Around the World: July 2020

Friday, July 31, 2020

Mail delays fuel concern Trump is undercutting the Postal Service ahead of voting

WASHINGTON — Welcome to the next election battleground: the post office. President Donald Trump's yearslong assault on the Postal Service and his increasingly dire warnings about the dangers of voting by mail are colliding as the presidential campaign ...

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Social distancing is observed as the hajj pilgrimage gets underway in Mecca amid coronavirus crisis

Strict social distancing measures were in place during the third day of the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca on Friday; Limited Muslim pilgrims attending were required to wear face masks and keep to social distancing guidance; As few as 1,000 pilgrims in Saudi ...

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Saturday features steady weather ahead of Sunday showers

ROCKFORD (WREX) — Conditions remain steady and don't change for the start of the weekend, meaning another cool night followed by a mild and sunny afternoon. By Sunday, cooler air and showers are on the way. Mild Saturday: The weather remains ...

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US' Coronavirus cases surpass 4.5m, 152878 Americans dead

There are now at least 4,536,240 cases of coronavirus in the US and 152,878 people have died from the virus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. On Friday at 3:15 p.m. ET, Johns Hopkins reported 41,225 new cases and 823 reported deaths.

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FOX NEWS: China calls US accusations of hacking to steal coronavirus vaccine data 'pure slander'

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FOX NEWS: Cultural genocide? What China is doing in Tibet today

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FOX NEWS: Hong Kong postpones legislative elections over coronavirus fears

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FOX NEWS: Classic car left in shed for 30 years goes for over $200K at auction

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FOX NEWS: Report: Taliban allowing Al Qaeda training camps and providing support, despite U.S. agreement to cut all ties

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How Salah, Wanyama and African stars celebrated Eid al-Adha

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, Montreal Impact midfielder Victor Wanyama, Manchester United's Odion Ighalo and Bursaspor star Shehu Abdullahi are among the African players who took to social media to celebrate Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha is second of the ...

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Three Coldstream Guards quizzed by cops over bar brawl with royal footmen that left two of them in hospital

THREE of the Queen's guards are being questioned by police after a bar brawl with royal footmen, it's reported. The Coldstream Guards squaddies were arrested after the fight outside a pub near Buckingham Palace which left four of the Queen's footmen ...

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Lobbying Intensifies Among VP Candidates as Biden's Search Nears an End

WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr. has entered the final stage of his deliberations about choosing a running mate as he prepares to talk one-on-one with the finalists next week, while Democratic leaders lobby him furiously to elevate their allies and sink ...

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Mail Delays Fuel Concern Trump Is Undercutting Postal System Ahead of Voting

WASHINGTON — Welcome to the next election battleground: the post office. President Trump's yearslong assault on the Postal Service and his increasingly dire warnings about the dangers of voting by mail are colliding as the presidential campaign enters its ...

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Croke Park: Muslims celebrate Eid in the home of Irish sport

The holding of a major Muslim prayer service at an "iconic" Irish sporting venue has sent a message "to the whole world" that Ireland is a welcoming country, an Islamic leader has said. About 200 Muslims gathered at Dublin's Croke Park stadium on Friday to ...

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FOX NEWS: Sanders trying to galvanize progressive support for Biden; Jacqui Heinrich reports.

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FOX NEWS: White House, Democrats at impasse over COVID relief packages

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FOX NEWS: President Trump doubles down on mail-in ballot concerns, predicts voting chaos

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FOX NEWS: Cotton stirs 2024 speculation with New Hampshire trip to help Republicans

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FOX NEWS: Fauci: Trump restrictions on travel from China, Europe, UK saved American lives early in pandemic

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FOX NEWS: Chris Wallace says Biden campaign will reveal VP pick closer to convention

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FOX NEWS: Bipartisan leaders of Problem Solvers Caucus predict deal on horizon for coronavirus stimulus bill

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FOX NEWS: Kanye West stands by abortion remarks: 'I’m concerned for the world that feels you shouldn’t cry'

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FOX NEWS: House Democrats find Trump administration 'deprived' US of ventilators, 'squandered' $500M in early virus response

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Thursday, July 30, 2020

Pilgrims, Fewer and Socially Distanced, Arrive in Mecca for Annual Hajj

BEIRUT, Lebanon — In any other year, Muslims undertaking the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca that all Muslims are supposed to perform at least once, would drink from a holy well. They would kiss the sacred black stone embedded in the ...

