Day: April 6, 2018

South Korea’s ex-president Park Geun-hye found guilty

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Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, has been found guilty of  abuse of power and bribery and faces up to 30 years in prison. The Seoul Central District Court began reading the verdict on live television early today. Park was absent in court, but her flag-waving supporters gathered outside. Park, the daughter of assassinated dictator Park Chung-hee, faces a total of 18 charges. The court ruled that Park colluded with her old friend, Choi Soon-sil, to receive tens of billions of won from major conglomerates such as Samsung and Lotte to…

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‘Politicians more dangerous than Boko Haram, herdsmen’ – Cardinal Okogie

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Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, yesterday, wrote Nigerians, speaking on the greatest problem of the masses. According to the cleric, politicians were more harmful to Nigerians than the incessant attacks by Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen. The former Archbishop said the recent call by former Defence Minister, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma (retd), for self-defence should normally cause apprehensions in the presidency, since its legitimacy was in doubt. In his latest letter to the nation, entitled “We are waiting and watching 2,” Okogie said politicians, rather than herdsmen, kidnappers…

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Black Panther to be the first movie to screen in Saudi movie theaters

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Marvel’s Black Panther will be the first film shown in Saudi Arabian movie theaters in 35 years. The Guardian reports that the film will kick off on April 18th with a gala premiere in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia banned public movie screenings 35 years ago due to religious concerns, but the decision to reverse that ban was made in December of 2017. Sony’s The Emoji Movie screened in the country earlier this year along with other animated films, but those showings took place in a state-run cultural center, rather than the…

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China ready to pay any cost in trade war with US

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China said Friday it was ready to pay “any cost” in a possible trade war with the US, after President Donald Trump warned he was considering $100 billion in extra tariffs. “If the US side disregards opposition from China and the international community and insists on carrying out unilateralism and trade protectionism, the Chinese side will take them on until the end at any cost,” the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on its website. “We don’t want a trade war, but we aren’t afraid of fighting one.” Trump…

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UN: Two peacekeepers dead, 10 wounded in Mali attack

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Two UN peacekeepers were killed and 10 others wounded on Thursday night during an attack on their camp in northeastern Mali, the UN’s mission there said in a statement. “At 18.45 (1845 GMT) the peacekeepers came under mortar fire,” the mission, known by its acronym MINUSMA, said in the statement. “According to an initial assessment, two peacekeepers were killed and 10 were wounded,” it added, saying the camp that was attacked was in Aguelhok. Mali is one of the most dangerous UN missions, with more than 150 peacekeepers killed since…

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Cholera kills 40 Congolese in Uganda refugee camps

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holera outbreak in overcrowded refugee camps in Uganda has killed about 40 people and infected more than 2,000 as health workers rush to stem the spread, aid agencies said on Thursday. Nearly 70,000 people from the Democratic Republic of Congo have fled to Uganda this year due to a surge in ethnic violence, and many have been infected with cholera, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The waterborne disease has spread rapidly since mid-February due to poor sanitation and lack of clean water in…

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Trump mulls $100b more tariffs on China goods

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President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had instructed U.S. trade officials to consider $100 billion in additional tariffs on China, again ratcheting up tensions with Beijing. Trump said in a statement the further tariffs were being considered “in light of China’s unfair retaliation” against earlier U.S. trade actions that included $50 billion of tariffs on Chinese goods. In a statement, Trump said the U.S. Trade Representative had determined that China “has repeatedly engaged in practices to unfairly obtain America’s intellectual property.” Financial markets have swung wildly over the past…

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Vice President Osinbajo: Private sector key in making economic decisions

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government is committed to ensuring adequate consultation, especially with the private sector, in taking vital decisions on the economy. The Vice President stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the launch of the Nigerian Economic Diplomacy Initiative (NEDI), an initiative of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. He said the country was committed to all Pan African and other deal that had made Nigeria to stand out as a country, with a view to integrate Africa. ”We are also committed to ensuring adequate consultation is…

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Manchester City on brink of Premier League glory as Manchester United visit

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Manchester City can ease the pain of their Champions League defeat to Liverpool by clinching the Premier League title against bitter rivals Manchester United on Saturday in record time. Pep Guardiola’s men will become the first team in the league’s 26-year history to wrap up the title with six games to spare if they beat United at the Etihad — a fitting end to a season of almost total dominance in the league. City are 16 points clear of Jose Mourinho’s second-placed team so it is a matter of when…

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Bollywood star Salman Khan jailed for antelopes

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An Indian court Thursday sentenced top Bollywood star Salman Khan to five years in jail over the killing of a protected deer nearly two decades ago, a prosecution lawyer said. “The court has sentenced Salman Khan to five years’ imprisonment and fined him 10,000 rupees (about 154 dollars),” Mahipal Bishnoi said. Khan was being taken to Jodhpur Central Jail, where scores of fans waited for a glimpse of the actor, Times Now news channel reported. His lawyers have filed for bail and plan to appeal against the verdict in a…

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