed. KNCHR urges all responsible authorities and partners to act urgently, in coordination and with compassion, so that everyone seeking safety in Moyale is protected by the law and can access essential humanitarian assistance,” Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) Chairperson Claris Ogangah said in a statement. The latest figure represents a sharp increase from the more than 14,000 displaced Ethiopians reported by the Kenya Red Cross over the weekend, as fighting between regional security forces and armed civilians from Ethiopia’s Oromia and Somali regional states continues near the shared border.

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PARIS (Reuters) - Algeria will send army units to Niger to protect energy and economic interests, according to a statement from the presidency, marking Algeria’s first foreign troop deployment since it sent forces to support Egypt in the 1973 war. Algeria’s parliament approved a resolution authorizing the deployment of National Army units to Madama in northern Niger, near the Libyan border. The presidential statement did not say when the troops will be sent or how many there would be.