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  • The Best Universities for Politics & Government in the USA (2024)

    Why Study Politics & Government in the USA There are many reasons why someone might want to study Politics & Government at a university in the USA. Here are just a few: The Best Colleges in the USA for Politics & Government The following tables gives the 10 top colleges / universities in the USA for Politics…

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  • This is a tale that’s more than just a marmalade dropper. It’s a story so astounding you have to pick yourself up off the floor.  Mark Menzies MP last December allegedly made a 3.15am phone call to an elderly party volunteer asking for £5,000 as a matter of “life or death” because he had been locked up…

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  • Many governments encourage FDI in their countries as a way to create jobs, expand local technical knowledge, and increase their overall economic standards. Countries like Hong Kong and Singapore long ago realized that both global trade and FDI would help them grow exponentially and improve the standard of living for their citizens. As a result,…

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  • The UK government has announced it will take legal action against the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), over its planned 48-hour strike this weekend. It comes after RCN members declined the government’s NHS pay offer ten days ago, leading the nursing union to announce new strike action and seek fresh negotiations. Health Secretary Steve Barclay…

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  • In less than two months, precisely May 29, Bola Tinubu will be inaugurated as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The incoming administration will be inheriting a lot of challenges that defied solutions under President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. Nigeria has been riddled with lots of economic challenges ranging from high rates of loans,…

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  • Thousands of police officers carried out raids across much of Germany on Wednesday against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the government in an armed coup. Officials said 25 people were detained. Federal prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11 of Germany’s 16 states against adherents of the…

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  • Spain’s government presented a new bill Tuesday with the goal of providing better protection for economically vulnerable migrants who are in the clutches of international human trafficking rings. The proposed legislation was designed to help victims of different types of trafficking, from sexual exploitation and forced labor to the illegal sale of human organs, involuntary…

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  • Boris Johnson forgot he had been directly told an investigation was held into Chris Pincher’s behaviour, No.10 has claimed. The prime minister is under mounting pressure over his decision to appoint close ally Chris Pincher to the job of deputy chief whip. Downing Street’s explanation has changed over the course of the last five days. A…

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  • The Taliban says it is planning an inclusive caretaker government in Afghanistan after the group toppled the Western-backed administration in a stunning sweep earlier this month. Taliban sources told Al Jazeera that the caretaker government will include leaders from all ethnicities and tribal backgrounds in the country. Nearly a dozen names are being considered to…

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  • Historical facts about Africa’s craziest despot Idi Amin

    Idi Amin, who died on 16 August, 2003 is best known as a debauchee. The late Ugandan military president is regarded as Africa’s worst despots. His harem was full of women during his Presidency and he sired hundreds of children purposefully., having thought of living behind him a whole tribe known by his name. Officially…

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  • As part of the actions, the U.S. barred Americans from doing business with and will seize any financial assets in the U.S. belonging to First Lady Cilia Flores, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino.   Image shows Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro “We are continuing to designate loyalists who enable…

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  •   Technology is transforming how health care is delivered in Africa, giving more people in remote areas there and around the world access to better care. Likewise, easier access to data helps both doctors and policymakers make better-informed decisions about how to continue to improve the system. Even with these strides, however, the continent’s health…

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  •   Corruption is the single greatest obstacle preventing Nigeria from achieving its enormous potential. It drains billions of dollars a year from the country’s economy, stymies development, and weakens the social contract between the government and its people. Nigerians view their country as one of the world’s most corrupt and struggle daily to cope with…

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  • The Federal Government is reportedly making plans to disburse $322 million fund repatriated from the accounts of former Head of State, late General Sani Abacha in Switzerland to Nigerians. DailyTrust reports that the National Coordinator of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), Nigeria and Special Assistant to the President on Justice Reforms, Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu disclosed this recently in…

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  • The day China’s ruling Communist Party unveiled a proposal to allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely as Mao Zedong did a generation ago, Ma Bo was so shaken he couldn’t sleep. So Ma, a renowned writer, wrote a social media post urging the party to remember the history of unchecked one-man rule that ended…

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  • 21. The world’s loneliest island is the Tristan da cunha. 22. The word ‘Quiz’ was coined by Jim Daly Irishman. 23. The original meaning of ‘Quiz’ was Trick. 24. The busiest shopping centre of London is Oxford Street. 25. The residence of the Queen in London is Buckingham Palace. 26. Adolf Hitler was born in…

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