GUARDIAN: Barack Obama predicted that America would not elect Donald Trump president because people would “make a sensible choice in the end”. Speaking on Tuesday at a press conference in California after a meeting with south-east Asian leaders, the president condemned the entire field of Republican candidates for their rhetoric on immigration and climate change, […]
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President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia on Sunday said that fighters of the Boko Haram sect trained in his country before coming to Nigeria to carry out their heinous acts. According to Reuters, Mohamud said this while addressing a security conference in Germany. Reuters quoted him as saying that, “Without a stable Somalia, the whole […]
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A Tennessee couple is outraged after a doctor mistakenly performed tongue-clipping surgery on their son after mixing him up with another baby. Not long after baby Nate was born at University Medical Center in Lebanon, he went for what was supposed to be a routine physical. A few hours later, he was brought back to […]
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A young couple who died during the devastating Taiwan earthquake on New Year’s Eve were found in each other’s arms by rescuers. Tsai Meng-chia and his girlfriend Huang Ruo-hsin, both just 21, were found beneath the rubble of a residential building that collapsed during the magnitude 6.4 earthquake on New Year’s Eve. Reports suggest that […]
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(AP) BRAZIL has signed an agreement with a Texas research hospital to develop a vaccine against the Zika virus, the country’s health minister said Thursday, adding the goal is for the vaccine to be ready for clinical testing within 12 months. Minister Marcelo Castro said at a news conference that the government will invest $1.9 […]
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THE powerful earthquake that struck Taiwan early on Saturday killing at least 12 people dead, has on Thursday been reported to have more than 12 victims. Death toll now rose to 59 , with 76 people still missing and presumed trapped under the rubble of a collapsed residential building, the Ministry of Interior said. The 16-story […]
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Thousands of Saudis may be forced to abandon their dream of studying overseas because of the oil price crash. With its budget under enormous pressure, Saudi Arabia is having to cut back the generous scholarship program that supported 200,000 students abroad in 2015. According to CNN, The government has been forced to tighten the rules […]
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A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan early on Saturday killing at least 12 people, most in a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed, with some people still known to be missing in the ruins of the complex as night fell, government officials said. As rescuers searched for survivors, Reuters report, questions were raised about the construction of […]
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Donald Trump isn’t taking losing the Iowa caucuses lightly. After a brief effort to appear statesmanlike and spin his success positively, Trump is now accusing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz of stealing his first-place victory and calling for Cruz’s win to be nullified or for a new Iowa vote to take place. “Ted Cruz didn’t win […]
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Christine Lagarde is having some trouble sleeping at night. The head of the International Monetary Fund said “quite a few countries” are keeping her awake lately, but at the top of the list are low-income nations that rely heavily on exporting oil. “I think of a country like Nigeria, for instance, where 90% of its […]
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Texas maverick Ted Cruz dramatically came out with a surprise victory over his Republican rival in the Iowa caucus that supporters hope will herald a rightwing resurgence to match that of Ronald Reagan. Ignoring the media-friendly bombast of Trump in favor of a purer strain of anti-establishment conservatism, Republicans in the state voted in favor of […]
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CNN… GOLDMAN Sachs thinks crude oil’s late January surge back above $34 a barrel was a mere head fake. The elite Wall Street firm believes oil prices are poised to plunge to new lows below $26 a barrel — despite talk of OPEC coming to the rescue by cutting production. “It may already be too […]
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