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Sunday, May 7th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has decisively won the French presidential election, projected results say. Mr Macron defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen by about 65% to 35% to become, at 39, the country’s youngest president, the results show. If confirmed, he will also become the first president from outside the two traditional […]
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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017
Picture caption: Police and paramedics rescuing those injured in Wednesday’s London Terrorist attack LONDON — Three people were killed and 20 others wounded Wednesday after a terrorist attack at Britain’s Parliament sent crowds of tourists and lawmakers fleeing for safety. The victims included a police officer stabbed at the House of Commons who died despite […]
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Russian main opposition leader, Mr. Alexei Navalny, has been found guilty of embezzlement. Local media report that the judge was still reading the verdict in the city of Kirov, still, yet, it was clear that Mr. Navalny had been convicted. In the event that a suspended sentence was pronounced, […]
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Monday, January 2nd, 2017
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico urged other European leaders on Monday to stop calling referendums on domestic issues, saying they posed a threat to the EU and to the euro. Last June Britain voted in a referendum to leave the European Union and last month Italian voters rejected a constitutional reform plan. Right-wing, anti-immigrant parties […]
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Friday, December 30th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russia authority has said it will react to the expulsion of 35 of her diplomats from Washington, as heated controversy over alleged Russian interference in the recent US presidential election rages. President Barack Obama had vowed to take action against Russia amid US accusations that it directed cyber-attacks against the […]
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Friday, December 23rd, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Berlin market attack suspect, Anis Amri, has been shot dead by police in Milan. Italy’s Interior Minister Marco Minniti confirmed that the man who opened fire on police, who asked him for ID during a routine patrol in the Sesto San Giovanni area in the early hours of Friday, was […]
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US Secretary of State Mr. John Kerry has warned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that Washington will end Syria peace talks until Moscow stops the Aleppo bombing. In a phone conversation with Sergei Lavrov, Mr. Kerry said the US held Russia responsible for the use of incendiary and bunker bombs […]
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
– Obama, Pope Attend Funeral Friday BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Israeli’s Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres, has died at the age of 93. Mr. Peres suffered stroke two weeks ago, but his condition had improved before a sudden deterioration Tuesday. The former PM died in a hospital, near Tel Aviv early Wednesday, […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The French Economy Minister Mr. Emmanuel Macron has resigned his appointment in preparation for his contest for the Presidency in the next year’s election. The young former investment banker has been considered a controversial personality in the Socialist President Francois Hollande’s administration. Marcon 38, has once questioned France’s 35-hour working […]
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Friday, August 26th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As another tremor struck early Friday, Italy has declared a state of emergency in the worst hit regions by Wednesday’s earthquake in the central Italy. The declaration came amid hopes of finding more survivors deemed, thus death likelihood of death toll to rise. The Friday’s tremor was measured 4.7. Prime […]
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than six people were killed, while several others were injured, Friday after a shooting suspected to be masterminded by terrorists at the Olympia Mall in Munich. The city Police have also confirmed that the perpetrators of the shooting were on the run. Residents have been advised to avoid […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2016
LONDON – Sadiq Khan has been elected the new Mayor of London – boosting Labour after it slumped in Scotland’s elections. Mr Khan is the city’s first Muslim mayor, after beating Tory Zac Goldsmith by 1, 310,143 votes to 994,614. Mr Khan’s victory ends eight years of Conservative control of City Hall. The former Labour […]
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Saturday, April 30th, 2016
Many left-wing demonstrators have attempted to stop a right-wing ruling party conference scheduled to hold in the city of Stuttgart, Germany. There is a plan by Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) party to re-brand itself as openly anti-Islamic during the meeting. Already, AfD is planning to outlaw both wearing of burqa and construction of minarets in […]
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Friday, April 15th, 2016
Belgium Transport Minister Jacqueline Galant has his resigned appointment, following mounting accusations that she ignored security lapses at the Brussels airport before the bloody attacks of March 22, in which over 30 people were killed. Since the sad event, opposition parties have since been calling for the Minister’s sack. In addition to the call, the […]
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
Plot to impeach the embattled Brazilian President; Ms Dilma Rousseff deepens as two former coalition partners have declared they will vote for her removal from the office over claims that she allegedly manipulated government accounts. The President is being accused of juggling the treasury’s accounts to make her administration’s economic performance appear bouyant than it […]
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Tuesday, April 5th, 2016
The Iceland Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson has asked the President to dissolve the Parliament, due to allegation against him, of concealing millions of dollars investments in an offshore private firm. Pressure has continued to mount on Gunnlaugsson, following documents which have been made public, alleging that he and his wife owned offshore firm – Wintris. […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
French Justice Minister, Ms. Christiane Taubira has resigned from office. Taubira’s resignation was made public, shortly before plans to strip people convicted of terrorism against the citizenship go before parliament. It would be recalled 130 people were murdered in Paris in a terrorist attack Friday, November 13, 2015. In a tweet by the former Minister, […]
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Thursday, January 14th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Terrorists laid siege to the heart of Indonesia’s capital on Thursday with a four-hour gun and bomb assault that left seven people dead and 10 others wounded, officials said. Several attackers waged armed battles with police around a busy shopping and movie theater complex in downtown Jakarta and there were […]
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 10 people, including foreigners, Tuesday were killed, while about 15 were injured in an explosion which rocked tourist area of Istanbul, Turkey. Turkish officials confirmed that a Syrian National carried out a suicide bomb attack in the Sultan Ahmet district, near the city’s famous Blue Mosque. President […]
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2016
Sweden has introduced identity checks for travellers from Denmark in an attempt to reduce the number of migrants arriving in the country. All travellers wanting to cross the Oresund bridge by train or bus, or use ferry services, will be refused entry without the necessary documents. Rail commuters heading to Sweden will now have to […]
