Marvyn Iheanacho, 39, from London, has been given life sentence by Woolwich Crown Court for the murder of Alex Malcolm. Iheanacho beat his girlfriend’s five-year-old son to death in a British park because the child lost a shoe. Witnesses heard a male voice screaming about a lost shoe while a child fearfully apologised on Nov. […]
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF), says the UK and US economies will expand more slowly in 2017 than previously predicted. As reported by the BBC, IMF said “weaker-than-expected activity” in the first three months of the year meant the UK would grow by 1.7%, compared with an earlier 2% forecast. And the IMF revised down […]
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The lead singer of rock band Linkin Park, Chester Bennington, was found dead on Thursday (July 20) at his southern California home in an apparent suicide, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office said. Coroner’s office spokesman Brian Elias said his office had been notified by law enforcement of the death of Bennington, 41, on Thursday […]
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70-year-old former American football star, O.J Simpson, has been granted a parole, and he is expected to leave prison as early as October 1. Reprieve came for the former star on Thursday, after a parole board voted to approve his release. His Crime He has spent over eight years of his 33-year sentence for armed […]
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According to a statement released by his office, former Republican presidential nominee and Senator who represented Arizona at the U.S. Senate since 1986, John McCain, has been found to have brain tumor. McCain’s tumor was discovered after he a procedure last week to remove a blood clot, U.S. media reported. The senator’s doctors said in […]
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Ms Amina Mohammed, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, and three other UN envoys, would visit Acting President Yemi Osinbajo as part of their current trips to Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Mohammed would be joined by the Executive Director of UN Women, Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; the UN Special Representative on Sexual […]
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The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has lifted a ban on passengers on Saudi Arabian Airlines carrying large electronics like laptops onboard U.S.-bound flights. The airline was the last carrier under the restrictions to be granted the reprieve. In March, U.S. officials imposed restrictions on passengers carrying laptops and other large electronic gear in cabins on […]
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Former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter was rushed to hospital on Thursday after becoming dehydrated at a charity house-building project in Canada. His charity organisation, Habitat for Humanity however said he is doing “OK.” Carter, 92, became unsteady at the construction site and slumped away from his work area to a chair, according […]
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Aviation Authority of the Indian Ocean archipelago said on Thursday possible debris from a Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared in 2014 has been found on the Seychelles. The Seychelles Islands Development Company (IDC), said, rangers found two pieces of debris suspected to be from an aircraft while tagging turtles and birds on North Island. The […]
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Former Brazilian leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was convicted on corruption charges on Wednesday in the first of five graft trials he faces. The two-term president was sentenced to nine and half years in prison but would remain free on appeal. The ruling marked a stunning fall for Lula, Brazil’s first working-class president who […]
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