Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of a small American village have been left baffled and puzzled by prank calls from people claiming to have discovered the home of Black Panther superhero, T’Challa the Marvel. The hero is king of a fictional African country of Wakanda – outwardly ordinary, …
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Beijing, China | AFP | China will “take necessary measures” if the United States harms the country’s economic interests, a Chinese official said Sunday, as President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium. “China doesn’t want a trade war with the United States,” Zhang Yesui, spokesman for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A twelve- year old Indian girl, Suchetha Satish, who lives in Dubai, recently shattered two Guinness World Records at the same time by singing songs in 102 different languages during an impressive concert that lasted six hours and 15 minutes. Suchetha, who is in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Akmal, a 14-year old boy from Gowa, Indonesia, has “laid” an egg in front of doctors, which is the 20th his family claims he has produced over the past two years. Akmal was allegedly brought to the clinic by his family who claims he …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women in Mexico have given up on men and decided to marry trees instead. Apparently, their new grooms are not very talkative, but they are tall, do great things for the planet and are renowned for their wood. Photos from the mass ceremony in …
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Washington, United States | AFP | A man fatally shot himself on the crowded pedestrian avenue directly in front of the White House on Saturday, officials said. “Adult male has been declared deceased,” the Washington, DC Police Department said on Twitter. The Secret Service said a white male approached the …
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Chicago, United States | AFP | A university student who fatally shot his parents on his school campus in the US state of Michigan was arrested without incident after an hours-long manhunt, officials said early Saturday. The episode had put the Central Michigan University campus into lockdown Friday morning — …
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | AFP | A new hunt for flight MH370 is expected to end by mid-June, Malaysian authorities said Saturday, as families marked four years since the disappearance of the plane amid renewed hope. The Malaysia Airlines jet disappeared on March 8, 2014 with 239 people — mostly …
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Bratislava, Slovakia | AFP | Slovak police on Saturday said they had released seven Italian businessmen detained after they were named by murdered journalist Jan Kuciak in an explosive report on alleged high-level political corruption linked to the mafia. “The investigator has, within the legal timeframe (48 hours) at his …
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Moscow, Russia | AFP | President Vladimir Putin on Saturday promised “victories” for Russia at a star-studded rally attended by tens of thousands of supporters ahead of a March 18 election he is all but certain to win. Olympic athletes, celebrities and cosmonauts had taken to the stage to voice …
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