On Thursday, teen pilot Zara Rutherford landed in Kortrijk, Belgium to officially become the first woman pilot to circumnavigate the world solo. The Belgian 19-year-old landed her single-seat Shark ultralight aircraft to cheers and honking horns from a crowd that gathered to welcome her home. Rutherford originally embarked from Kortrijk on August 18, 155 days ago. Upon stepping out of ...
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The United States and five allies issued a united condemnation on Monday of North Korea’s January 5 ballistic missile launch. US Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield read a joint statement to the press flanked by the ambassadors of Albania, Britain, France, Ireland, and Japan. It is only Japan out of the six nations that is not a current UN Security Council ...
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Colorado Gov. Jared Police on Thursday shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver to only 10 years. Apparently, the trucker got convicted in a deadly crash that had previously earned him 110 years in prison. This outraged many people hence the reduction of the sentence. The decision on Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’ sentence happened among several year-end commutations and pardons issued ...
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France and its 15 allies in Europe and Canada have condemned what they said is the deployment of Russian mercenaries to Mali. They said this could further deteriorate the security situation in West Africa which is battling Jihadist groups. The Western nations accused the Russian government of providing material support in the deployment of mercenaries from the Wagner group. However, ...
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The Founder & Executive Chairman, Econet Group & Cassava Technologies | Co-Founder Higherlife Foundation Strive Masiyiwa recently shared an article on his Facebook page about corruption. He talked about the dangerous of corruption and how God hates it. Some of the reasons why corruption should be curbed. Not enough of us are prepared to pay the price it will take ...
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