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FOX NEWS: McDonald's CEO says law enforcement may be called on customers who refuse to wear masks

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FOX NEWS: Wyoming ranchers protest Burger King's ad campaign targeting cow emissions

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FOX NEWS: Investigation determines Starbucks barista did not put feminine hygiene product in cop’s drink

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FOX NEWS: National Cheesecake Day: The Cheesecake Factory launches new flavor, donates $1 to charity for every slice sold

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Guy Caligiuri: Trump Tweets Support for Long Island Patio Pizza Owner

Guy Caligiuri, a restaurant owner in Long Island, New York, went viral online after President Trump endorsed his pizza shop on Twitter on July 30. Shortly after Herman Cain's team announced the death of the former presidential candidate and CEO of ...

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Report Finds Homeland Security Seized $2 Billion From Travelers

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Department of Homeland Security seized over $2 billion from airport travelers in the years leading up to a recent Supreme Court ruling that curbed the authority of state officials to seize property, a non-profit law firm revealed ...

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A violent send-off on feds' final night at Portland courthouse

PORTLAND, Ore. — Early-morning clashes between federal agents and protesters intensified Thursday, testing the Trump administration's withdrawal plan and prompting the president to threaten to keep federal forces in the city "until there is safety.".

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Muslim pilgrims scale Mount Arafat for peak of hajj

Mount Arafat (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Masked pilgrims scaled Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat Thursday to pray and repent in the climax of this year's hajj, the smallest in modern times after massive crowds in previous years. A tight security cordon has been erected ...

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Here's what we know about Trump suggesting the idea of delaying the November election

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the idea of delaying the November election because of issues stemming from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The suggestion came from a tweet where he said universal mail-in voting would ...

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World news in brief

Hollywood star: the actress Dame Olivia de Havilland, who died in Paris on Sunday, aged 104. Miss de Havilland, a life-long Episcopalian, had been a m... Nantes Cathedral warden confesses to arson. A VOLUNTEER at Nantes Cathedral, in western France, ...

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'Animal' who raped nursing home resident jailed

A healthcare assistant who raped an elderly woman in her nursing home bed during the Covid-19 lockdown has been jailed for 11 years. The woman's family described how they have been unable to comfort their mother by hugging her since the rape in April.

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Edo 2020: Tambuwal, Obaseki, others call for violence-free campaigns, elections

By Deborah Coker Benin, July 30, 2020 The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governors' Forum, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto and Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo have called on politicians to embrace peace in the forthcoming Edo gubernatorial ...

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Trump officials frustrated at having to defend boss over 'demon sex' and 'alien DNA' doctor, report says

Donald Trump and his family's boosting of a group of doctors making false claims about the coronavirus and the drug hydroxychloroquine have left the president's aides frustrated, according to new reports. The Daily Beast spoke to sources, who wished to ...

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Terminus for the anti-corruption struggle?

Our President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), certainly not famous for oratorical skills or for original ideas, possesses however, in compensation, the strategic political resource of seizing the moment, of bending the nation's energy towards an ...

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FCT Leads Daily COVID-19 Cases As Nigeria Reports 481 Fresh Infections

Nigeria's COVID-19 cases have continued to rise as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday confirmed 96 fresh cases to top the country's daily infections from the virus. Lagos State which is the country's COVID-19 epicentre, trails the FCT with 89 new ...

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Trump floats election delay, congressional Republicans reject idea

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the idea of delaying the Nov. 3 U.S. elections, an idea immediately rejected by both Democrats and his fellow Republicans in Congress - the sole branch of government with the authority ...

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NNPC reacts to attempt by international fraud syndicate to fleece Nigeria of $125m

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has confirmed the report of an attempt by an international fraud syndicate, including a Nigerian lawyer, to defraud the country through a non-existent claim. The position of the national oil company was made ...

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Federal officers preparing to leave Portland, Oregon governor says

(CNN) Federal officers are preparing to leave Portland, Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown said on Thursday. The news comes one day after the Trump administration announced that it had reached an agreement with Brown to withdraw federal officers from downtown ...

