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Nigerian VP Back In Abuja After Buhari Meeting

Nigeria's vice-president has returned from a whistlestop trip to meet ailing President Muhammadu Buhari in London and...

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Tamim Iqbal Denies Hate Crime Behind Sudden Essex Exit

Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal rejected rumours Wednesday that he quit English county cricket club Essex because of a hate...

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Accidental Internet Cut-Off Hits Somalia Hard

Last month, a baby was born in the Somali capital Mogadishu with a terrible eye defect that requires treatment abroad....

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Marriage of Business and Sport Fuels Football Champions Cup

The cream of European football will be on display in the United States this month as the International Champions Cup...

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Opioid Maker Fined $35mn Over Shipments That Fed Addiction Crisis

Drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals was fined $35 million Tuesday for supplying and not reporting suspicious...

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US Stocks Stable After Midday Trump Tumble

Wall Street stocks finished little changed Tuesday, rebounding from a mid-session swoon sparked by unease over Donald...

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Nigeria’s Acting President Meets Ailing Buhari In London

Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the acting head of government, was in London on Tuesday to meet with President...

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MTV Expands Safe Sex Drama To India, Egypt

"MTV Shuga," the youth culture network's drama on sexual behavior that has won an audience across sub-Saharan Africa,...

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Donald Trump, An Unpredictable American In Paris

Six weeks after welcoming Russia's Vladimir Putin to France at the Palace of Versailles, new French President Emmanuel...

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Nigeria First Lady Aisha Buhari Warns Off ‘hyenas’ On Facebook

Nigeria’s first lady has warned the “hyenas and jackals” will be banished in a cryptic Facebook post apparently...

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Chinese Doctors Scramble To ‘rescue’ Ailing Nobel Laureate

A Chinese hospital said Tuesday it was still scrambling to save terminally-ill Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, fuelling...

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Pakistan PM Clan and Ruling Party Reject Graft Report

Pakistan's governing party has rejected as "trash" a corruption report accusing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of living...

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Pearson To Sell 22% of Penguin Random House To Bertelsmann

British publisher Pearson said Tuesday it has agreed to sell almost half of its stake in Penguin Random House (PRH) to...

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Britain’s Arms Exports To Saudi ‘lawful’

Britain's High Court ruled on Monday that UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia are not unlawful, after campaigners argued...

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Tillerson Looks To Defuse Qatar Crisis On Gulf Tour

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives Monday in Kuwait, the key mediator between Qatar and its Arab neighbours,...

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Conflict-Zone Contraception For the Boko Haram Homeless

Sixteen-year-old Aisha slips into the white family planning tent at the Bakassi camp for displaced people in Maiduguri,...

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New Zealand To Keep Lion’s Share of Bumper Rugby Tour Profits

New Zealand Rugby revealed Monday that the British and Irish Lions series is set to deliver a bumper profit, but ruled...

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Antonio Rudiger Completes Move To Chelsea From Roma

Roma defender Antonio Rudiger has completed his move to Chelsea and signed a five-year contract. The agents involved in...

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Ghanaian Named First Black Equerry By Queen Elizabeth

A Ghanaian-born officer from the British Household Cavalry, Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, has been appointed by Queen...