Pope Francis is just hours away from arriving to the USA and he is topping off his visit to Cuba celebrating another mass in Santiagao de Cuba attended by thousands. He will be greeted by President Barack Obama as he arrives in Washington DC, this afternoon on his first leg of a 3 city tour […] More
Burkina Faso’s army chiefs and French President Francois Hollande on Monday ordered coup leaders to lay down their arms as troops headed from the provinces towards the capital Ouagadougou. France had condemned the military coup in Burkina Faso and urged its residents in the country to stay indoors. The former colonial power called for the […] More
Authorities say the pilot of a plane that crashed near a Central California military base ejected in midair and safely parachuted to the ground. Kings County Fire Chief Bill Lynch tells The Sentinel newspaper in Hanford that the pilot walked to emergency responders after reaching the ground Monday afternoon. The newspaper reports that the plane […] More
Creating awareness for prostate cancer is always important, but each September it is especially important, as the eyes of the nation turn to focus on prostate cancer during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Below is the Presidential Proclamation from 2014 The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release August 29, 2014 Presidential Proclamation […] More
Police officers in Dallas were involved in a shooting early Monday that left one suspect dead. It happened at the Avondale Parc Apartments, located in the 10800 block of Stone Canyon Road, near Royal Lane. The officers were actually responding to an earlier disturbance involving a car crash at the apartment complex at around 11:45 p.m. […] More
South Korea and six Central American countries, including El Salvador and Panama, launched their first round of negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA). The start of negotiations for the seven-way FTA is the result of the countries’ trade ministers agreeing to sign a high-level, comprehensive FTA three months ago. The six Central American countries […] More
The German government asked Carmakers for information on Monday to ascertain whether they were involved in falsifying car emissions data, as Volkswagen has admitted to doing in the United States. “We expect from manufacturers reliable information so that the Federal Motor Transport Authority or KBA can investigate whether similar manipulation has taken place in Germany […] More
Tropical Depression Sixteen-E forms off Baja California peninsula in Mexico; forecast as heavy rain threat – Source: Weather Channel More
The death of the matriarch of the Awolowo family, Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo has created a vacuum which cannot easily be filled. HID, as she was popularly known, did not only head the family left behind by her husband, the late premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, she was also matriarch to […] More
Facebook has ranked Nigerian and Kenya top among the countries in Africa as the number one frontier-market for the medium in terms of mobiles to like, share and upload content on the social network. Nigeria has monthly users of 15 million on Facebook and following behind is Kenya by 4.5 million Facebook users a month […] More