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What is Eid al-Adha? Islamic festival of sacrifice will be impacted by coronavirus pandemic

Muslims around the globe this week will celebrate Eid al-Adha in the age of social distancing. Eid al-Adha is Arabic for “festival of sacrifice” and is the second of two major Muslim holidays (the other being Eid al-Fitr). It is the holiday that marks the end of the ...

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Arizona Rep. Calls Troop Exit From Germany 'Dangerous' As He Tries to Block Trump's Future Moves

A Democratic Congressman is sounding an alarm that the U.S. troop exit from Germany will make European allies vulnerable to attack as he ramps up efforts to block President Donald Trump's efforts to withdraw thousands of troops from the region.

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FG receives 177 returnees from Niger Republic, set to quarantine, reintegrate them

The Federal Government has received 177 returnees from Niger Republic with a promise to quarantine and reintegrate them into the society ”as soon as possible”. Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social ...

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Homeland Security seized $2 billion from travelers, but most were never charged with a crime, report says

Anthonia Nwaorie headed to a Houston airport with more than $41,000 in her bags in 2017, planning to use the cash to build a free medical clinic for women and girls in her native Nigeria, according to a lawsuit. But the registered nurse was stopped on the ...

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

FOX NEWS: National forecast for Wednesday, July 29

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Adesina: AfDB board of governors, Congo laud panel

Temiloluwa O'Peters. The Bureau of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank and the Republic of Congo have commended the high-level panel for its independent review report of AfDB's ethics committee report on Dr Akinwumi Adesina.

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Trump downplays West Texas energy worries, attacks Democrats

MIDLAND, Texas — President Donald Trump took sweeping digs at “crazy left radical Democrats” on a trip Wednesday to the fracking fields of West Texas, launching unsubstantiated claims that a Democratic administration would destroy everything from the ...

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Voter registration: EC declares Friday as non-working day as Muslims mark Eid-ul-adha

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has announced that, the final phase of the ongoing 2020 voter registration exercise will begin on Saturday August 1, 2020 instead of Friday July 31, 2020 as earlier announced. In a statement released on Wednesday ...

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NRM bigwigs face tough race

Apart from President Yoweri Museveni, who was declared a sole candidate for both party national chairperson and presidential flag-bearer, the rest of party heavyweights are facing challengers bent on ousting them. ELECTION WATCH. National Resistance ...

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Shiri helped shape football history

Eddie Chikamhi, Harare Bureau THE football fraternity in Zimbabwe yesterday said the late Cabinet Minister Perrance Shiri was not just a passionate football fan but he did more during his lifetime to shape the history of the domestic game. The news of the ...

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COVID-19 treatment: Nigerian medical directors react to Stella Immanuel's claim

The Guild of Medical Directors in Nigeria has declared that there is no scientific proof to back Stella Immanuel's position on COVID-19 treatment. The Nigerian-trained U.S based doctor is trending globally for her insistence that Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), Zinc ...

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FOX NEWS: Big Tech leaders face off with members of Congress

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My forecast on the coming US Presidential Election

The coming presidential election in the USA in November, barely 96 days to come is for President Donald Trump to lose and not for former Vice President Joe Biden to win. I say this because as the incumbent president, Trump packs a lot of power and punch ...

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Constitution review starts after Sallah break – Omo-Agege

Sunday Aborisade, Abuja. The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has said the Senate would commence constitution amendment after the Sallah break. He also stated that the sexual harassment bill, which he sponsored, was not targeted at ...

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Satellite investment carries big risks and no guarantees of success

Poker is a game of skill where players must weigh the size of their bet against potential rewards. But to win well, you also need luck. Charlie Ergen, the American communications tycoon, knows all about capitalising when the winds of good fortune are at his ...

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Algeria's president sacks labour minister, offers no reason

Algiers: Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday sacked Employment Minister Ahmed Chawki Fouad Acheuk Youcef, his office offering no reason for the move. Tebboune “today signed a decree ending Mr Ahmed Chawki Fouad Acheuk ...

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Minister Shiri declared a national hero

Elita chikwati, Harare Bureau NATIONAL liberation fighter, retired Air Force of Zimbabwe commander and Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (Rtd), who died early yesterday after a short ...

