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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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World moving to green power, invests $2.9trn

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The world is steadily moving to ‘green’ power sources as it invested $2.9 trillion in green energy sources since 2004. A new UN-backed report on Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2018 was released on Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners. The report indicates a steady move away from fossil fuel-based power production and that solar energy dominated global investment in new power generation like never before in 2017. It added that 2017 was the eighth in a row in which global investment in renewables exceeded…

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World Cup: Don’t put Super Eagles under pressure – Austin Okocha

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Former Super Eagles captain and midfield maestro Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha has warned Nigeria Football officials and fans not to set unrealistic targets that will put the team under pressure at the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia. Okocha who was at three World Cup tournaments with the Super Eagles reason that the group D pairing was difficult and it would be a great achievement, if the Nigerian hopefuls advance to the knock out stage. “It will be a huge achievement if you could get out of the group…

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Nigeria still Africa’s biggest market

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Transsion Holdings, giant mobile phone (Tecno Mobile), has described Nigeria as still the biggest market in Africa in spite of some challenges. Mr Andy Yan, Vice President, Transsion Holdings, parent company of Tecno Mobile, made the assertion in Lagos at Tecno’s Global Spring Launch. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tecno unveiled Camon X Pro smartphone at the event held at the Eko Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. Yan said that Nigeria had provided a huge market for the organisation in spite of challenges of fluctuating foreign excha…

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Sierra Leone’s Maada Bio sworn-in as president

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Sierra Leone’s newly elected leader Julius Maada Bio was sworn in as president late on Wednesday, just hours after the elections commission announced his victory in a tight run-off poll. Maada Bio, the opposition candidate and former military junta leader, succeeded Ernest Bai Koroma who had been in office since September 2007. Maada Bio now faces the difficult task of rebuilding the impoverished West African nation’s economy that was dragged down by the world’s deadliest Ebola epidemic and a global slump in commodity prices. Representing the Sierra Leone People’s Party…

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Corruption: Brazil sends ex-president Lula to prison

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Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will begin his 12 year prison term from Friday, after a judge gave him 24 hours to surrender to police. The order from Judge Sergio Moro, head of Brazil’s huge “Car Wash” anti-graft probe, came as a complete surprise given that lawyers had earlier said the leftist former two-term president had at least until Tuesday before he’d have to go behind bars. Lula, 72, was once one of the most popular politicians on the planet and he easily leads polls in Brazil’s…

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UK paper releases Cambridge Analytica’s anti-Buhari video

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The Guardian of London has published the video used by Cambridge Analytica to influence, unsuccessfully, the Nigerian presidential election in 2015. The video, which was obtained from the whistleblower, Christopher Wylie, used graphically violent imagery to portray candidate Muhammadu Buhari as a supporter of sharia law who would brutally suppress dissenters and negotiate with militant Islamists. Wylie passed the video passed to British MPs and The Guardian has now published it on You Tube In testimony to the digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) select committee last week, the whistleblower…

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Apple reveals gender-pay difference at UK operations

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Apple Inc said on Tuesday that men earned five per cent more on average than women at its UK operations, although the median pay gap was two per cent in favour of women. Apple’s report comes a day before the deadline for British employers with more than 250 staff to report their gender pay gap under new regulations. The iPhone maker said the gender pay gap was due to more men in senior positions than women which led to higher pay, bonuses and stock. Apple said 30 per cent of…

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Trade war: China retaliates with tariffs on US soybeans, cars, planes

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China Wednesday announced plans to hit the United States with new tariffs of 25 percent on soybeans, aircraft, cars and other imports worth $50 billion, hours after Washington unveiled its own target list. China’s commerce ministry listed 106 products to be targeted and said a date for the implementation of the tariffs would be announced separately. The new tariffs mark a significant escalation of the brewing trade war between the world’s two largest economies — with the $100 billion worth of goods cumulatively targeted representing about 17 percent of the…

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12 European hostages freed in troubled anglophone Cameroon

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Twelve European tourists have been freed after being taken hostage in western Cameroon, where anglophone militants are campaigning for an independent state, the government said on Wednesday. The group, comprising seven Swiss and five Italians, “were taken hostage by a band of armed terrorists” in the Nguti area of the Southwest Region before being rescued by troops on Monday in a “special operation,” the communications ministry said in a statement. Separately, six municipal councillors in the neighbouring Northwest Region — another seat of anglophone unrest — were also released in…

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