British firm plans $4.5b investment in Africa
CDC Group, Britain’s development finance agency, plans to invest up to $4.5 billion across Africa over the next four years to boost…
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UNESCO adopts reggae as world heritage
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has added Jamaican reggae, Georgian wrestling and Japanese Raiho-shin rituals, among six new elements…
Angela Merkel’s Airbus forced to land after technical problems
An Airbus A340 government aircraft carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her delegation to the G20 summit in Argentina, was forced to…
Khashoggi : Canada sanctions 17 Saudi Nationals
Canada on Thursday said that it targeted sanctions against 17 Saudi Arabian Nationals whom it said were involved in the murder of…
EU, AU move to ease legal migration to Europe
The African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) have stepped up efforts with member countries to ease legal migration to European…
Russia to deploy new S-400 missiles on Crimea
Russia will deploy new S-400 surface-to-air missile systems on the Crimean peninsula soon, the Interfax news agency cited the Russian defense ministry…
Woman suicide bomber injures 29 in Cameroon
At least 29 people were wounded on Wednesday when a women bomber blew herself up in a border town in Cameroon’s Far…
Ebola claims another 19 lives in DR Congo
The health ministry, Democratic Republic of Congo has said that the deadly Ebola outbreak has claimed another 19 lives in just five…
Brexit deal hits British economy
Britain will be economically worse off in any scenario outside the European Union, with a no-deal Brexit rendering GDP 9.3 per cent…
Drunken woman swallows earrings, assaults police
A Michigan woman Sylvia Hope Verellen who allegedly swallowed diamond earrings that belonged to her boyfriend’s deceased mother was arrested for drunkenly…
Trump now calls himself “President T”
President Donald Trump now has a new cognomen: He is now simply ‘President T’. He gave himself the nickname in a tweet…
UAE pardons British student Hedges jailed for life
The United Arab Emirates has pardoned a British researcher Matthew Hedges who was sentenced last week to life in prison for spying…
Earthquake injures 600 in Iran
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Iran’s western border with Iraq injured more than 600 people, most suffering minor wounds, state television said…
Newly separated conjoined Bhutanese twins leave Melbourne hospital
Separated Bhutanese conjoined twins left a Melbourne hospital as individual girls on Monday, over two weeks after successful life-changing surgery. The lead…
Zuckerberg refuses to step down as Facebook chairman
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is pushing back against calls for him to step down as chairman and hoped to continue working…
Republican lawmaker Mia Love loses election for shunning Trump
For shunning President Donald Trump, incumbent Republican Utah Rep. Mia Love, has been narrowly defeated by Democrat Ben McAdams in a race…