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Fort Lauderdale, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump said Saturday the FBI was so caught up in the Russia probe that it failed to heed signs which could have prevented the Parkland school shooting. His comments came as he faces criticism from survivors of the attack over …

Fort Lauderdale, United States | AFP | A student survivor of the Parkland school shooting called out US President Donald Trump on Saturday over his ties to the powerful National Rifle Association, in a poignant address to an anti-gun rally in Florida. “To every politician taking donations from the NRA, …

Pompano Beach, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump on Friday visited a Florida hospital to offer comfort to those wounded in a mass school shooting, after the FBI admitted it mishandled a tip about the troubled teen behind the massacre that left 17 dead. The arrival of …

Washington, United States | AFP | The FBI said Friday that it received a detailed warning last month that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz was a danger but that it failed to act. “On January 5, 2018, a person close to Nikolas Cruz contacted the FBI’s Public Access Line tipline …

Parkland, United States | AFP | Florida teen Stacey Sayers says she is on an emotional roller coaster — happy to have survived the carnage at her high school, but overwhelmed by what her classmates have lost. The 15-year-old was one of thousands who honored the victims in a series …

Parkland, United States | AFP | Authorities in Florida could offer no explanation Wednesday night as to why a former student armed with an AR-15 rifle opened fire at a high school earlier that day, killing at least 17 people. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel identified the gunman as Nikolas …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Chairman Academics, Welfare and Disciplinary Committe of Kololo Senior Secondary School Reverand Canon John Awodi has accused Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia’s Kampala Parents Primary School of grabbing their Land. Canon Awodi who is also a member of the School Board, told the Land Probe …

Moscow, Russia | AFP | A teenage boy injured six people, five of them minors, in an axe attack in a Siberian classroom on Friday, local authorities said, days after 15 were injured in a knife fight at another Russian school. Investigators said the boy, thought to be 15 or …

Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accountants Examinations Board (PAEB) of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) released the November 2017 examination results on Jan.05, showing a 1.4% improvement in performance compared with the June – 2017 results. ICPAU executives  said 6, 055 candidates sat the …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | A former master at a top British Catholic school was convicted Wednesday of raping and sexual abusing boys in crimes dating back to the 1970s. Andrew Soper, 74, fled to Kosovo in 2011 to avoid prosecution over charges he molested boys at St Benedict’s …