Archive For: The Crunch
Sep 15, 2015 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently met with his Sudan and South Sudan counterpart in Moscow in a bid to strengthen diplomatic relations between the three countries. Speaking ahead of the meeting, the Russian Foreign Minister said: “We hope that the upcoming talks with Sudan’s foreign minister Ghandour tomorrow in Moscow will ... Read More
Sep 15, 2015 Zambia’s kwacha currency has recently dropped to a record low, following a power crisis and a fall in the export price of copper. A slide in global copper prices has further depressed the kwacha, after the currency fell by 55 percent against the dollar early this year. This current trend has forced ... Read More
Sep 15, 2015 Auma Obama, half-sister to U.S. President Barack Obama and chairwoman of the Kenya-based Sauti Kuu Foundation, recently attended the “Act Now 2015” charity award in Berlin. While speaking to reporters at a news conference, she said: “I always wanted to celebrate young people because we work with them and tell them to ... Read More
Sep 15, 2015 Apple recently launched its long-awaited fourth-generation TV at the “Hey Siri” media event in San Francisco, California. The TV, which is preloaded with its own App Store, new Apple TV OS, comes with a Siri Remote, which enables users to navigate through content conveniently. Speaking at the product launch, Tim Cook, Chief Executive of Apple opened ... Read More
Sep 15, 2015 Jordan’s Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein recently affirmed his decision to run for FIFA’s presidency. The 39 year old made this known at the Royal institute of international affair in London, saying he wants to be the man to lead soccer out of the “danger” it has been put in by its ... Read More
Sep 14, 2015 During a state visit to Ghana recently, Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari affirmed that great strides were being taken against Islamist militant group Boko Haram. On arrival, the president was greeted by a guard of honour alongside officials from the Nigerian high commission in Ghana. President Buhari sat down with his Ghanaian counterpart ... Read More
Sep 14, 2015 The Democratic Republic of Congo recently announced plans to introduce an awareness campaign in a bid to reinforce public and private efforts against fake drugs. According to a World Health Organization estimate, 10 percent of prescription drugs available in pharmacies and hospitals around the world are fake, however in Africa those figure ... Read More
Sep 14, 2015 Preparations for the papal visit coincided with the annual celebrations for Our Lady of Regla and Cubans took part in a procession after a mass in the National Sanctuary of Our Lady of Regla. The saint, otherwise known as the Black Madonna, is a syncretic mixture of the Catholic Virgin Mary and ... Read More
Sep 14, 2015 Wayne Rooney recently became England’s all-time record scorer when he smashed home his 50th international goal during England’s 2-0 victory over Switzerland in their Euro 2016 Group E qualifier at Wembley. The 29 year old broke Bobby Charlton’s record of 49 goals when he thundered his spot kick past Swiss keeper Yann ... Read More
Sep 11, 2015 After two years of planning, a trimaran recently set sail across the Arctic Sea in an attempt to set a non-stop sailing record for the route from Europe to the Pacific. The crew, Jochen Krauth and Quentin Monegier of France, Boris Herrmann and Tim Bastian Frank of Germany, and Sergei Nizovtsev from ... Read More
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