Schumacher: Ferrari Mark F1 Driver’s Birthday
Michael Schumacher’s family have thanked the public for their support as he remains in a coma following a skiing accident. The Formula One driver turns 45 today in his hospital bed in Grenoble after suffering critical head injuries in the French Alps on Sunday. The Ferrari team which he spent many years racing for announced it would hold a “silent…
Read More →Obesity Rates Balloon In Developing World
3 January 2014, 3:59 Obesity Rates Balloon In Developing World Tweet The number of overweight and obese people has reached almost one billion in the developing world – overtaking rates in industrialised countries, a report has found. The report by…
Read More →Strong winter storm pushes into the Northeast
RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press= BOSTON (AP) — A storm expected to bring more than a foot of snow, stiff winds and punishing cold pushed into the Northeast on Thursday, extending Christmas break for some students while posing the first test for New York’s new mayor and perhaps the last challenge for Boston’s outgoing one. Some schools in New England and New York closed well ahead of the snow, while cities mobilized plows and salt spreaders, and state offices sent workers home early. Some major highways were ordered shut down overnight. U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,300 flights nationwide on Thursday in advance of the storm. The heavy weather began rolling in just a day after New York…
Read More →Former PM Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, hospital says
Sharon is suffering multiple organ failure, Prof. Zeev Rotstein says. Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, the director general of Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, said Thursday morning, after the former prime minister’s medical condition had significantly deteriorated. “He has not undergone dialysis,” Prof. Zeev Rotstein said, “He is still getting the same medical treatments he […]
Read More →Africa’s Most Successful Women: Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
Every now and then, I profile outstanding African women who’re making giant strides in business, politics, technology, entrepreneurship and leadership on the continent and elsewhere around the world. This week, I profile the spectacular Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, an Ethiopian entrepreneur and the founder of SoleRebels, a thriving eco-sensitive footwear brand that pundits hail as Africa’s answer […]
Read More →South Sudan government, rebels set for ceasefire talks
Fighting erupted in South Sudan 15 December, when President Salva Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar of attempting a coup. Sudanese citizens walk to board a Sudanese plane back to Khartoum after it brought food aid, medicine, and clothes in Juba on Tuesday (AFP PHOTO/CHARLES ATIKI) AFP- South Sudan’s warring parties were Wednesday set […]
Read More →Nine activists sentenced for two years in prison Rana Muhammad Taha
Supporters of Khaled Said and his family had gathered outside court to show solidarity in June 2013 (Photo Al-Dostour Party Handout) Sentenced activists include prominent Alexandrian activists accused of taking part in protest in solidarity with Khaled Said The Raml Misdemeanour Court sentenced on Thursday nine Alexandrians for two years in prison and an […]
Read More →Kerry renews Middle East diplomacy drive
John Kerry, US secretary of state, has met Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, to push for a framework for Middle East peace talks. The two leaders met in Jerusalem on Thursday, marking the start of what is expected to be an intense fo…
Read More →Bombing in northern Iraq city kills 19
BAGHDAD (AP) — A truck packed with explosives blew up in a city north of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 19 people, as security forces and allied tribesman battled to put down an uprising by al-Qaida-linked militants who overran police stations in several Sunni cities. The Shiite-led government was trying to contain the eruption of militant violence in mainly Sunni Anbar province amid mounting sectarian tensions, fueled by authorities’ moves the past week, arresting a senior Sunni politician accused of terrorism and dismantling a months-old Sunni sit-in protest. In an apparent move to raise Sunni support, security forces arrested a controversial Shiite cleric who leads an…
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