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U.S. President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey with immediate effect, a statement from the White House says.
The statement says Donald Trump acted based on recommendations from Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
Officials say the Director was…
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Pope Francis has come out to criticize the naming of the US military's largest non-nuclear explosive ever used in combat as "the mother of all bombs".
The pope questions the circumstances that prompted the naming of the military tool as the mother of all bombs. "I was ashamed when I heard the name…
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29 final year primary school pupils have been confirmed dead after a bus they were traveling rolled and crashed in northern Tanzania on Saturday.
According to the school’s director, the 29 were killed alongside two teachers and the driver in the carnage. “We lost 29 students and two of our staff,…
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Political newcomer Macron Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidential election.
Early election projections indicate Macron, 39, won the election with around 60% of the vote over his rival Marine Le Pen.
The two candidates were in a run-off race after emerging the top two candidates in an…
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An American soldier was killed on Thursday in Somalia while fighting the Al Shabaab, the US military reported on Friday.
The US military said the soldier was killed while conducting an advice and assist mission together with the Somali National Army. Two other American soldiers were wounded.
"On…
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Women in an Indian village have been banned from using mobile phones in public in order to restrict their contacts with men.
Village elders proposed a heavy fine of 21,000 rupees ($325) on any woman caught using her mobile in the public The ruling was made in Madora which is a Muslim village in the…
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The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives has voted to pass a bill that repeals key parts of the Affordable Healthcare Act, also known as Obamacare.
The House voted 217-213 along partisan lines on Thursday afternoon to repeal and replace Obamacare with no single Democratic vote.…
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A U.S. teen who was once told by her teacher that she had a learning disability and would never be successful academically has proven the teacher way wrong, graduating with a college degree at the age of 18 before she even receives her high school diploma.
Raven Osborne, a native of Gary, Indiana,…
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A 37-year-old Ugandan woman from Mukono District has set a new record in the country after delivering 38 children. Mariam Nabatanzi Babirye has had six sets of twins, four sets of triplets, three sets of quadruplets and one single births totaling to 38 Children for a 37 years old.
Ten of the…
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Pope Francis has pleaded for peace in Egypt after attending a service in solidarity with the battered Coptic minority at a church that was bombed by the Islamic State group.
The pontiff visited Saint Peter and Saint Paul church in Cairo in a mass led by standard-bearing clergy, hours after meeting…