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FOX NEWS: McConnell calls for GOP and Democrats to compromise on stimulus plan

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FOX NEWS: Sen. Warner: Big tech has responsibility to remove information that is 'knowingly false'

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FOX NEWS: Winner of New York primary remains in limbo as fate of mail-in ballots hangs in balance

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FOX NEWS: Lawmakers press Big Tech CEOs on allegations of bias

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FOX NEWS: US cutting 12,000 forces from Germany after Trump signals displeasure with Berlin's defense spending

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FOX NEWS: Fox Business Flash top headlines for July 29

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FOX NEWS: Trump talks energy infrastructure in Texas

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FOX NEWS: Republicans blast big tech during congressional hearing for conservative censorship

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FOX NEWS: Jim Jordan explodes at Big Tech hearing, drags Jamie Raskin's wife for unmasking Flynn

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FOX NEWS: Sen. Duckworth dismisses Trump sending federal agents to Chicago as a 'political stunt'

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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

AfDB: Independent panel clears Adesina of corruption

Omodele Adigun and Uche Usim (Abuja) (with agency report). The coast is getting clearer for embattled African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, to get a second term as an independent panel of experts, headed by former Irish ...

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China reports 101 new coronavirus cases for July 28, highest since mid-April

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 101 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for July 28, the highest in over three and a half months, the health commission said on Wednesday. Around the world, countries have been battling an ebb and flow in ...

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South Korea's New Southern Policy and ASEAN-ROK Relations–

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung- wha supplies the position rundown at the 2019 ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit, November 24, 2019. Credit: Flickr/ Republic of Korea. Advertisement. Despite extreme pay attention to South Korea's restored ...

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Ghana sustains prior gains in malaria prevention

Malaria prevalence among children has declined over time, but areas for improvement remain in malaria prevention, according to the newly released 2019 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey (GMIS). The 2019 GMIS is the second MIS survey implemented in ...

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Coronavirus: Trump sticks by revoked hydroxychloroquine

US President Donald Trump has again defended the use of hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus, contradicting his own public health officials. He argued the malaria medication was only rejected as a Covid-19 treatment because he had suggested it.

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Ghanaian minister officiates opening of ATU's WTSA Third African Preparatory meeting

Ghana's Minister of Comminications, Mrs Ursula G. Owusu-Ekuful, on Tuesday officiated the opening of the Third African Preparatory Meeting for the World Telecommunications Standardization Assembly (APM20-3 for WTSA-20). A statement to NATIONAL ...

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Philippines: deadliest country in Asia for land defenders

Manila (AFP). The Philippines was the deadliest country in Asia for land and environmental defenders again last year while slipping to second most dangerous in the world behind Colombia, a watchdog said Wednesday. A total of 43 defenders were killed in ...

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Netherlands, Switzerland to repatriate $200m Malabu deal cash –AGF

Nigeria is awaiting the return of $200m from the Netherlands and Switzerland from the Oil Prospecting Licence 245 deal, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said. The News Agency of Nigeria reported on ...

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Viral sensation Dr. Stella Immanuel says Jesus will destroy Facebook if her COVID video doesn't go back up

Dr. Stella Immanuel blasted Facebook and Twitter after it removed her controversial video touting hydroxychloroquine as a “cure” for COVID-19. The Houston physician, who went viral for her video, declared on Twitter that Jesus Christ would destroy ...

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Facebook, Twitter delete videos of US doctor claiming COVID-19 cure

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter as well as video streaming site, YouTube, have deleted a video by an American-based physician, Dr Stella Immanuel, who claimed to have recorded a 100 per cent success rate in the ...

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22 killed in Mali minibus accident

Twenty-two people were killed and 21 were wounded in southern Mali on Tuesday when a minibus collided with a dump truck, the transport ministry said. The post 22 killed in Mali minibus accident appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and ...

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'Missing' 48m barrels of crude: Nigerian lawyer, foreign collaborators move to defraud Nigeria

A Nigerian lawyer has been fingered in a move to defraud the country of millions of dollars over claim of non-existent missing 48 million barrels of Nigeria's crude oil said to have been located in China. The lawyer is being assisted in the scheme by ...

