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Ilhan Omar has made history as the first member of the United States Congress to enter the House wearing hijab since a ban was imposed close to two centuries ago.
The US Congress was forced to change rules to allow Ms. Omar, a Muslim, to take an oath of office on the floor of the House on Thursday…
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Former United States First Lady Michelle Obama has been named America's most admired woman in 2018.
Mrs. Obama takes over the title from former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who has held the title for the last 17 years.
Michelle has been ranked highest with 15 percent in an…
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Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has been asked to explain why searching the word "idiot" on the global search engine shows images of US President Donald Trump.
Appearing before a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Pachai was asked to explain the scenario by California Representative Zoe…
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has joined other world leaders in mourning former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush who passed away on Friday, aged 94.
Kenyatta has described Bush as an astute statesman, public servant and a business icon who will be remembered for his efforts in…
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(Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, who presided over the end of the Cold War and routed Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army but lost a chance for a second term after breaking a no-new-taxes pledge, died on Friday at the age of 94, a family spokesman said.
Bush, the 41st president of the…
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A British Airways flight headed to Nairobi from London was on Thursday forced to dump fuel and head back to Heathrow Airport after it developed technical problems.
The aircraft, British Airways Boeing 747, left Heathrow after delaying for one hour but was forced to abort the journey after it was…
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A photo of a giant Australia cow has left global online users mesmerized after it went viral on social media on Wednesday.
The steer named Knickers stands 1.94 metres (6ft 4in), just 0.08 metres shy of the 2.02 metres world record held by Bellino, a steer who lives in Italy.
The Holstein…
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At least 29 people have been confirmed dead after a boat carrying more than 100 passengers capsized in Lake Victoria on Saturday afternoon.
Ugandan authorities say 40 others sustained injuries while several others are still trapped under the water in the submerged vessel.
Ugandan media outlets…
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Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is not able to walk, his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed.
President Mnangagwa says Mugabe has been receiving treatment in Singapore for the past two months and is unable to move by himself due to old age.
"He (Mugabe) is now old. Of course, he now…
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Former United States First Lady Michelle Obama, in her newly released memoir titled "Becoming", says her first trip to Kenya in 1992 together with Obama was compounded by troubles right from the airport.
She explains how they struggled to move around with Obama's half sister, Auma's old and worn…