According to Russian authorities, all 71 people on board a Russian jet were killed when it crashed after taking off from an airport near Moscow. All 65 passengers and six crew members onboard the flight perished when the Saratov airlines flight plummeted to the ground after leaving Domodedovo airport, state news agency TASS reported. The…
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The U.S. Senate approved a budget deal including a stopgap government funding bill early on Friday, but it was too late to prevent a federal shutdown that was already underway in an embarrassing setback for the Republican-controlled Congress. The shutdown, which technically started at midnight, is the second this year under Republican President Donald Trump, who…
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On Monday, protesters stormed South Africa’s ruling party African National Congress (ANC)‘s party headquarters in Johannesburg demanding that President Jacob Zuma steps down. Scandal-plagued Zuma has been under increasing pressure to leave office before his term finishes in 2019 but reportedly dug in his heels during talks with ANC top brass Sunday night. ANC leaders are holding another emergency…
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U.S. President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Henrik Urdal, Director of the Peace Research Institute, Oslo said on Thursday. The nomination ended on Wednesday, but the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee is yet to formally register all the nominees and can add their own proposals when they meet at the end of February.…
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Early Wednesday, former NBA star Rasual Butler and his wife, R&B singer Leah LaBelle, were killed in a car accident. Reports say, Butler was driving at the time of the accident and lost control of their Range Rover around 2a.m.. The car hit a parking meter, slammed into a wall and flipped. According to TMZ,…
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave his first State of the Union address since he took office. The State of the Union address is expected to be given once every year by the president of the US, except on the year he becomes president. The address was given before the Congress, and Trump discussed the US…
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The US Olympic Committee’s CEO has asked all members of the USA Gymnastics board of directors to resign. In a letter obtained by CNN, Scott Blackmun said USA Gymnastics will lose its status as a sport’s governing body unless the board resigns by Wednesday and an interim board is in place by February 28. Three…
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US President Donald Trump has asked the African Union chairman to pass his “warmest regards” to other regional leaders after his comment against Africans. Trump congratulated Rwandan President, Paul Kagame on taking over as the Chairman of the African bloc which according to Trump is a “great honour.” “I know you’re going to your first…
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Davos is a small Alpine town in Switzerland which has held the World Economic Forum (WEF) since 1971. The event was first held in 1971 and was originally named the European Management Forum before being renamed in 1987. This year, the World Economic Forum began on January 23 and will come to an end today,…
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The former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison as the judge declared: “I just signed your death warrant.” The sentence capped a remarkable seven-day hearing in which scores of Larry Nassar‘s victims were able to confront him face…
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