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Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Thursday tasked former Education Minister Hassan Diab with forming the country’s next government after Hezbollah and its allies nominated him during long-awaited talks with members of parliament. Lebanon has had a caretaker government since October 29, when Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned amid a mass uprising against the ruling […]
Facebook – The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Oe on Thursday said Facebook’s current practices provide sufficient measures to legally transfer EU citizens’ data to the US through recognized means. Austrian privacy advocate Max Schrems had brought the case against Facebook Ireland, arguing that EU-approved “standard contractual clauses” (SCCs) gave European authorities the ability to block data transfers […]
Breaking News – At a rally in Battle Creek, Michigan, President Donald Trump spoke at length after the impeachment vote. ‘After three years of sinister witch hunts, hoaxes, scams, tonight, House Democrats are trying to nullify the ballots of tens of millions of patriotic Americans.’ Trump became the third president in US history to be […]
Barcelona forward Ansu Fati became the youngest scorer in the history of the UEFA Champions League after he netted a late winner in his side’s 2-1 victory over Inter Milan Tuesday. At just 17 years and 40 days old, Fati overtook Peter Ofori-Quaye as the competition’s youngest marksman after coming on as an 85th-minute substitute. […]
Trump and McConnell – Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are both looking ahead to the Senate impeachment trial, but there is a growing divide between the two over what that trial should look like, CNN has learned. In conversations with the White House, the Kentucky Republican has made clear he hopes to […]
Food blogger, Kate Ovens, finished a 3-foot hot dog in 25 minutes. The frank is thought to be biggest in the U.K. A food blogger in England has become the first to take down a daunting eating challenge from a London snack shack, finishing off a three-foot hot dog — topped with all sorts of other pork products and […]
Kim Kardashian appeared with her sisters Kourtney and Khloe on The Real on Tuesday as she revealed that she and her 42-year-old husband have had ‘fights’ over his religious journey. Things have even gotten to the point that the couple have removed the televisions from their children’s rooms and even took away daughter North’s, six, make-up. […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday for the first time called for President Donald Trump’s impeachment.”To preserve our Constitution, our democracy, our basic integrity, he should be impeached,” Biden said of the President, speaking at a town hall in New Hampshire.”He’s shooting holes in the Constitution,” Biden said. “And we cannot let him get away with it. […]
Egyptians – Thousands of pro-democracy protesters marched in cities across Egypt on Friday, demanding the resignation of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Videos posted on social media showed demonstrators chanting “rise up, fear not, Sisi must go” and “the people demand the regime’s fall” late on Friday. Protests were reported in the capital Cairo, the second-biggest city of Alexandria […]
The evacuation of the second batch of Nigerians from South Africa owing to ongoing xenophobic attacks suffered an interruption on Tuesday following the delay in granting landing permit to Air Peace. The airline has volunteered to evacuate Nigerians willing to return to the country following the recent violence against foreigners in the southern African country. […]