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US First Lady Melania Trump to Visit Several Countries During Her Tour to Africa in October

United States First Lady Melania Trump has announced she will be touring Africa in October. Her trip to the continent was announced in a statement on Tuesday and is set to be her first major solo tour since becoming F…

Aug 22, 2018

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Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan Passes On at Age 80

Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has passed away. In a statement, the Kofi Annan Foundation said the diplomat died in Switzerland on Saturday morning after a short illness. “It is with immense sadnes…

Aug 18, 2018

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US Airline Worker Steals 76-Seater Aircraft, Flies It for an Hour Before Crashing

An airline worker stole an empty aircraft from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the US and flew it for about one hour before crashing in a wooded area 40 miles away. The airport officials said the Horizon A…

Aug 11, 2018

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WWE Pro-Wrestler Kane Wins US Mayoral Election

Renowned World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star Kane, born Glenn Jacobs, has been elected as mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. Kane, who made his name playing as Undertaker’s half-brother in the ring, garnered two-th…

Aug 5, 2018

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Court Paves Way for Uganda President Yoweri Museveni to Run for Sixth Term

A court in Uganda has upheld a constitutional change that removed presidential age limit, allowing President Yoweri Museveni to run for a sixth term. The country's constitutional court lifted the age gap set for presi…

Jul 27, 2018

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Amazon's Jeff Bezos Displaces Bill Gates as World's Richest Person in Modern History

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' net worth has hit $150 billion, becoming world's richest man in modern history. Bezos's fortune is $55 billion more than second placed Bill Gates of Microsoft, Bloomberg Billionaires Index s…

Jul 17, 2018

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Barack Obama Names Kenyan Author Ngugi wa Thiong'o in the List of His Favorite African Authors

Former United States President Barack Obama has named Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o as one of his best African writers. Obama, in a Facebook post on Friday described Ngugi's book "A Grain of Wheat" as compelling. “O…

Jul 13, 2018

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Trump Administration Says It Will Detain Immigrant Children with their Parents

The US government has maintained that it will continue to detain children and parents found entering the country illegally. In a court filing on Friday, the Trump administration said it has the right to incarcerate ch…

Jul 1, 2018

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American Actress Meghan Markle Now the Duchess of Sussex as She Finally Marries Britain's Prince Harry

Britain's Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle, now the Duke and Dutchess of Sussex, are officially husband and wife. Harry and Markle were pronounced husband and wife on Saturday in a ceremony presided ove…

May 19, 2018

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China President Xi Jinping Named World's Most Powerful Person, Trump at Position Three

Forbes Magazine has named Chinese President Xi Jinping as 2018 world's most powerful person. Jinping unseats his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who drops to number two, having been named world most powerful indiv…

May 10, 2018

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Baltimore County Executive, Maryland Gubernatorial Candidate Kevin Kamenetz Dies Suddenly at 60

(AP) Kevin Kamenetz, a Democratic candidate for governor of Maryland who was a fixture in state politics for nearly 25 years, has died. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz died early Thursday, following a cardia…

May 10, 2018

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Somali Woman Killed by Stoning for Marrying 11 Husbands

A woman was killed by stoning in Somalia after an Al Shabaab-run court found her guilty of marrying several husbands, the terror organization said. BBC reports that the woman, identified as Shukri Abdullahi Warsame, h…

May 9, 2018

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Hillary Clinton Edits Twitter Bio, Removes 'Wife' after Interview with Nigerian Writer

Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has edited her Twitter bio following her interview with Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at a literary event in New York. During the interview at the PEN…

May 2, 2018

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“Candy Man”: Nickname Given to Ronny Jackson, Trump Nominee for VA Secretary for Freely Dishing Out Prescription Drugs Like Candy

Dr Ronny Jackson, the embattled Veterans Administration Secretary nominee and current Physician to the President is nicknamed “Candy Man” by the White House for casually dishing out prescription drugs. Senator Jon Tes…

Apr 24, 2018

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World's First Successful Penis, Scrotum Transplant Performed on a US Soldier

World's first ever complete transplant of a penis and scrotum has successfully been carried out on an American soldier. The delicate procedure was performed by a team of surgeons at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimo…

Apr 24, 2018

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Swaziland King Mswati III Changes Country's Name to Kingdom of eSwatini

King Mswati III of Swaziland has announced the change of the country's name to eSwatini. Mswati, one of the world’s few absolute monarchs, announced the move on Thursday when he presided over the ceremony to mark the…

Apr 20, 2018

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Former US First Lady Barbara Bush Dies

Former US First Lady Barbara Bush has passed on. Barbara, wife of 41st President George H.W. Bush and mother to George W. Bush, the 43rd US President, passed away on Tuesday at her home in Houston, Texas at the age of…

Apr 17, 2018

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US Senator John Kennedy under Fire for "Swahili" Reference at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate Hearing [VIDEO]

A US senator has come under criticism for his ‘Swahili’ reference at a Tuesday Senate hearing with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Senator John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, was questioning Zuckerberg on Faceboo…

Apr 10, 2018

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Former South Korean President Who Got in Legal Trouble after Buying Viagra in Kenya Handed 24-Year Prison Term

Park Geun-hye, the former South Korean President who is alleged to have purchased packs of Viagra during her State visit to Kenya in 2016 was on Friday handed a 24-year prison term after being convicted for corruption…

Apr 8, 2018

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Swaziland King Mswati's Eighth Wife, Senteni Masango Commits Suicide

Senteni Masango, the eighth wife of King Mswati III of Swaziland committed suicide on Friday following what is reported to be a drug overdose. The queen's lifeless body was found in the early hours of Friday morning…

Apr 7, 2018