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Former US president George HW Bush hospitalized with infection
Former US president George HW Bush has been admitted to hospital after contracting an infection that spread to his blood, his spokesman said Monday. Bush, 93, is responding to treatments and appears to be recovering, Jim McGrath said on Twitter. The former president was admitted to hospital in Houston Sunday morning, just a day after…
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U.S. Investment Summit: Kachikwu replies Sanusi, explains why he was absent
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Monday refuted reports that he was absent at an intended meeting with investors in the U.S. alongside other ministers. A statement in Abuja by the spokesman for the Ministry Mr Idang Alibi, said Kachikwu was at another investors meeting in the UK. The statent…
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U.S. university closed after 100 students fall ill
A university in the U.S. state of Connecticut was closed on Monday after 100 students fell ill. The affected students at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury were suffering from vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach pains. University President, John Clark, said in a statement on Monday that crews would be working to sanitise and disinfect two…
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Trump contradicts self over Comey firing
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not fire James Comey because of the phony Russia investigation, contradicting his 2017 statement that he ousted the FBI director in 2017 over the probe. “Both of those things can’t be true,” Comey said in response when asked about the president’s comments on ABC, adding that…
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Our response to U.S. sanctions will be precise and painful – Russia
Valentina Matvienko, the speaker of the Russian upper house of parliament, said on Wednesday that Moscow’s response to U.S. sanctions will be targeted and painful, Russian news agencies reported. The United States this month added several Russian firms and officials to a sanctions blacklist in response to what it said were the Kremlin’s “malign activities”.…
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Trump still willing to meet with Putin despite rising U.S.-Russia tensions – White House
U.S. President Donald Trump is still willing to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in spite of increasing tensions between the United States and Russia, White House Spokesperson, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said on Tuesday. “The president still would like to sit down with him [Putin]. Again, he feels like it is better for the world…
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US places trade embargo on Chinese telecom equipment maker
The US Department of Commerce is placing trade embargo on Chinese telecom equipment maker, ZTE for seven years for violating terms of sanctions violation case. US officials made this known on Monday banning American companies from selling components to the Chinese telecom equipment maker. TheNewsGuru reports the Chinese company pleaded guilty last year in federal…
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Trump ‘morally unfit’ to be president – Fired FBI director says
U.S. President Donald Trump is “morally unfit” to be president, former FBI director James Comey charged in an interview broadcast on Sunday night. Comey said anyone who can see “moral equivalence” in protests by white supremacists and people who oppose them, who treats women like “pieces of meat” and who “lies constantly” and insists Americans…
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Facebook CEO, Zuckerberg apologizes ahead of Congressional quizzing
Facebook Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mark Zuckerberg, on Monday told Congress the social media network should have done more to prevent itself and its members’ data from being misused and offered a broad apology to lawmakers. His conciliatory tone precedes two days of Congressional hearings where Zuckerberg is set to answer questions about Facebook user…