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At least 19 people killed in ATR plane crash in Tanzania
A Tanzanian passenger plane has crashed into Lake Victoria as it attempted to land in the lakeside town of Bukoba, killing at least 19 people. Twenty-six of the 43 people on board the Precision Air flight were initially rescued and sent to hospital. The two pilots survived the crash and managed to speak to local…
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Twitter: Musk defends deep cuts to company’s workforce
Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk says he had “no choice” but to slash the company’s workforce as the firm is losing more than $4 million a day. Half of the company’s staff are being let go, a week after Musk bought Twitter in a $44 billion deal. Twitter staff have been using the platform to…
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US Mid-term elections: a defining moment for the world
By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto) Democracy is at stake in the country that…
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Woman sentenced in Nigerian aircraft deal
After three years of investigation involving about five agencies of the American government and the subsequent legal fireworks, the District Court in Atlanta, Georgia has finally exonerated the Chief Executive of Air Peace, Chief Allen Onyema of any business fraud. The court, which discovered that there was no loss against any bank in the indictment…
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Man freed after 38 years for murder he did not commit
A US man who spent nearly four decades in prison for murder has been released after new DNA evidence pointed to a different person. Maurice Hastings served more than 38 years in state prison for the 1983 murder of Roberta Wydermyer in California and two attempted murders. But new DNA evidence instead pointed to another…
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Assailant breaks into Nancy Pelosi’s home, attacks husband Paul Pelosi
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was violently attacked when an intruder broke into the couple’s San Francisco home Friday morning, a representative for the Democrat said. Paul Pelosi, 82, was taken to the hospital and is expected to make a recovery, spokesman Drew Hammill said in a statement. Nancy Pelosi was not home at the…
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TELL YOUR RELATIVES IN THE US: No one hit Powerball jackpot, new drawing an estimated $800M
No one won an estimated $700 million Powerball jackpot, meaning the big prize will grow to an estimated $800 million for the next drawing. The numbers drawn Wednesday night were: 19, 36, 37, 46 and 56. The Powerball was 24. No one has matched all six numbers and won the Powerball jackpot since Aug. 3,…
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‘World’s dirtiest man’ dies at 94, months after his first wash in decades
A hermit dubbed by media as “the world’s dirtiest man” has died at the age of 94, just months after having his first wash in decades. Amou Haji had refused to use soap and water for more than half a century, fearing it would make him sick. The Iranian, who lived in the southern province…
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Adidas severs partnership with Kanye West over antisemitic remarks
Adidas has ended its partnership with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, over his offensive and antisemitic remarks, the latest company to cut ties with Ye and a decision that the German sportswear company said would hit its bottom line. “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech,” the…
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BREAKING: Rishi Sunak to become next British prime minister
Rishi Sunak has won the race to be leader of Britain’s Conservative Party and will become the country’s next prime minister — the third this year. Sunak emerged over former leader Boris Johnson and Penny Mourdaunt in the truncated process to replace Liz Truss as leader. “Rishi has my full support,” Mourdant said in a statement…
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Not Even Boris-mania can Stop Sunak now – Britain Gets its First Coloured Prime Minister
By Arvel Grant Not Even Boris-mania can Stop Sunak now: Britain Gets its First Coloured Prime Minister, A Very Different Lens Through Which to See its Coloured Minorities At the start of the race, to elect a new leader for the British Conservative Unionist Party, I used an earlier piece, to lament the tragic reality…