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Trump To Cancel Visa Lottery
Calling terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov "an animal," President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will ask Congress to end the immigration lottery program, which he blamed for allowing Saipov to enter the United States.
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UK’s Defence Chief Resigns Over Sex Allegations
British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has resigned, admitting that his behaviour towards women had in the past fallen short of the standards expected by the UK military.
“I realise that in the past I have fallen below the high…
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Catalonia Crisis Goes To Court
Several members of Catalonia’s parliament will appear before the Supreme Court in Madrid today to answer for their part in the handling of the region's independence bid.
Together with 14 members of the region’s sacked government who have…
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Kenya Upgrades Security For Top Judges After Attack
Kenya Chief Justice, David Maraga, on Wednesday clarified a news report that said the government had refused to beef up security for Supreme Court judges.
The story carried by the Reuters news agency suggested that the government had…
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NYC Attack Suspect Charged With Terrorism
An Uzbek immigrant has been charged by US prosecutors with causing the deaths of at least eight people in New York by mowing them down in a truck.
Sayfullo Saipov, 29, is also accused of providing material support and resources to…
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Three Dead In Shooting At Walmart In Colorado
At least three people have been killed after a shooting near a Walmart store in the US state of Colorado, police sources said.
The shooting in the Denver suburb of Thornton took place on Wednesday evening and left three people dead…
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Saudi Arabia: Two Women Sentenced To Ten Lashes For WhatsApp Insults
Two women in Saudi Arabia have been sentenced to ten lashes each after insulting one another via WhatsApp. The two unnamed women were sentenced to the brutal punishment after trading insults on the messaging app this year, local media…
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4 Ghanaian Journalists On Working Visit To Denmark
Four Ghanaian journalists have arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark at the invitation of the Danish government for an official working visit to Denmark. Their visit is ahead of the royal state visit to Ghana in November by Her Majesty the Queen…
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Liberia’s Supreme Court Halts Presidential Run-Off Over Fraud
Liberia's Supreme Court has ordered preparations for Tuesday's presidential run-off vote be halted amid allegations of fraud from an eliminated candidate.
Ex-football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are due to go…
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New York Truck Attacker Kills Eight
At least eight people have been killed and 11 seriously hurt in New York after the driver of a truck mowed down people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan.
A 29-year-old man who emerged from the white pick-up truck was shot by a police…
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