• Nigeria

    Forex: 700 BDCs under threat over low patronage

    No fewer than 700 Bureau De Change operators have come under threat as purported uncompetitive exchange rate continues to hit their bottom line. The President, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, said the development had rendered the BDCs inactive at the Central Bank of Nigeria ...

  • Nigeria

    Promoting Peaceful Coexistence Through Songs : Jeremiah Gyang Storm Kaduna In Live Musical Concert 

    BY ISAIAH BENJAMIN As part of efforts towards the promotion of peaceful coexistence among Nigerians,  Jos based Nigerian musical artist  is set to storm the city of Kaduna In Kaduna State in a live musical concert tagged the ‘Jeremiah Gyang experience ‘. Gyang who is a singer, song writer,  multi ...

  • Malta

    Veteran comedian Jerry Lewis dead at 91

    Jerry Lewis, the high prince of low-brow comedy on stage and in movies as well as a fund-raising powerhouse with his annual Labour Day telethon, diedtoday of "natural causes" at the age of 91, his family said. "Famed comedian, actor and legendary entertainer Jerry Lewis passed away peacefully today of natural ...

  • USA

    Family tribute to boy, 7, killed in Barcelona attack

    The family of a seven-year-old boy killed in the Barcelona terror attack have said they were blessed to have had him in their lives. Julian Cadman, a dual British-Australian national, became separated from his mother in the massacre on Las Ramblas that left 13 dead and at least 120 injured. In the ...

  • Australia Regno Unito

    Mooy strikes as Huddersfield edge Newcastle

    Promoted Huddersfield Town made it two wins out of two in the Premier League as a superb Aaron Mooy strike gave them a 1-0 home win over Newcastle United on Sunday. The hosts built on last week's 3-0 win over Crystal Palace, which marked their return to the top flight after ...

  • USA Francia

    Jerry Lewis, comedian, rubber-faced showman dies at 91

    Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the tireless, teary host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons, has died. He was 91.Publicist Candi ...

  • Germania

    French designer in costly dispute over Pitt-Jolie chateau

    A French lighting designer has won a $600,000 court ruling in a dispute with Brad Pitt over the re-design of the chateau in Provence that he and Angelina Jolie shared. But designer Odile Soudant isn't stopping there.Soudant says her business went under and her career was irreparably damaged because of ...

  • Turchia

    One million women in Turkey quit jobs in five years to raise children

    One million women in Turkey have quit their jobs over the five-year period from 2010-2015 as a result of the duties bound to childcare, in addition to 112,000 others who have quit their jobs to care for the elderly, according to a study by the Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation ...

  • India

    Defense firms eye billion-dollar chance for ‘made in India’

    India has drawn up a shopping list for tens of billions of dollars of foreign fighter jets, armored vehicles, submarines and helicopters but it will only sign the cheques if they are made in India.

  • USA Iran

    Iran’s top priority to protect nuclear deal from US: Rouhani

    Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Aug. 20 that the top foreign policy priority for his new government was to protect the nuclear deal from being torn up by the United States.