November 2018
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Pakistani police say they are investigating whether a Baluch separatist commander suspected of orchestrating a suicide attack against the Chinese Consulate in Karachi is sheltering in India. Pakistani security forces say they killed three suicide attackers trying to carry out the November 23 attack before they were able to enter the consulate building. But…
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Gripped with a string of scandals that have impacted not only Facebook shares but also his personal wealth, the company’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now defended the company and his own role at the world’s largest social media giant. In a recent interview with CNN, Zuckerberg clarified that he had no intentions…
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No doubts, life is full of coincidences; some very minor, but occasionally extraordinary. This is a list of 15 of the most amazing and incredible coincidences. 15. Childhood Book While American novelist Anne Parrish was browsing bookstores in Paris in the 1920s, she came upon a book that was one of her childhood favorites…
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My Background: I come from a family of teachers. My earliest memories include sitting at the dining table, helping my mum and grandmother place stickers on students work. Whilst I enjoyed being the official “sticker,” I remember thinking I never wanted to be a teacher because it seemed like hard work. The piles of…
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Considering the economic and political benefits of America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump insists that the Middle Eastern country will remain a “steadfast ally” despite allegations of human rights violation. Trump said Saudi Arabia’s investment in U.S. military equipment is worth several billions of dollars, adding that the business relationship is too big…
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A man in Dublin, South Africa, has been released from jail after court found him innocent of a murder he allegedly committed in May 2016. Image: Desmond Duffy Local news reports confirm that Desmond Duffy, who lived in Somerville Park in Rathmines before his arrest, shared home with his male partner of 36 years.…
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Facebook hit a low point this week following a string of scandals since the start of 2018. A damaging report published by The New York Times this week added another shocking controversy to the growing troubles facing Facebook, and caused the company’s shares to slide to their lowest since April 2017. However, the company’s boss,…
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A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced three people to prison over the smuggling of nearly two dozen rhinoceros horns from Ethiopia worth $1.5m. The bags carrying the 21 horns were discovered in March last year in a random customs search at Bangkok’s main airport. Officials found the horns, weighing almost 50 kg, inside luggage…
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Refugees in Libyan camps are suffering dehumanizing treatment from guards who allegedly starve them of good food and other necessities of life. According to a report from the Guardian newspaper, one of the detainees attempted suicide this week. The UK government currently sponsors a total of 26 refugee camps in Libya. Over a thousand…
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni recently declared kitchen as a “forbidden place” for men. Image: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President Museveni’s statement received huge criticisms in the media because cooking is a basic life skill, and it is more so for the fact that we live in the 21st century when gender stereotypes have…
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The first McDonald’s restaurant opened for business in 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and featured the McHaggis sandwich. The Air Force’s F-117 fighter uses aerodynamics discovered during research into how bumblebees fly. You *can* get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent bauxite. Silly Putty was “discovered” as the residue…
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Recently, Ethiopia became the third African country, after Rwanda and Seychelles, to achieve gender parity in their Cabinets when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s appointments saw women taking up half of the posts. A week later, Ethiopia made history when, through unanimous parliamentary approval, Ambassador Sahle-Work Zewde was appointed president, making her the first female…
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When you’re done with this article, you may wish to ask Google if the general public has lost interest in biodiversity conservation or whether people are no longer interested in environmental issues which, you probably don’t know, has long been overshadowed by climate change alone. The answer to both questions, according to Google searches at…
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WeChat is an all-in-one social media platform that combines services such as those offered by WhatsApp, Facebook, Uber and Apple Pay. It also acts as a news service via numerous WeChat Official Accounts (also called Public Accounts). These accounts allow government agencies, business corporations, and social organisations to post and distribute news stories to subscribers. WeChat users registered outside…
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