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FOX NEWS: Matchmaker forgoes romance to embrace platonic co-parenting

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FOX NEWS: What is Instagram's new #WomenSupportingWomen selfie trend?

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FOX NEWS: Coronavirus infects couple who held 100-person wedding in California

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AfDB: Independent panel clears Adesina of wrongdoing

Olalekan Adetayo and Nike Popoola. an independent review panel set up to probe the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has exonerated him of any wrongdoing. The panel was set up by the Bureau of Governors of the Bank, ...

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Mind the equity and quality gap in online education

By E Balagurusamy Chennai: Although Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been used in educational administration and management for several years now and has been slowly gaining popularity in some schools, the Covid-19 pandemic ...

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Nigeria expecting $200m from The Netherlands, Switzerland over Malabu Oil deal

Nigeria is awaiting the return of 200 million US dollars from The Netherlands and Switzerland, as part of OPL 245 Malabu Oil, Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami said. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami.

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Trump retweeted a video with false covid-19 claims. One doctor in it has said demons cause illnesses.

After social media companies removed a viral video showing doctors making unsubstantiated claims about the novel coronavirus, one doctor's past phrases in particular began trending on Twitter: demon sperm. It turns out Stella Immanuel has a history of ...

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China reports 68 new cases, including two in Beijing

BEIJING : China had 68 new coronavirus cases on Monday, up for the fourth consecutive day, including two in Beijing, the country's health authority said yesterday. China is battling the most aggressive return of Covid-19 in months, driven by infections in the ...

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WATCH LIVE: President Trump holds a news conference at the White House

WATCH LIVE ABOVE: President Donald Trump is expected to give a press briefing from the White House starting at 4 p.m. CT. The latest: Pfizer and BioNTech begin large-scale trial of coronavirus vaccine in the United States. Drug giant Pfizer and its partner ...

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Monday, July 27, 2020

FOX NEWS: Joe Biden pays respects to John Lewis as speculation mounts over pick for running mate

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Alarm over discovery of hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels near Galápagos Islands

The fleet, discovered just outside a protected zone, raises the prospect of damage to the marine ecosystem. Fishing and tourist boats are anchored in the bay of San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Photograph: Adrian Vasquez/AP. Fishing and tourist ...

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Tanzania: Ex-President And Peacemaker Mkapa Dies Of Malaria

By Lisa Vives. Flags are being flown at half-mast for the former Tanzanian president, Benjamin William Mkapa, who passed away on July 24 after a bout of malaria. He was 81. He died in the early hours of July 24 while receiving treatment at a hospital in Dar ...

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US evacuates over 100000 citizens from 136 countries on 1140 flights

The Secretary of State, Mr Michael Pompeo, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, to mark the 231st anniversary of the U.S. Department of State, the country's “first executive agency”. Pompeo said the evacuees were brought home on 1,140 flights from 136 ...

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Report links world's top meat firm to deforestation

Rio de Janeiro (AFP). Brazilian firm JBS, the world's biggest meat processing company, was again accused Monday of "laundering" cattle from ranches blacklisted for destroying the Amazon rainforest. The charge, leveled in a report by an investigative ...

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FOX NEWS: Coronavirus crisis hits Europe's tourism industry soon after reopenings

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FOX NEWS: Bombshell accusations by German comedian claim police have ties to death threats from neo-Nazis, far-right extremists

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FOX NEWS: Chinese students in Australia fall victim to 'virtual kidnapping' scams: police

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FOX NEWS: Humpback whale breaches water just yards away from fisherman's boat

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FOX NEWS: Vietnam evacuating 80,000 from beach city after new coronavirus cases appear

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FOX NEWS: India pulls the plug on another 47 Chinese apps over data privacy and security

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FOX NEWS: Brooklyn man admits to stabbing, dismembering French wife in Mediterranean vacation home: prosecutor

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FOX NEWS: Tropics stay active in Atlantic as disturbance may develop into Isaias, setting another record

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FOX NEWS: China closes US consulate in Chengdu in retaliation for Houston closure

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FOX NEWS: Israel, Hezbollah trade fire in 'security incident' near Lebanese border

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Peru says over 900 girls, women feared dead since pandemic began

Lima (AFP). A staggering 900-plus girls and women are missing and feared dead in Peru since COVID-19 confinement began, authorities said Monday. The Andean nation home to 33 million people long has had a horrific domestic violence problem.

