Pot Business Is Smoking Hot In US, Despite Trump
Walk into Brett Vapnik's medicinal marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles and the pungent aroma of pot is good and strong. ...
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Petition Puts US First Family’s Costly Logistics In Crosshairs
First Lady Melania Trump, who lives at the family's New York City penthouse, should move to the White House or ...
Trump Border Wall Funding Facing Delay
President Donald Trump’s Mexican border wall may be delayed as Republicans consider putting its funding on hold. Senator Roy Blunt ...
Trump Moves On Climate, No Word Yet On Paris Accord
President Donald Trump took action on Tuesday to curb rules that underpin American emissions targets, making it clear climate change ...
Supreme Court Weighs Bad Legal Advice To Korean Immigrant
Trying to avoid costly prosecutions and long prison sentences for the accused, plea bargains are commonplace in the United States. ...
Programme To Be Axed By Trump Saves Energy
Voluntary efficiency programmes -- including one targeted for elimination by the Trump administration -- have led to energy savings of ...
Northeast Australia In Grip of ‘monster’ Cyclone Debbie
Lashing rain and howling winds battered northeast Australia Tuesday as towns went into lockdown ahead of a "monster" cyclone making ...
Nigeria’s Vice-President and A Fragile Peace In the Delta
While Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari was receiving treatment in London for an undisclosed illness, his energetic deputy Yemi Osinbajo was ...
High School Rape In US Fuels Trump-Era Debate On Immigration
A rape at a Washington area high school has drawn intense scrutiny as part of the immigration debate launched under ...
Germany To Clear Gays Convicted Under Nazi-Era Law
The German government Wednesday approved plans to quash the convictions of 50,000 men sentenced for homosexuality under a Nazi-era law ...
Nigeria Remains ‘critical’ Market In Africa Despite Recession
Investors have expressed confidence in the resurgence of Nigeria’s struggling economy, describing it as ‘very critical’ to building African companies ...
Banksy’s West Bank Hotel Opens Doors To First Guests
Secretive British street artist Banksy's hotel next to Israel's separation wall welcomed its first guests on Monday, two weeks after ...
We Failed To Learn From Biafran War — Ekweremadu
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has traced the humanitarian crisis in the North-East to the nation’s failure ...
Ahmad Confronts Hayatou Today
All eyes will be on the Confederation of African Football congress in Addis Abba on Thursday where Madagascar Football Federation ...
Nigeria Government Denies Forcing Pinnick To Vote For Hayatou
There were reports yesterday that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo through the Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung ordered Pinnick to vote for ...
Nigeria Saves $5m Daily From Ban On Rice, Wheat Imports
The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe yesterday in Kano said the policy on the ban of importation of rice ...
A Groundswell of Anti-Trump Fervor
Until Donald Trump became president, Kelsey Thomas spent her time studying, hanging out with friends and lounging on the beaches ...
Nigerian State Seeks To Move Oil Firms To Troubled Niger Delta
Nigeria's southern oil-rich Rivers state on Saturday backed a government call for major oil companies to move their offices to ...
Day Stuns Lucic-Baroni To Set Muguruza Clash
US teenager Kayla Day shocked Australian Open semi-finalist Mirjana Lucic-Baroni at Indian Wells on Friday to earn a clash with ...
Trump In Showdown Over Republican Obamacare Repeal Plan
Donald Trump has thrown his full weight behind a contested plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, battling to overcome resistance ...