French presidential election LIVE: Emmanuel Macron elected president of France
Emmanuel Macron has become France’s youngest ever president after initial results showed he had beaten Marine Le Pen by a commanding margin of 65 percent to 35 percent. Refresh the page manually for updates. Macron wins by margin of 65% to 35%, estimates suggest Voter turnout set to be lowest since 1969 All photos: AFP […]
Anti-vaccine activists just sparked a U.S. state’s worst measles outbreak in decades
7 May, 2017 Comments Off on Anti-vaccine activists just sparked a U.S. state’s worst measles outbreak in decades
After repeated visits from discredited activists, vaccination rates among Minnesota’s Somali-American community plummeted to just 42 per cent in 2014 — far below the threshold to prevent an outbreak. MINNEAPOLIS—The young mother started getting advice early on from friends in the close-knit Somali immigrant community here. Don’t let your children get the vaccine for measles, […]
Continue reading …French presidential election LIVE: Polling stations close around the country
7 May, 2017 Comments Off on French presidential election LIVE: Polling stations close around the country
Will French voters opt for Marine Le Pen or Emmanuel Macron as their new president on Sunday? Join us for all the LIVE coverage throughout the day. Refresh the page manually for updates. Voter turnout set to be lowest since 1969 At 5pm turnout was 65.4% (well down on 71.9% in 2012) Crowds starting to […]
Continue reading …London high level forum to chart Somalia’s future
7 May, 2017 Comments Off on London high level forum to chart Somalia’s future
Thursday, May 12, will be an important day in the history and future of Somalia. A high-level partnership meeting will take place in London to discuss the country’s future. The London Conference, will be hosted by the United Kingdom government, the United Nations and the Federal Government of Somalia. Among those expected is the UK […]
Continue reading …50,000 in Hanover prep for second biggest post-war bomb defusal
7 May, 2017 Comments Off on 50,000 in Hanover prep for second biggest post-war bomb defusal
About one-tenth of Hanover’s population will be evacuated from their homes on Sunday as officials work to diffuse multiple Second World War bombs – the second biggest operation in post-war German history. Experts were able to confirm the existence of five unexploded Second World War bombs out of 13 possible locations within the Lower Saxon […]
Continue reading …North Korea threatens to ‘reduce White House to ashes’ with nuclear strike
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North Korea has threatened to launch a nuclear strike at Washington and ‘reduce the White House to ashes’. The threat was made in a 2,000 word report by the KCNA media agency which condemned Donald Trump’s decision to move US navy warships into the Japan Sea. Kim Jong Un’s army have warned that the days of the […]
Continue reading …6,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean in two days
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Some 6,000 migrants hoping to head to Europe were rescued in the Mediterranean on Friday and Saturday in dozens of frantic operations coordinated by the Italian coastguard. Some 3,000 were picked up Saturday by the navy, coastguard, EU border agency Frontex and several NGOs, the coastguard said in a statement. Migrants rescued by the Libyan […]
Continue reading …US Identifies Navy SEAL Killed In Firefight With Al-Qaida In Somalia
7 May, 2017 Comments Off on US Identifies Navy SEAL Killed In Firefight With Al-Qaida In Somalia
Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Kyle Milliken was killed in action Thursday supporting the Somalian National Army near Mogadishu, the department of defense announced Saturday. Milliken is the first U.S. service member to be killed in Somalia since the 1993 Black Hawk Down incident. Two other SEALs were wounded during a raid on al-Qaida radio station near […]
Continue reading …French voters go to the polls to decide between Macron and Le Pen
7 May, 2017 Comments Off on French voters go to the polls to decide between Macron and Le Pen
French voters went to the polls Sunday to pick a new president, choosing between young centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a watershed election for the country and for Europe. Polling day follows an unprecedented campaign marked by scandal, repeated surprises and a last-minute hacking attack on Macron, a 39-year-old who has never […]
Continue reading …Iraqi troops declare full liberation of Mesherfa region, western Mosul
7 May, 2017 Comments Off on Iraqi troops declare full liberation of Mesherfa region, western Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) The Nineveh Operations Command has declared full liberation of Mesherfa region in the wake of fierce clashes that occurred earlier on Saturday between Iraqi troops and Islamic State militants in western Mosul “The 9th armored division freed Mesherfa al-Oula district, completing the liberation of the full region of Mesherfa after inflicting huge losses […]
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