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Panic Grips Faithful After Cameroon COVID Pastor DiesPanic has gripped several hundred people after a popular Cameroon pastor and candidate in the central African state’s last presidential election,...
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Chinese Ambassador to Israel Found DeadThe Chinese ambassador to Israel was found dead Sunday inside his home in Herzilya, according to Israel’s foreign affairs ministry. Du Wei, the...
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'GTA V' online play suffers outage following Epic Games Store giveaway'GTA V' and the Rockstar Games Launcher are facing online outages due to a crush of users, likely stemming from Epic's recent...
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UN, Aid Agencies Cite Unprecedented Humanitarian Needs in SahelUnited Nations and private aid agencies warned Friday that an unprecedented number of people in Africa’s volatile Sahel region are in desperate...
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Australia Gradually Emerges From COVID-19 LockdownsGradually, personal freedoms are being returned to 25 million Australians. Many lockdown restrictions imposed in March are slowly being wound...
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US Health Chief Rejects Notion of Coronavirus FailureThe United States leads the world with nearly 90,000 coronavirus deaths, but the U.S. health chief on Sunday rejected the notion that the...
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Fraud ring uses stolen data to scam unemployment insurance programsFraudsters have been using stolen identity data to milk unemployment insurance systems with poor security.
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X-37B space plane launches on its most ambitious mission to dateThe X-37B space plane has launched carrying its most experiments ever -- and an endurance record to challenge.
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Week 20 in review: Poco F2 Pro is here, huge iPhone 12 leak, Pixel 4a testedWelcome to your week's recap. The past seven days brought us the Poco F2 Pro, the triumphant return of no-nonsense flagship phone. Based on the...
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Virus Rules Tighten Illegal Immigration on US Northern BorderFive Mexican citizens apprehended this week after illegally entering the United States in remote northern Maine were returned to Canada within...
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US Military's Mystery Space Plane Rockets Back into OrbitThe U.S. military’s mystery space plane rocketed into orbit again Sunday, this time with an extra load of science experiments. It’s the sixth...
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India Extends Lockdown for 2 More WeeksIndia on Sunday extended its nearly 2-month-old lockdown by two weeks after reporting nearly 5,000 new coronavirus cases, but said restrictions...
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Armed Group Kills 20 Villagers in Northeast CongoAn armed group killed at least 20 civilians in an overnight raid on a village in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, the latest...
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Virus Heads Upriver in Brazil Amazon, Sickens Native PeopleIn the remote Amazon community of Betania, Tikuna tribe members suspect the coronavirus arrived this month after some returned from a two-hour...
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After Math: Free games and expensive mistakesAs if the COVID-19 crisis wasn’t bad enough on its own, the economic downturn that it’s brought along for the ride has hit many of us where it...
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Egypt Tightens Coronavirus Restrictions for Eid HolidayEgypt will bring forward the start of its curfew by four hours to 5 p.m. and halt public transport from May 24 for six days during the Eid...
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Biden's VP Search Puts Spotlight on How Long He'll ServeJoe Biden has longed to win the White House for more than three decades. If he finally makes it there after November's election, he's already...
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Albanian Police Move to Demolish Country’s National TheaterAlbanian police clashed with demonstrators, including artists and opposition supporters Sunday who were protesting the demolition of the country’s...
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Suicide Bomb Kills Somali GovernorA suicide bomb explosion in central Somalia has killed at least five people including a regional governor on Sunday, officials told VOA Somali....
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US Continues to Lead in COVID Infections, DeathsThe U.S. continues to lead the world in COVID-19 infections and deaths with nearly 1.5 million cases and almost 89,000 deaths. In North...
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Flashback: Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom, the phone that was mostly a cameraBack in the days before multiple cameras, before periscope lenses and NPUs, the only way smartphones knew how to zoom was digitally and usually...
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Afghan President Ghani and Rival Abdullah Sign Power-sharing DealAfghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday signed a power-sharing deal, ending a bitter months-long feud that plunged...
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Muslims, Jews Come Together Online for IftarMuslims abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours in the month of Ramadan, which ends on May 23rd. After sunset, they enjoy a meal...
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As Countries Start Lifting COVID Quarantine, What Will New Normal Be Like?As the U.S. and other countries slowly begin to lift strict COVID quarantine measures, some elements of pandemic life won’t be disappearing so...
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OPT, H-1 Programs in Danger of Ending?On top of campus closures, reduced funding and limited air travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign students are awaiting a decision from...
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NASA crowdsourcing helps build a better Moon digging robotNASA has picked the winners from a challenge that asked the public to improve its Moon digging robot.
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General Atlantic to invest $870M in India's Reliance Jio PlatformsMukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms has agreed to sell 1.34% stake to General Atlantic, the latest in a series of deals the top Indian telecom...
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Watch live as ULA launches a U.S. military spaceplane for its first Space Force missionThe United Launch Alliance (ULA) is targeting a liftoff time of 9:14 AM EDT (6:14 AM PDT) today for an Atlas V rockets carrying the...
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Tropical Storm Arthur Forms, 1st Named Storm of SeasonTropical Storm Arthur formed off the coast of Florida on Saturday, making it the sixth straight year for a named storm to develop before the...
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Afghan Leaders Reach Power-Sharing DealAfghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah, who claimed the elections were rigged, are expected to sign a power-sharing deal...
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We’ll ensure smooth take-off of Federal College of Education in Osun – OyetolaGov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun says his administration will ensure smooth and effective take-off of the proposed Federal College of Education in the...
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Nigerians face US charges over online fraud worth 'hundreds of millions'Two Nigerians have been sent to the US to face charges over massive online fraud schemes.
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UN says 2 killed, helicopter hit in jihadist attackThe United Nations on Saturday said two civilians including a five-year-old child were killed and an aid helicopter damaged in a jihadist attack...
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‘Owambe Saturday’, ‘Turn Up Friday’ give respite despite COVID-19 restrictionsOur Reporter DESPITE the halt in various activities as a result of restrictions necessitated by the COVID-19...
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EPL: Brendan Rodgers names two key players Leicester City are missing after win over Crystal PalaceLeicester City manager, Brendan Rodgers has named James Maddison, and Ricardo as the two key players the Foxes are missing following their 3-0...
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I have no property anywhere in the world, says PantamiBlessing Olaifa, Abuja The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, has declared that he had not...
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Rocket Lab launch fails during rocket's second stage burn, causing a loss of vehicle and payloadsRocket Lab's 'Pic or it didn't happen' launch on Saturday ended in failure, with a total loss of the Electron launch vehicle and all seven...
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‘We are winning war against COVID-19’ – GandujeAgency Repoter Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says the state is recording successes in the COVID-19 response aimed at...
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Ondo elections: Gov Akeredolu replies Oke on offer to step downThe Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has rubbished claims by Chief Olusola Oke, one of the governorship aspirants of the All Progressives...