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Record number of Black women set to run for US Congress

WASHINGTON(Reuters) – Joyce Elliott, an Arkansas state senator who is seeking a U.S. congressional seat in November, was the second Black student to attend her local public high school; the first was her older sister. If elected in November, she will be the ...

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Senate GOP proposes $25 billion provider grants, new liability shield

Senate Republicans on Monday proposed $25 billion in new grant funds for healthcare providers, a liability shield for healthcare facilities and workers, and relaxed terms for Medicare loans in their opening bid in the latest round of COVID-19 relief ...

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Ecuador Alarmed by Hundreds of Chinese Fishing Vessels Surrounding Galapagos Islands

The Ecuadorian Navy is monitoring the presence of hundreds of fishing vessels, many suspected to be Chinese, near the Galapagos Islands and has increased patrols to prevent the ships from entering their ecologically sensitive water, the country's defense ...

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Brother of Joost van der Westhuizen kills church robbers

Two armed robbers who stormed a church and demanded phones and jewellery from the congregation were shot dead by the brother of a former Springboks rugby star. Pieter van der Westhuizen was acting in self-defence and to protect fellow churchgoers ...

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Development agencies seek tech adoption for SDGs

Ife Ogunfuwa. Nigeria's development partners are seeking the use of technology to meet the targets of the sustainable development goals during the coronavirus pandemic. They made this known on Saturday during a webinar on 'Achieving Sustainable ...

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Egyptian social media influencers jailed for promoting immorality and human trafficking

An Egyptian court has sentenced two social media influencers and three other women to two years each in prison after finding them guilty of promoting immorality and human trafficking by encouraging women to make money building social media followings.

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Colin Kaepernick, Dr. Fauci to receive Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and Dr. Anthony Fauci have been recognized by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Organization to receive its most prestigious award. They were two of the five people chosen for the 2020 RFK Ripple of Hope ...

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Sunday, July 26, 2020

North Korea claims defector is suspected of bringing 'vicious' coronavirus into the country

South Korea's military is investigating the identity of a person accused by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un of potentially bringing coronavirus into the country for the first time. Key points: South Korea's authorities are examining footage recorded by frontline ...

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Ngozi as the Best Candidate for WTO

Obadiah Mailafia. On May 14, this year, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Roberto Carvalho de Azevedo of Brazil, announced that he would be stepping down by August 31, a year before his mandate is due to end. A distinguished ...

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North Korea locks down border city over first suspected virus case

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong, near the border with South Korea, under total lockdown after a person was found there with suspected COVID-19 symptoms, saying “the vicious virus” may have entered ...

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US diplomats to leave consulate in Chengdu in tit-for-tat closures

American diplomats are to leave the US consulate in the south-western Chinese city of Chengdu, following Beijing's decision to close the mission. With just hours to go before a Monday morning deadline, staff could be seen carrying box files and bags of ...

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Estate agent fined £5000 over anti-money laundering obligations

A local real estate agent has been fined £5,000 by the Office of Fair Trading for failing to meet anti-money laundering obligations. Local real estate agents are required to submit various documents to the OFT as part of their Anti-Money laundering and ...

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In poll, 8 of 10 say country's on wrong path; Trump's approval rating at 32%

WASHINGTON — With the November election 100 days away, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any previous point in Donald Trump's presidency, putting the incumbent in a perilous position as his reelection bid ...

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Bill Gates: S. Korea leads the race for COVID-19 vaccine

Microsoft co-founder and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-chairman Bill Gates has expressed his hope to strengthen the cooperation with the South Korean government in a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, saying that he was impressed by ...

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The Coronavirus Puts a Spotlight on a National Security Supply Crisis

This study identifies seven economy-related risks that could threaten the critical infrastructures, sectors, and processes that are vital for the sustainable functioning of society. by Stijn Hoorens. In times of national emergency, it can be crucial that governments ...

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Coronavirus updates: Global COVID-19 cases top 16 million, was 15 million only 4 days ago

The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 646,000 people worldwide. Over 16 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center ...

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