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USA
Massachusetts hospital worker claims record lottery jackpot
A 53-year-old Massachusetts hospital worker stepped forward Thursday to claim the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history — a $758.7 million Powerball prize — after breaking the news to her employer the way the rest of us only dream of: "I called and told them I will not be ...
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Spagna Regno Unito Malta
Caruana Galizia features heavily, as potential leaders discuss vision for country in first debate
PN Leadership hopefuls Chris Said, Adrian Delia, Alex Perici Calascione, and Frank Portelli have faced off in the first debate, which was almost two and a half hours long.Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was a common topic following a number of articles which focused on Porelli and Delia, as the candidates ...
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Guatemala El Salvador Costa Rica
Guatemala ofrece un alivio de la violencia de las pandillas en la región
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: El Salvador, Guatemala, HondurasEl ACNUR, la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados, y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil han establecido una red de espacios seguros para brindar protección para los solicitantes de asilo.En una visita al país centroamericano, el Alto Comisionado destacó ...
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Thailandia
SET falls 0.61 to 1,575.35 at opening
Thai stocks opened down 0.04% at the start of trade this morning.
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Nuova Zelanda
Settled Auckland line-up to face Taniwha
There is just one change to the Auckland starting XV as they kick off their home Mitre 10 Cup programme this Saturday at Eden Park against old foes the Northland Taniwha in a crossover clash. Akira Ioane’s promotion to the All Blacks squad for the Bledisloe Cup test in Dunedin ...
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Nigeria
FG makes N13bn from stamp duty
•NIPOST, CBN seal monitoring pact Everest Amaefule, Abuja The total amount of stamp duty collected on deposits in bank accounts across the Deposit Money Banks has yielded N13bn to the Federal Government, investigation has shown. Sources close to the Central Bank of Nigeria where the fund is warehoused confirmed to ...
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Nigeria
Fraud allegation: Police knock Senate ethics committee chair
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Nigeria Police Force said it would report Senator Isah Misau to the Senate Ethics and Privileges Committee for making false and unsubstantiated allegations against the force. The police stated that Misau, Senate Committee Chairman on Navy, did not honour their summons to substantiate his allegations that ...
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Nigeria
Telecommunications sector contributes N1.6tn to GDP
Everest Amaefule, Abuja telecommunications contributed N1.6tn to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product in the second quarter of the year, the Nigerian Communications Commission said on Thursday. The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said this when he visited the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Mr. Mohammed ...
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Nigeria
Residents laud Ambode as Lake Rice sales begin
Lagos residents yesterday hailed the government following the commencement of the sale of Lake Rice in designated centres across the state At the Agricultural Development Authority (ADA) in Agege, one of the designated sale centres, people were seen buying the item at 50kg for N12,000, 25kg for N6,000 and 10kg ...
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Kenya
Kenya finally ends trade spat with Dar
Government officials confirm the two countries have lifted import bans after intervention by the heads of State.