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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.
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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…
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Over 9,900 in employees in Tanzania face dismissal from their positions after Tanzanian President John Magufuli ordered an immediate axing of more than 9,900 civil servants found with forged academic credentials following a nationwide probe into academic certificates of all civil servants.
This…
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Former Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan now blames retired US president Barack Obama for his 2015 presidential election lose that saw Muhammad Buhari elected the new Nigerian President.
In his new book, The Run of Play, which documents how he became the first incumbent Nigerian President to lose…
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The United States has issued a travel advisory to her citizens planning to visit Ethiopia following a series of grenade attacks targeting hotels and homes in the Horn of Africa country.
According to the US embassy in Addis Ababa, there have been four grenade blasts in the span of one month in the…
