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Duterte mum after critic Ressa bags Nobel Peace Prize

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4 years ago

Duterte is no fan of Ressa's Rappler news site, calling it 'fake news outlet' and tool of CIA.

Britons face empty shelves in supermarkets

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4 years ago

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has turned to former Tesco boss Dave Lewis to fix supply chain problems

U.S. officials perplexed by Havana syndrome

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4 years ago

The Havana Syndrome took its name from the Cuban capital, after a rash of reports from U.S. Embassy staff.

U.S. dads Aziz, Wilson convicted for college admission scandals

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4 years ago

The two cases centred on a vast, nationwide fraud and bribery scheme that involved many other parents.

Nigeria’s Chinedu Igwe arrested in India for supplying Narcotics to drug dealers

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

India's Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), has arrested a Nigerian, Chinedu Igwe for allegedly supplying narcotics to those arrested with drugs…

Deadly suicide bomb attack hits Afghan mosque, over 50 dead

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Over 50 people have died as a suicide bomb attack hits a mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz on…

Journalists Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov grab Nobel Peace Prize

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov from Russia.

Turkey requests from U.S. 40 F-16 fighter jets

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4 years ago

The deal, worth billions, is still working its way through the Foreign Military Sales process which is subject to approval…

Queen Elizabeth disinvites Dubai ruler Sheikh Maktoum to Ascot

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4 years ago

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Guinea junta names Mohamed Beavogui as prime minister

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4 years ago

Beavogui, 68, is also the nephew of Diallo Telli, a celebrated Guinean diplomat who served as the first secretary-general of…

Trump sues Facebook again

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4 years ago

Facebook found that Trump violated its content moderation rules, prompting it to ban him.

Biden, Xi plan U.S.-China virtual summit before year’s end

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

The United States and China have agreed in principle for their presidents to hold a virtual meeting before the end…

WHO approves first Malaria vaccine

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa…

Updated: 18 year-old Simpkins wanted for Texas school shooting

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5 years ago

Four people were injured in the gunfire that erupted at Timberview High School in Arlington, when Simpkins drew a weapon…

Sweden suspends Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for U-30

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5 years ago

The reason for this is evidence of an increased risk of side effects such as inflammation of the cardiac muscle…

Pope: Sexual abuse in French Catholic ‘moment of shame’

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

An estimated 216,000 children and young people had been victims of sexual violence in the Catholic Church in France since…

Benjamin List, MacMillan win 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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5 years ago

Organocatalysis is a new and ingenious tool for molecule building. Its uses include research into new pharmaceuticals and it has…

Soyinka presents awards to jailed Iranian writers at PEN America gala

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5 years ago

Star of "The Farewell" Awkwafina hosted, which also featured actress Jodie Foster and historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.

U.S. state of Missouri executes disabled Johnson, snubs Pope Francis

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5 years ago

Johnson, 61, was found guilty by a jury of murdering three convenience-store employees in 1994.

Biden hints Democrats may dump filibuster rule in Senate

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5 years ago

That would allow Democrats, who hold a razor-thin Senate majority, to suspend the federal government's $28.4 trillion borrowing cap without…

South Africa’s NUMSA begins strike

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5 years ago

The union is pressing for pay rise and threatening to block supplies of parts to make new cars and accessories,…

Tesla ordered to pay $130m to African American ex-staff Owen Diaz

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5 years ago

The jury found that Diaz was subjected to a racially hostile work environment and that Tesla failed to take reasonable…

Over 200K kids sexually abused by French Catholic priests

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5 years ago

The head of the French conference of bishops, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, said the Church was shamed. He asked for forgiveness…

Jonathan, others receive African Bar award

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been decorated with the award of the African Bar Medal of Merit by…

Buhari meets South Sudan President in Addis Ababa: What they discussed

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said Nigeria is ready to extend a helping hand to South Sudan towards political and…

Facebook says no evidence of data compromise, explains outage

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5 years ago

Facebook says it has no evidence that user data was compromised as a result of this downtime.

Bongbong Marcos, son of ex-Philippine dictator to run for presidency

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5 years ago

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, 64, popularly known as "Bongbong", has been involved in politics since his return in 1991 from exile…

Taliban government holds first cabinet meeting in Afghanistan

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Afghanistan’s interim government, the Taliban has held its first cabinet meeting since taking power in August.

Two Americans win Nobel Prize in Medicine, why their work is so special

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Two American scientists, David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering how…

Guterres pleads for debt relief for poor, middle income nations

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5 years ago

Guterres pushed for a substantial re-allocation of unused SDRs - "not a symbolic one" - to vulnerable countries.

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