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Trump Blasts FBI For Not Stopping Leaks To Media

President Donald Trump took the unusual step Friday of publicly criticizing the FBI, saying it was failing to stop...

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Donors Pledge $672 Mn In Aid For Lake Chad Region

Donor countries meeting in Oslo on Friday pledged $672 million (634 million euros) in emergency aid for people...

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Trump Calls Chinese ‘grand Champions’ of Currency Manipulation

President Donald Trump declared China the "grand champions" of currency manipulation on Thursday, just hours after his...

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China Steams Past U.S., France To Be Germany’s Biggest Trading Partner

China for the first time became Germany's most important trading partner in 2016, overtaking the United States, which...

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China Says US Must Work Together On Solution To N. Korea

China called on the US to shoulder more responsibility in tackling North Korea's rogue nuclear programme Friday,...

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Palestinians, Israel Soldiers Clash In West Bank’s Hebron

Hundreds of Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers Friday in the powderkeg West Bank city of Hebron on...

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UN Syria Talks Open As Blast Reflects Fragility of Truce

The first full day of a fresh round of Syria peace talks began in Geneva Friday as a suicide bombing killed 42,...

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Yahya Sinwar, the New Hamas ‘strongman’ In Gaza

Yahya Sinwar, the new leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, is a top commander in the Islamist movement's armed wing with...

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Stocks Ease, Dollar Poised For Weekly Loss As Trump Rally Pauses

Commodity-related sectors led European shares lower for a third straight session on Friday while the dollar was poised...

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NBA Africa 2017 To Take Place On August 5

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) announced today that...

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State of the Nation Or True State of the Nation?

I get the impression that putting a State of the Nation Address (SONA) together takes weeks, if not months.  But, how...

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Caitlyn Jenner To Trump

Republican Caitlyn Jenner took to Twitter Thursday evening with a message to President Donald Trump: "Call me." The...

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Kenya To Start Direct U.S. Flights After Security Clearance

The Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) has achieved the Category One status that will allow for direct flights...

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Beyonce Pulls Out of Headlining Coachella Festival ‘on Doctor’s Orders’

Beyonce has pulled out of performing at California's Coachella music festival in April under doctor's orders. The...

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The Banned, Deadly Nerve Agent That Killed Kim

As Malaysian toxicologists reveal that the banned nerve agent VX was used in the airport assassination of Kim Jong-Nam,...

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Ghanaian Advances To Semi-Final of $7M Shell Ocean Discovery Competition

A Ghanaian, Mark Amo-Boateng, has made it to the semi-finals of the $7 million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, a...

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Telecoms Chamber Welcomes Industry Appointees

The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, has welcomed the appointment of the new Minister of Communications (MoC) and...

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Democrats Set To Pick Leader In New Trump Era

US Democrats, licking their wounds from last year's election debacle, will pick a new leader Saturday to take the fight...

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N. Korea Lashes Ally China Over Coal Import Ban

North Korea denounced its chief ally and diplomatic protector China for "dancing to the tune of the US" after it banned...