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An American public relations company is under fire after it used a picture of a Kenyan woman with a child to campaign for a 2020 presidential candidate. Ryan Grim, the Bureau Chief for The Intercept, blasted the PR company contracted by presidential contender Peter Buttigieg for using the…

A nine-year-old genius from Belgium, Laurent Simons is next month set to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. The boy, who is presently enrolled at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) in the Netherlands, was allowed to complete his course faster than other students…

King Mswati III of Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, is under fire after reports that he splashed millions of  dollars to purchase a fleet of luxury cars for his considerably large family. King Mswati III allegedly acquired at least 19 Rolls-Royce vehicles and 120 BMWs at a cost of $16 million,…

An American man and his wife have been named the world’s oldest living couple by Guinness World Records. John Henderson, 106, and Charlotte, 105, of Austin, Texas have a combined age of 211 years and are set to celebrate their 80th marriage anniversary next month. The couple met at The University…

Twitter says all advertisements on politics will be banned from the platform beginning next month. This was announced by the company Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jack Dorsey via his Twitter handle on Wednesday. “We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. A political message…

President Trump on Sunday announced that Islamic State (Isis) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died following a US raid in northwestern Syria this weekend. The attack, which had been planned for five months, was staged by Army Delta Force commandos in what Trump described as a daring mission. Baghdadi…

Kenya’s Valary Jemeli Aiyabei on Sunday won the 2019 edition of the Frankfurt Marathon after leading from gun to tape. Jemeli fended off stiff competition from Ethiopians to complete the 42-kilometer race in 2 hours 19 minutes 10 seconds. Ethiopian’s Alemu Kebede settled for silver after clocking…

(AP) — Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper’s son who rose to become the powerful chairman of a U.S. House committee that investigated President Donald Trump, died early Thursday of complications from longstanding health issues, his office said. He was 68. Cummings was a formidable…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was on Friday announced as the winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. The prize was granted to Abiy in recognition for his efforts in bringing to an end a conflict with neighboring Eritrea that lasted for more than two decades. “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has…

Somali-born US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has filed for divorce from her husband over what she termed as an "irretrievable breakdown" of their marriage. Ms. Omar filed for divorce from Ahmed Hirsi on Friday in Minnesota's Hennepin County District Court, according to Washington Post. The petition,…