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Yemeni-American YouTube star says Delta booted him off flight for speaking Arabic
A Yemeni-American YouTube star from New York, Adam Saleh, called for a boycott of Delta Airlines after charging he was removed from one of its flights on Wednesday for speaking Arabic. Delta said he was asked to leave the London to New York flight on Wednesday morning following an unspecified ...
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Business Beat: Kengen employ tops Leeds University masters class
A Kenyan student was Monday feted for being the best energy engineering student at the prestigious Leeds University in London United Kingdom.
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Business: Kengen employ tops Leeds University masters class
A Kenyan student was Monday feted for being the best energy engineering student at the prestigious Leeds University in London United Kingdom.
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Business: Netflix US Twitter account hacked
OurMine has hacked several high-profile Twitter accounts this year, including those of Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google chief executive Sundar Pichai.
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Il Ministro Alfano oggi a Parigi e Londra. Domani tappa a Berlino, poi Madrid e Pristina
Il Ministro degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Angelino Alfano ha iniziato oggi un tour di Capitali europee, che tocca Parigi, Londra, Berlino e Madrid e si chiuderà con una tappa a Pristina. La prima missione all’estero del Ministro Alfano parte dalla capitale francese dove oggi ha...
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They may be full of trinkets and terrible jokes, but crackers make traditional and decorative decor
It might be thought that their name came from the crack of the banger inside it which is made up of two strips of paper chemically impregnated with a chemical that react with friction caused by two people pulling the cracker apart and makes a bang.A more romantic, reason is ...
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Updated (3): Truck runs into Christmas market in Berlin; 12 people dead; 50 hurt; driver arrested
A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring nearly 50 as it smashed through tables and wooden stands. Police said a suspect believed to be the driver was arrested nearby and a passenger died as paramedics were treating him.The ...
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Missione del ministro Alfano a Parigi, Londra, Berlino, Madrid e Pristina
Il ministro degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Angelino Alfano inizierà domani un tour di Capitali europee, che toccherà Parigi, Londra, Berlino e Madrid e si chiuderà con una tappa a Pristina. La prima missione all’estero del ministro Alfano parte dalla capitale francese dove, domani,...
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UK government rejects Farage's ambition to be link to Trump
The British government says it doesn't need maverick anti-European politician Nigel Farage to be its go-between with the incoming Trump administration.Senior figures in Prime Minister Theresa May's government rejected the idea Sunday after Farage, former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, argued he would be ideal given his bond ...
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UK to invest $1bn in Nigeria’s transport sector
Rasheed Bisiriyu Firms from the United Kingdom have revealed plans to invest over $1bn (about N305bn) in the transport sector of the Nigerian economy. The investments, expected to come on stream within 18 months, are aimed at improving the operations of Nigeria’s maritime, railway and aviation industries, according to a ...
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BIG READ: Artistes use brushes to tell story of extrajudicial killings in Kenya amid UK, US warning
As the sun rises up to shine on many Kenyans with rays of hope, many marginalised communities and those from low income urban towns are treated to rays of uncertainty, sorrow and pain. This section of the population, largely slum residents, are normally greeted to a new day of battle ...
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Mass measles vaccination campaign underway in southern Somalia
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Japan, Somalia, United States of AmericaFollowing a serious outbreak of measles in Kismayo, UNICEF delivered 55,000 doses of measles vaccine to children under 10, along with Vitamin A supplementation to boost immunity. Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia 16 December 2016 - UNICEF and partners are aiming to vaccinate ...
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Bethwel Gecaga: Pioneer in pursuit of excellence
BETHWEL Mareka Gecaga, who has died aged 96, was the ultimate boardroom operative of his generation in this country, and will long be remembered as one of the foremost icons of the Kenyan corporate sector. His family and corporate connections and networks were of the first water. When it comes ...
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Less than 3 per cent of Syrian refugees resettled in rich countries: Oxfam
Source: Oxfam Country: Australia, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, WorldOxfam reviewed the resettlement policies of eight countries – Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom and the ...
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Woman gives birth using ovary frozen when she was eight
A woman who had her fertility restored using frozen ovarian tissue which was removed when she was a child has given birth. Moaza Al Matrooshi, 24, is thought to be the first person in the world to be delivered of a baby after having the ovary removed and cryopreserved before she ...
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EU rebuffs European Parliament's bid for bigger role in Brexit talks
The leaders of 27 European Union countries on Thursday rebuffed a bid by the EU legislature for a much bigger role in talks on Britain's exit from the bloc, an argument that detracted from efforts to show a united stand in the negotiations.Even though the EU Parliament will have to ...
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Tanzania: TIC, UK Group Partner On Research
[Daily News] Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) has signed research partnership with Oxford Business Group (OBG) to collect data on original analysis of Tanzania's investment and business environment for the 2017 country report.
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Trump likely to trim official aid to Kenya, report suggests
The US is likely to cut a multibillion-shilling annual aid to Kenya under the Donald Trump presidency, a new report suggested yesterday. The Economic Insight: Africa Q4 2016 report, commissioned by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, says there are signs of the Trump's administration adopting an ...
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House to send anti-bribery Bill for presidential assent after one-year wait
The proposed law, modelled along the UK’s Bribery Act, seeks to punish private sector bribery especially in dealings with government and public agencies.
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Warning of humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen unless more food reaches millions
Source: Disasters Emergency Committee Country: YemenBefore the conflict, Yemen had one of the highest levels of malnutrition in the world. Now, 3.3 million children and pregnant and breastfeeding women are acutely malnourished.Aid workers are warning that Yemen is heading towards a humanitarian catastrophe should more emergency food not reach the millions ...
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Fox agrees deal to buy Sky for $14.6 bln
Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox has agreed to buy British pay-TV firm Sky for $14.6 billion. The deal, which shareholders will still have to vote on, comes five years after the media tycoon's last tilt at taking full control of the business through News Corporation. That bid was derailed after the ...