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Nigeria elections 2015: Voting extended after delays and attacks
Voting in parts of Nigeria have been extended until Sunday, March 29, after delays and a number of attacks. Technical problems with new biometric cards...
Tim Cook to donate his wealth to charity
Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced he is donating most of his wealth to charity before he dies. The boss of the world's most profitable...
Nigeria elections 2015: Goodluck Jonathan faces strong challenge from Muhammadu Buhari
Nigeria has begun voting for a new president, with incumbent Goodluck Jonathan facing a strong challenge from Muhammadu Buhari. It is said to be the...
Oil prices surge after Saudi Arabia and allies launch air strikes on Houthi fighters in Yemen
Oil prices rose by almost 6% after Saudi Arabia and its allies launched air strikes on Houthi rebel targets in Yemen. Saudi Arabia is the...
Heinz to merge with Kraft creating third-largest food & beverage company in US
Kraft Foods Group and Heinz are to merge creating what the companies say will be the third-largest food and beverage company in the US. The...
Horse meat scandal: Willy Selten trial begins in the Netherlands
Dutch meat wholesaler Willy Selten BV’s owner has gone on trial for allegedly selling 300 tonnes of horse meat as beef, during one of...
New Senate Bill To Create Online Database Of Asbestos Products
Credit The US Senate has announced plans to create an online database of all legal products sold on the market today that still contain asbestos....
How to Reform Your Business Without Spending Big
Sometimes things go wrong in even the very best businesses. It’s hard to keep standards high all the time. But when things do slip...
White House 2016: Ted Cruz launches presidential campaign at Liberty University
Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz has made individual liberty the key theme of his presidential campaign announcement. Speaking at Liberty University in Virginia, Ted Cruz...
Starbucks drops #RaceTogether initiative
Starbucks has decided to remove #Race Together hashtag from customers' cups. The diversity and racial inequality campaign has been ditched after it was criticized as...
White House 2016: Ted Cruz confirms presidency bid
Texas Senator Ted Cruz has confirmed his bid for the US presidency, becoming the first Republican to declare his campaign for the White House...
France local elections 2015: Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP holds off Marine Le Pen’s FN on first round
Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party and its allies have taken first place in the first round of French local...
Lee Kuan Yew: Former Singapore prime minister dies aged 91
Former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who transformed the island country from a small port city into a wealthy global hub, has died...
France local elections 2015: Marine Le Pen’s National Front expected to score big gains
French people are voting in local elections in which Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front party (FN) is expected to score big gains. Voters are...
Abdullah Ocalan calls for PKK fighters to end armed struggle in Turkey
Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey, has renewed a call for his fighters to end their armed struggle in...
John Boehner to visit Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel
House Speaker John Boehner plans to visit Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel next month. Republicans have been highly critical of President Barack Obama over...
Global Trade Peaking in Africa by Way of the Middle East
As the world economy becomes more globalized, developed nations are starting to look at those that are less wealthy as prime places to trade...
Amazon drone testing gets FAA approval
Amazon's plans to begin testing drones for online deliveries have been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA has granted Amazon a certificate...
Barack Obama endorses mandatory voting in US
President Barack Obama talked about a mandatory voting in the US during his speech at the City Club of Cleveland on March 18. The president...
Yingluck Shinawatra ordered to stand trial for negligence over rice subsidy scheme
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been ordered by the Supreme Court to stand trial for negligence over a controversial rice subsidy scheme. Yingluck...
Tunisia museum attack: 19 dead after gunmen storm Bardo Museum
Seventeen foreign tourists and two Tunisians have been killed after gunmen targeted Bardo Museum in Tunis, PM Habib Essid says. Italian, Spanish, Polish and German...
Israel elections 2015 results: Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party wins surprise victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won a fourth term as Israel’s prime minister after his right-wing Likud Party has won a surprise victory in the country's...
Israel elections 2015: Likud and Zionist Union are neck and neck
Israel's ruling party Likud and the opposition Zionist Union are neck-and-neck in the country's general election, according to exit polls. Estimates by two Israeli broadcasters...
flymojo: Malaysia unveils plans for new airline after signing 1.5bn deal with Bombardier
Malaysia has unveiled plans for a new airline, called flymojo, after signing a $1.5 billion deal with Bombardier for 20 new aircraft. The new carrier...
Lufthansa pilots strike announced for March 18
Lufthansa pilots have announced they would go on strike on March 18, affecting the airline's short and medium-haul flights. The strike action was called by...
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