Chinese boxing star Zou Shiming vowed Monday to “fight until my last breath” to recover the title he lost in Shanghai when he was knocked out in his first defence of the WBO flyweight crown. Two-time Olympic gold medallist Zou was a strong favourite to beat Sho Kimura on Friday, but he ran out of … Read more
President Donald Trump attends a swearing-in ceremony Monday for his newly-named chief of staff John Kelly, appointed as part of a shakeup meant to instill order at a fractious White House bereft so far of major legislative achievements. Trump was scheduled to take part in a 9:30 am (1330 GMT) ceremony for Kelly, a retired … Read more
One of Myanmar’s most prominent investigative journalists was granted bail on Monday after being charged with insulting a Buddhist monk who praised the killer of a Muslim government lawyer. Police detained Swe Win at Yangon airport on Sunday evening as he tried to fly to Bangkok, claiming that he might evade a defamation charge leveled … Read more
John Kelly was sworn in Monday as the new White House chief of staff, as US President Donald Trump looked to the retired Marine general for leadership after a shake-up of his top staff. Kelly, 67, is replacing Reince Priebus, who was forced out last week after the spectacular failure of Trump’s bid to repeal … Read more
Online searches about suicide and suicidal methods soared in the weeks following the release of controversial Netflix drama “13 Reasons Why,” about a teenage girl who killed herself, US researchers said Monday. While the report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine did not examine whether the number of actual suicides … Read more
Donald Trump installed retired Marine Corps general John Kelly as his new chief of staff Monday, hoping to bring order and discipline to a White House beset by scandal, infighting, low approval ratings and legislative defeats. Trump confidently predicted the 67-year-old combat veteran — who impressed with a no-nonsense six-month stint at the Department of … Read more
Kenya’s David Rudisha’s hopes of adding world 800 metres gold to the Olympic title he won in a world record time at the same track in the 2012 London Olympics have been dashed because of injury. The 28-year-old — who ran an astonishing time of 1min 40.91sec to take gold in 2012 — took to … Read more
Libya’s UN-backed prime minister Fayez al-Sarraj called on Monday for a referendum on a draft constitution approved over the weekend following years of wrangling in the war-torn country. Libya had no constitution throughout the four-decade dictatorship of Moamer Kadhafi, who was overthrown and killed in a NATO-backed 2011 uprising. Libyans elected a 60-member panel in … Read more
Foul-mouthed spin doctor Anthony Scaramucci was fired as White House communications director Monday, just 10 days after being named to the post and hours after Donald Trump’s new chief of staff was sworn in. The 53-year-old New Yorker — whose vitriolic rant against colleagues gained him global notoriety — got the boot shortly after retired … Read more
Former President John Mahama has renewed his marriage vows with Lordina Mahama on the occasion of the couple’s 25th marriage anniversary. The ceremony, which was witnessed by some close friends and family of the couple, was held at a private Church service in Accra. Recently, John Maham took to his social media pages to announce his … Read more
Inter Milan´s Geoffrey Kondogbia entered the annals of sporting infamy with a remarkable own goal but the Italian side held on to win 2-1 and condemn Chelsea to a successive pre-season defeat on Saturday in Singapore. Inter led by two goals from the impressive Ivan Perisic and Stevan Jovetic, before what was supposed to be … Read more
Former President John Mahama has renewed his marriage vows with Lordina Mahama on the occasion of the couple’s 25th marriage anniversary. The ceremony, which was witnessed by some close friends and family of the couple, was held at a private Church service in Accra. Recently, John Maham took to his social media pages to announce … Read more
While there is no set precedent for the issue, more and more courts are encountering a new type of lawsuit related to social-media blocking. The Knight Foundation, for instance, is suing the U. S. government on behalf of Twitter users blocked by President Donald Trump, whose Twitter account has become alarmingly vital when it comes to … Read more
The intrigue surrounding Neymar’s future at Barcelona took another twist when the Brazilian star said Saturday that he would be in Shanghai on Monday. It comes a day after a major event organiser in China said a meet-and-greet with the forward on Monday in Shanghai was off because he and his advisers were busy with … Read more
The stunning collapse of President Donald Trump’s health reforms was due in large part to the defiance of two Republican women who resisted relentless White House pressure to toe the party line. While Senator John McCain’s revolt grabbed the headlines, the votes of the lesser-known Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski proved decisive in sinking Trump’s … Read more
US President Donald Trump ousted his beleaguered chief of staff Reince Priebus on Friday, replacing him with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly after vicious White House infighting spilled into the open. Only hours after a humiliating defeat on health care reforms had underlined his tenuous control over his party in Congress, Trump announced a second … Read more
US President Donald Trump on Friday ousted his beleaguered chief of staff Reince Priebus, replacing him with retired Marine Corps general and current Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. Priebus has been under fire for weeks, seeing one White House ally after another resign or leave, culminating in the recent departure of press secretary Sean Spicer. … Read more
A veteran political figure in Madagascar has died of gunshot wounds at his home, police said on Friday, after posting about personal problems on social media. Mamy Rakotoarivelo, a former parliament speaker and a key figure in talks that resolved a political crisis that dogged the country in the early 2000s, was found with a … Read more
ICGC special offering -It is incidents like this that provoke realists in the likes of musician A-Plus. After news broke that congregants of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) are sowing seeds as much as 5,000 dollars in order to receive a miracle or favor from God, social media has been awash with mixed reactions regarding … Read more
Amazon’s range of smart speakers and their artificial intelligence assistant Alexa have proved to be a huge sales hit. But the product is still a shadow of what the man in charge – Dave Limp – and indeed their owners, hope it will become. “We have thousands of engineers inside Amazon adding to [its] capability … Read more