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5, July 2018
Heat wave kills 17 in eastern Canada 0
by soter • Headline News, News, World
A heatwave in Quebec has killed at least 17 people in the past week as high summer temperatures scorched eastern Canada, health officials said Wednesday. Twelve of the dead were reported in the eastern province’s capital Montreal, said regional public health director Mylene Drouin. The Tribune newspaper said five of the deaths occurred in the […]
4, July 2018
War in Ambazonia: There are no longer any words to describe Southern Cameroons’s horror 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, News
The senseless war in Southern Cameroons has exhausted all superlatives. Worst day, worst month, worst year, worst ever. To be sure, words can no longer describe the killings currently going on in Southern Cameroons. For the past few days, Cameroon government army soldiers have fired rockets and artillery in many areas in the Northern and […]
4, July 2018
Southern Cameroons Crisis: 18 Ambazonians transferred from Buea to Kondengui 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, News
18 Anglophones were transferred yesterday from Buea Central Prison to Kondengui Prison, Yaounde. These 18 detainees are currently detained in ‘Kosovo’, a section of Kondengui maximum security prison. They have been kept in tight chains and were brutally tortured last night by prison guards who repeatedly called them Ambazonians. This prompted a strike action in […]
4, July 2018
Bundes: Merkel reaches deal with rebellious Interior Minister 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Politics
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her rebellious interior minister have reached a compromise on a refugee dispute that threatened to disintegrate her coalition government. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, the leader of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU), told reporters after five hours of talks on Monday that he would maintain his post, saving Germany’s fragile government […]
4, July 2018
2018 World Cup: England beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
England have finally ended the decades long penalty jinx after beating Colombia on spot kicks at 4-3 to set up a quarterfinal match against Sweden. England’s players pose before the Russia 2018 World Cup round of 16 football match between Colombia and England at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow on July 3, 2018. (AFP) England’s […]
3, July 2018
Russia 2018: No Zlatan effect as Sweden reaches World Cup quarter-finals 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
A Swedish national football team that resisted having famed Zlatan Ibrahimović in its World Cup 2018 roster has stunned many by advancing to the quarter-finals of the top global soccer event. It was a deflected shot from Emil Forsberg on the 66 minutes that sealed Sweden’s 1-0 victory against Switzerland in St Petersburg on Tuesday. The […]
3, July 2018
Maradona offers to coach Argentina for free 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
Former Argentine great Diego Maradona has offered to coach his country for free, eight years after his last attempt ended in World Cup failure. Maradona, who watched his side eliminated 4-3 by France last weekend in Kazan, was asked if he fancied another shot at the job, even though current coach Jorge Sampaoli has a […]
3, July 2018
Yaounde: Parliamentary elections postponed 0
by soter • Cameroon, Headline News, Politics
Parliamentary elections in Cameroon have been postponed a year until October 2019 after lawmakers adopted a bill on Monday. “The mandate of the deputies is extended for a period of twelve months, from October 29, 2018,” read the bill, supported by President Paul Biya. Biya has been in power since 1982, making him one of […]
3, July 2018
Russia 2018: Belgium moving slowly but surely 0
by soter • Headline News, Sports, World
Belgium threw caution to the wind to reach the World Cup quarter-finals as substitute Nacer Chadli scored in the dying seconds against Japan to snatch a 3-2 comeback win on Monday and set up a clash with five-time champions Brazil. The distraught Japanese, who went 2-0 up with goals by Genki Haraguchi and Takashi Inui […]
5, July 2018
China says US ‘opening fire’ on entire world 0
by soter • Business, Headline News, World
China says the United States is “opening fire” on the global economy and damaging the international supply chains by imposing tariffs on products from China and other countries, as controversial US duties on Chinese goods worth tens of billions are due to come into force at midnight Thursday. “The US measures are essentially attacking global […]