18 December 2013 – Amid the ongoing fighting in South Sudan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is reaching out to key leaders…
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People with a glucose-tolerance problem — a driver of diabetes and cardiovascular disease — can cut the risk of heart attack or stroke by simply walking an additional 2,000 steps per day, a study said on Friday. The experiment gathered more than 9…
The United States has deployed 45 troops to South Sudan, amid intensifying fighting between rebels and government forces and fears the country is sliding toward civil war, the White House said Thursday. In a letter to Congress, President Barack Obama…
The Nigerian army said Thursday it had killed 13 suspected Boko Haram gunmen in a shootout near the border with Cameroon after an armed robbery at a currency exchange business. “Our men succeeded in killing 13 suspected Boko Haram terrorists in a shootout…
Depending on what you read, Maximilien de Robespierre was a defender of the poor and downtrodden — “the Incorruptible” who defended the values of the French Revolution to the end. Or he was a monster who slaughtered thousands for revolutionary crimes…
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo, December 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The BUILD Africa Forum (http://www.buildafricaforum.com) is pleased to…
TOKYO, Japan, December 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. Japan welcomes the Declarations signed on December 12 respectively by…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, December 16, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Council adopted the following conclusions: “1. Recalling its…
OTTAWA, Canada, December 15, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign…
The United Nations said Thursday it had lost contact with one of its bases in South Sudan as continued fighting between rebels and government forces increased fears the world’s youngest state was sliding towards civil war. The UN said it has lost contact…
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday that his government will not copy British economic policies as they had created poverty and inequality. “I see a lot more poverty, more inequalities and if I was to look for a model to reform France…
The ceiling of a top London theatre collapsed on the audience during a performance Thursday, leaving terrified theatregoers covered in blood and dust and causing at least 65 casualties, emergency services and witnesses said. The incident happened at…
Barring any last minute change, all seems to be set for the commissioning of the solar-powered electrification project in Durumi,…
An Old Bailey jury has convicted two young London men of the brutal murder of fusilier Lee Rigby. It took the jury of eight women and four men about 90 minutes to return guilty verdicts on Michael Adebolajo, 28 and Michael Adebowale, 22. http://news…
Britain’s military is at risk of becoming a “hollow force” with first-rate equipment but not enough troops to use it, the head of the armed forces has warned. General Nicholas Houghton, the chief of the defence staff, made the unusually outspoken criticism…
Ireland’s economy rebounded strongly in the third quarter, official data showed Thursday, just days after it became the first eurozone nation to exit an international bailout. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 1.5 percent in the July-September…
South Africa’s government on Thursday cleared President Jacob Zuma of any wrongdoing during a controversial $20-million revamp at his private home, in a move criticised as a whitewash. The official investigation gave Zuma the all-clear over the 206…
Canada’s first faith-based law school has been approved by education officials, despite objections to its allegedly homophobic policies. Trinity Western University in westernmost Canada received the nod late Wednesday from the British Columbia minister…
The European Union took a historic leap towards greater integration just hours ahead of a summit Thursday, with a deal on a banking union aimed at preventing a repeat of the eurozone’s crippling crises of the past. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, just…
BERN, Switzerland, December 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Federal Council decided during today’s session to extend by three…