French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a farewell ceremony at the Royal Theatre on August 29, 2018 in Copenhagen. PHOTO | LUDOVIC MARIN | AFP By NATION REPORTERMore by this Author French President Emmanuel Macron makes first visit in Kenya for an environment conference set for March in a meet that will also […]
Continue ReadingIn this file photo taken on February 02, 2018, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly looks on as US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean defectors in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC. PHOTO | ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS | AFP By AFPMore by this Author WASHINGTON, Outgoing White House chief […]
Continue ReadingBy AFPMore by this Author KABUL, Afghanistan’s presidential election will be postponed until July 20, an official said Sunday, as US-led efforts to end the 17-year war with the Taliban gather steam. The three-month delay, announced by the Independent Election Commission (IEC), comes after weeks of speculation that the vote would be put off to […]
Continue ReadingSudanese President Omar al-Bashir speaks during a meeting with police officials at the hea By AFPMore by this Author KHARTOUM, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday told police to abstain from using excessive force against anti-government demonstrators as the UN called for a probe into deaths during the violent protests. At least 19 people have […]
Continue ReadingThe scene following twin car bombs that exploded within moments of each other in Mogadishu on November 9, 2018. Seven people were killed Saturday in a double car bomb attack in the Somali capital. PHOTO | ABDIRAZAK HUSSEIN FARAH | AFP By AFPMore by this Author MOGADISHU Seven people were killed Saturday in a double […]
Continue ReadingA handout photo obtained from the UNHCR on August 18, 2013 shows thousands of Syrians streaming across a bridge over the Tigris River and entering the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq on August 15. PHOTO |HO | UNHCR | GALIYA GUBAEVA | AFP By AFPMore by this Author PARIS, The Kurds, a non-Arab ethnic […]
Continue ReadingAlbert Einstein (1879-1955). A letter he wrote in 1954, which became known a decade ago as the “God letter”, is being auctioned this week. PHOTO | COURTESY NEW YORK, Think of it: One of the most famous people in the world is panning religion. “The word God is for me nothing but the expression of […]
Continue ReadingBy AFP, Via Daily NationMore by this Author JOHANNESBURG, An off-duty policeman opened fire inside a divorce court in South Africa on Monday, killing his estranged wife and her brother during a tea break in legal proceedings. The incident in South Africa’s southeastern port city of Durban occurred on the eighth floor of the regional […]
Continue ReadingBy CNN VIA Citizen Digital British academic Matthew Hedges, who was sentenced to life in prison for spying in the United Arab Emirates, has been pardoned with immediate effect. Hedges, 31, was sentenced on Thursday after a five-minute hearing. A family spokeswoman said Hedges was forced to sign a confession in Arabic, a language Hedges […]
Continue ReadingBy VOA Via Citizen Digital When Dan Katt opened Good City Brewing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2016 – a presidential election year – a trade war between the Trump administration and China was the furthest thing from his mind. “I don’t think we even contemplated that that administration would exist,” he told VOA. He also […]
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