Snapchat ‘files For Stock Market Float’
Snap, the parent company of messaging app Snapchat, has filed to list on the US stock market, according to several reports. Based on investments so far, the California-based firm would be worth...
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Paris Bomber’s Mobile Found Under Papers
A Paris suicide bomber's mobile phone has been found underneath a pile of paperwork in a Belgian police station, many months after it went missing. The phone belonging to Brahim Abdeslam, whose...
I Could Have Won Popular Vote If I Needed To
Donald Trump says he could have won the popular vote against Hillary Clinton if he had campaigned differently. With one state left to count, Mrs Clinton has nearly a million more votes than him but...
EC Boss, A Nuisance To Ghana’s Democracy
It is troubling and unfortunate that the Chair person of the Electoral commission of Ghana, madam Charlotte Osei exhibited gross disrespect to the apex court of the country by going contrary to the...
EC Boss, A Nuisance To Ghana’s Democracy?
It is troubling and unfortunate that the Chair person of the Electoral commission of Ghana, madam Charlotte Osei exhibited gross disrespect to the apex court of the country by going contrary to the...
Schoolboy Dies After Detention Illness At Bow School
A schoolboy has died after he was taken ill during detention at an east London school. Nasar Ahmed, 14, who had severe asthma, was reported ill last Thursday at Bow School in Tower Hamlets. He died...
Dede Ayew, Others Shortlisted For 2016 BBC African Footballer of the Year
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, Riyad Mahrez, Sadio Mane and Yaya Toure make up the five-man shortlist for the BBC African Footballer of the Year award. The five candidates were revealed...
‘There Is No Plan’ For Brexit, Leaked Memo Says
The government has no overall Brexit plan and a negotiating strategy may not be agreed by the cabinet for six months, a leaked memo has suggested. The memo - obtained by The Times and seen by the BBC...
Why Trump Won
The results of the US Presidential election 2016 took the public, and many pollsters and pundits by surprise; they were stunned, I was too. Though the media had informed us that the race was close,...
Andy Murray Beats Marin Cilic In ATP World Tour Finals In London
Andy Murray began life as the world number one with a convincing victory over Croatia's Marin Cilic at the ATP World Tour Finals in London. The Briton, who replaced Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the...
Facebook’s Fake News Crisis Deepens
Despite the best efforts of Mark Zuckerberg to downplay Facebook’s role in the election of Donald Trump, the scrutiny of how fake news is spread on the platform has intensified. Buzzfeed News is...
Trump and Putin ‘will Try To Mend Ties’
US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will try to "normalise US-Russia ties", the Kremlin has said, following a phone conversation between the two. Mr Putin wished Mr...
Nigeria Shia Pilgrimage Clash Kills Nine
At least eight Nigerian Shia Muslims and one police officer have been killed in clashes with police at a religious procession in Kano city, police say. Many marchers and five police officers were...
‘Many Shot’ As Nigeria Police and Shia Pilgrims Clash In Kano
A number of Nigerian Shia Muslims on a religious procession have been shot during clashes with police in the northern city of Kano, reports say. At least 10 pilgrims were killed, the AFP reported....
Rape ‘advice’ Sparks Anger In Singapore
An advice columnist's response to a letter about rape has sparked an angry backlash in Singapore and accusations of victim-blaming. In the letter to Teenage magazine's agony aunt, the writer,...
New Zealand Hit By Aftershocks After Severe Earthquake
Strong aftershocks have roiled New Zealand following a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that killed two people. The South Island has seen hundreds of tremors, including a 6.3-magnitude quake, after the...
Anyone Without Dash Of Feminist Is Irrational – Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys has called anyone who doesn’t class themselves as a feminist as “crazy”. Speaking to Elle UK magazine for its make-up free edition, the 35-year-old singer said the concept was...
Watch Chimamanda Ngozi Shut Down White Dude About Racism
She believes Trump has been racist in all sense throughout his campaign Chimamanda Ngozi has no time for white men who want to redefine what racism is. The Nigerian feminist author appeared on BBC...
French Far-Right Leader Marine Le Pen Hails Trump Win
France's far-right leader has told the BBC that Donald Trump's victory in the US has boosted her own chances of being elected president next year. Marine Le Pen, who leads the French National Front...
Paris Attacks: France State of Emergency To Be Extended
France's state of emergency imposed after last year's terror attacks in Paris is likely to be extended, Prime Minister Manuel Valls has told the BBC. He said the measures were needed to "protect our...