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Americas Harvard beats Stanford in Forbes ranking of US universities (SEE TOP 20 ranking) by Patrick Akpu August 3, 2017 0 The number one university in the US is Harvard University, followed by Stanford and Yale. This is according to the... Read more
Americas Trump pushes bill to cut legal immigration; favours educated English speakers by Patrick Akpu August 3, 2017 0 (CNN) President Donald Trump on Wednesday got behind a bill to drastically cut legal immigration and replace current employment based... Read more
Americas Trump signs law to punish Russia by Patrick Akpu August 2, 2017 0 (CNN) President Donald Trump signed into law Wednesday morning legislation that levies new sanctions against Russia and restricts Trump's own... Read more
Africa Man kills wife’s younger sister because she refused to marry him by Patrick Akpu August 1, 2017 0 A man who killed his wife's 15-year-old sister because his marriage intentions towards her failed has been sentenced to 17... Read more
Africa Malawi issues arrest warrant for former President by Patrick Akpu August 1, 2017 0 Malawi has issued an arrest warrant for its former President Joyce Banda over alleged abuse of office and money laundering... Read more
Americas BREAKING: Trump sacks Scaramucci as Communications Director 10 days after appointment by Patrick Akpu July 31, 2017 0 President Donald Trump has sacked White House Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci after just 10 days on the job. The sudden... Read more
Africa Prince Johnson, George Weah, 18 others to run for Liberia presidency by Patrick Akpu July 31, 2017 0 Twenty candidates will contest presidential elections in Liberia in October, among them a former warlord, a footballer and a fashion... Read more
Americas US launches missile interception system by Patrick Akpu July 31, 2017 0 (AFP) - American forces successfully tried out Sunday a missile interception system the US hopes to set up on the... Read more
Europe JUST IN: 100 cable car passengers left stranded over river as one collides with support pillar by Patrick Akpu July 30, 2017 0 About 100 people are suspended in cable cars over the German city of Cologne after one collided with a... Read more
Europe Four men jailed 28 years for stealing John Terry’s wife’s £400,000 designer bags, jewellery by Patrick Akpu July 28, 2017 0 A gang of buglars broke into John Terry’s £5 million mansion in February and stole his wife's designer bags and... Read more
Asia Pakistan’s Supreme Court sacks Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif by Patrick Akpu July 28, 2017 0 (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office on Friday over undeclared assets, plunging the nuclear-armed... Read more
Americas How McCain, two other GOP senators shut down ObamaCare repeal bill by Patrick Akpu July 28, 2017 0 The Senate rejected a scaled-back ObamaCare repeal bill in the early hours of Friday in a shocking vote that marks... Read more
Africa Mugabe’s wife urges husband to name successor by Patrick Akpu July 27, 2017 0 Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, has challenged her 93-year-old husband Robert to name his preferred successor as president to end... Read more
Middle East Israeli PM, Netanyahu, moves to sack Al-Jazeera from Jerusalem by Patrick Akpu July 27, 2017 0 Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, demanded that the Jerusalem office of Qatari news agency Al-Jazeera be closed, accusing it of... Read more
Americas US Senate rejects simple repeal of Obamacare by Patrick Akpu July 27, 2017 0 The Senate rejected a simple repeal of Obamacare on Wednesday, still in the early stages of an unpredictable floor debate... Read more