Day: July 17, 2017
Call For Boko Haram Peace Talks Masks Ethnic Tensions
A group of community elders in northeast Nigeria where Boko Haram has waged a bloody eight-year insurgency are urging...
Australia Creates Counter-Terror Super Ministry
Australia has created a super ministry combining its security agencies including the domestic spy service, border force...
‘Spiritual Brothers’ Netanyahu, Orban Meet In Budapest
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu is in Budapest Tuesday for talks with Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban, who hopes...
Trump Keeps Iran Deal, But Threatens More Sanctions
Donald Trump backed away from a campaign promise to scrap a major nuclear security deal with Iran on Tuesday, with...
US Health Care Reform Collapses As Two More Republicans Say No
Two more US Republican senators announced their opposition Monday to their party's efforts to revamp Obamacare,...
Cowboys’ Whitehead Says Dog Stolen, Held For Ransom
National Football League player Lucky Whitehead says someone stole his pitbull dog from his home and is refusing to...
Parole Board To Decide O.J. Simpson Fate
Former American football star O. J. Simpson has spent nearly nine years in prison. Not for the grisly 1994 murders of...
Michael Dell Takes Long View With ‘Dell 2.0’
His first company became the world's largest maker of personal computers. Now Michael Dell says he is building a...
US Sending Mixed Messages On Iran Nuclear Deal
Iran is receiving "contradictory signals" from the US administration about the fate of the nuclear deal but Foreign...
South Africa Captain Du Plessis Hails ‘new Kallis’ Philander
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis said Vernon Philander was on the way to becoming the "new Jacques Kallis" after his...
‘Peculiar’ Radio Signals Emerge From Nearby Star
Some very "peculiar signals" have been noticed coming from a star just 11 light-years away, scientists in Puerto Rico...
Qualcomm CEO Sees Settlement With Apple
Qualcomm chief executive Steve Mollenkopf said on Monday the chipmaker's legal war with Apple is about defending his...
‘Apes’ Swings To Top of US Box Office
"War for the Planet of the Apes" won this weekend's battle of the box office in North America, riding on strong reviews...
US To Push For Lower Trade Gap In NAFTA Talks
The United States on Monday said it would work to shrink trade deficits with Canada and Mexico in talks to renegotiate...
Baboon Causes Mass Power Cut In Zambia
A baboon in Zambia has tampered with the cables at a power station in the south of the country leaving 50,000 people...
Ghana-Ivory Coast Maritime Border Dispute ‘has Slowed’ Oil Activity – Minister
The level of activity in the exploration of oil around Cape Three Points offshore the Western Region has slowed due to...
Let’s All Be Innovation Enablers – First Lady Urges Africans
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has urged all Africans to help create and promote innovation in communities in a bid to...
Celtics Ink Pierce To One Day NBA Contract
American forward Paul Pierce signed a one-day contract with the Boston Celtics on Monday in a move that allows him to...
Aid and Conditionality: Enhancing Good Governance In Sub-Saharan Africa
The persistent low state of development in sub-Saharan Africa has become a global challenge. Academics and...