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How did a 9-year old entrepreneur, Mikaila Ulmer of Sugar Land, TX, beat out the conglomerate giants such as Kraft, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Procter & Gamble to land coveted shelf space and a million dollar contract with Whole Foods? Check also: The 23 year old is South Africa’s youngest self-made millionaire today Her precocious response? “I don’t know? Do they make theirs ...

Nigeria’s defense minister claims that Boko Haram will be vanquished from its final stronghold in the Sambisa Forest within three months. Mansur Dan Ali, a retired general in the Nigerian Army who took over the defense ministry in November 2015, said on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari had “changed the game” in the battle against Boko Haram, which has pledged ...

Americans love to brag about their work ethic. Today, Americans report working an average of 44 hours per week, the highest average in the 35 years Gallup has been tracking the statistic. More than 40 percent of workers report putting in more than 45 hours a week at their job. Check also: The coldest states and cities in the America ...

In yet another tragic aviation accident, Flydubai, a government owned low cost UAE based airline, crashed enroute from Dubai to Rostov in Russia, killing all 62 on board. According to a whistleblower, the airline was known to ‘work their pilots to death’, and thus fatigue could have been a cause for the death. Other theories being considered are technical failure, ...

NAIROBI – At least 38 university students were injured Friday near Nairobi after they mistook screams from a fellow student for signs of an extremist attack, a police official said Friday. This is the fourth incident in which university students have been injured in a panic following the April 2 extremist attack on Garissa University in which 148 people died, ...