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Mexican FM seeks answers in Cairo after army attack

Sep 21, 2015 Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu recently met with her Egyptian counterpart in Cairo.  During the visit, she demanded an investigation into an attack by Egypt’s army that left eight Mexican nationals dead. Speaking at the Dar al Fouad hospital, Massieu said that her visit to Cairo was to bring the survivors ... Read More
 

Kenya's ARM Cement says clinker plant will boost margins.

Sep 21, 2015 Kenya’s ARM Cement has expressed optimism that its profit will increase after it started producing its own clinker, an essential material for cement production. The company, which has subsidiaries operating in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Rwanda, recently posted a pretax loss of 473.5 million shillings in the first six months, which ... Read More
 

China says committed to countering internet hacking

Sep 21, 2015 Cyber security has recently become an issue of global concern and will be one of the talking points when president Obama hosts his Chinese counterpart in Washington later in the week. President Obama recently told executives that the United States has made it abundantly clear to China that industrial espionage in cyber ... Read More
 

Philippine female senator announces plan of running for president

Sep 21, 2015 After several months of speculation, Senator Grace Poe recently announced her candidacy in the Philippine 2016 presidential elections. Poe made the announcement months after topping the latest presidential preference surveys by both the Social Weather Stations and Pulse Asia. The 47 year old made her announcement in front of her family and ... Read More
 

Bach says IOC will test public support among bidders

Sep 21, 2015 Budapest, Hamburg, Los Angeles, Paris and Rome were recently unveiled as potential candidates to host the 2024 summer Olympics games. According to Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympics committee, the body is set to conduct its own research to judge public support for the five bidding cities. “The IOC is ... Read More
 

Crew completes record sail of Arctic Ocean

Sep 21, 2015 A Chinese skipper and his crew of four sailors recently set the record for the first non-stop sail of the Northeast Passage in the Arctic Ocean. The crew, which was led by Guo Chuan consisted on members from Russia, France and Germany. The team took off from the Russian port of Murmansk ... Read More
 

New video alert! G-Fresh – “Alantere”

Sep 18, 2015 And in the world of new music, Nollywood actor and singer Gabriel Afolayan aka G-Fresh serves up a new romantic track and video titled “Alantere”. Singing in English and Yoruba, Gabriel Afolayan sings about the hustles of making a living as well as his feelings for his ... Read More
 

Trending on Google: Inspector Skede

Sep 18, 2015 Once again it’s time for our newly introduced Google’s Weekly Trends, where we bring you the top entertainment news stories trending on Google for the week, every Friday. We start off with the sad news of the demise of veteran Yoruba actor Fashionla Funsho Ogunremi aka Ispector Skede, who died in his ... Read More
 

Trending on Google: Orezi

Sep 18, 2015 And then we have Sprisal Entertainment singer Orezi trending on google this week upon the release of his long-anticipated debut album titled “The Gehn Gehn Album”. Reportedly enjoying massive airplay from the album are the tracks “Ogede” featuring Wizkid and Timaya as well as the track “Baby Abeg”