Some see perseverance as a call to action. One that is dedicated to a victorious getback after the game of life hurls some unforeseen drama your way. Others may view perseverance as a response, both unfortunate and burdensome in nature. The side of the spectrum with which your ideologies align is a determining factor in … Read more
Trump vows to back away from business to focus on White House U. S. President-elect Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to step back from running his global business empire to avoid conflicts of interest but gave few immediate details as concern over his dual role mounts ahead of his Jan. 20 inauguration. Trump, a real … Read more
The 1,400 of workers building furnaces for Carrier in Indianapolis are at the center of a high-profile tug of war between President-elect Donald Trump and the plant’s corporate parent, United Technologies. Trump’s pledge to stop employers like Carrier from moving jobs overseas was central to his campaign, and an issue that’s paramount to the Midwest … Read more
United States President-elect Donald J Trump’s potential pivot to isolationism could impact the aid money that the US spends on health, education, agriculture and humanitarian crises across Nigeria, and Africa as a whole. Nigeria is set to lose over $1.6 billion dollars in a five-year developmental assistance support agreement signed with the Obama administration in … Read more
Protesters remained vocal Sunday about the election of Donald Trump as cities such as Washington and San Francisco braced for more public demonstrations. In Manhattan, a group gathered to demonstrate against Trump’s immigration policies. “The main purpose is to tell Donald Trump he can’t just deport 11 million undocumented people,” Noelle Yasso said. “They’re here … Read more
The 1920’s was an extraordinary period for Germans. It was a period of extreme economic hardship, occasioned, not by a sharp drop in oil prices as is the case with Nigeria, but as a comeuppance of the First World War. Just smarting from the loss of the war, one could imagine the exasperation of the … Read more
Pope Francis has named 17 new cardinals of the Catholic Church, including 13 who are eligible to vote to elect his successor when he resigns or dies. The new cardinals are mainly from developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The appointments on Sunday emphasise the growing influence at the Vatican of clerics from … Read more