The man who found Bobbi Kristina Brown unresponsive in her bathtub is speaking for the first time about her final night at home, including a heated argument she and boyfriend Nick Gordon allegedly had hours before the tragic events that led to her death last July.
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Thursday, July 07, 2016
"Amnesty" Freed Muammar El-Qaddafi's Son
The son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi, sentenced to
death in 2015 for his role in killing protesters during the country’s
2011 uprising, has been freed under an amnesty, according to his lawyer.
Saif Al-Islam, 44, is the second son of Qaddafi,
who was deposed and killed by rebels in 2011. Islam had been held for
five years by a militia in Zintan, a region of northwestern Libya, and
was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in the capital Tripoli in
July 2015 for his role in the killing of protesters during the uprising.
Monday, July 04, 2016
$160,000 For Job Seekers?
One town in New Zealand is
suffering from a problem other places around the world would love to
have: Too many jobs with too few workers. For anyone looking to apply,
just don't expect them to foot the bill for the move.
Friday, July 01, 2016
"Jobs Abroad" Simply A Mirage
When Lamin Ceesay, an energetic 25-year-old from
Gambia, arrived in Guangzhou last year, he thought his life had made a
turn for the better. As the oldest of four siblings, he was responsible
for caring for his family, especially after his father passed away. But
jobs were few in his hometown of Tallinding Kunjang, outside of the
Gambian capital of Banjul. After hearing about China’s rise, his uncle
sold off his taxi business and the two of them bought a ticket and a
paid local visa dealer to get them to China.
Thursday, June 30, 2016
The Sun Is Losing Its Spots
The sun is losing its spots, and it’s certainly something that we shouldn’t take lightly. According to news.com.au, our fireball has gone blank for the second time this month, leading Meteorologist Paul Dorian to believe that the next
solar minimum is approaching and there will be an increasing number of
spotless days over the next few years. This matters because the amount
of sun spots reportedly affects our climate.
Visa Free Policy For Africans
African
citizens currently face some of the most stringent visa restrictions in
the world. According to the Africa Visa Openness Index Report launched
by the African Development Bank (AfDB), citizens of African countries require visas to travel to 55% of countries within the continent. Within the next two years, however, the implementation of a proposed common visa policy under the African Union’s (AU) 2063 Agenda,
a strategic document outlining the vision for African development,
could profoundly impact the continent in terms of intra-regional trade,
economic development, and regional integration.
How About Sideways Driving
Omnidirectional wheels have been around for decades but that doesn't stop us imagining the day they'll finally become practical to use. The latest video
to inspire this omnidirectional dreaming comes from William Liddiard, a
Canadian inventor who came up with his own take on the classic
design. You can see the so-called Liddiard Wheels in action above,
fitted to what appears to be a Toyota Echo.
African Fermentation Techniques And Probiotics
Humans may not know it, but we are full of lactic acid bacteria. It may sound scary, but these bacteria make up a significant component of any healthy person’s gastrointestinal tract. They are responsible for fermenting food as it passes through the gut, particularly in the intestines.
The US Can Ignore Canada
Despite being an important trade and
defence partner, the US tends to ignore Canada. But that's
paradoxically because the two get along so well, as Jordan Michael Smith
writes.
Ibuprofen 'Disables' Ebola Virus
The painkiller ibuprofen and the cancer drug toremifene can disable the Ebola virus, say researchers.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Volkswagen’s Clean Air Efforts
WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - German automaker Volkswagen AG will
pay more than $15.3 billion to settle charges that it cheated on U.S.
diesel emissions tests, an agreement that will fund buybacks for
consumers and provide up to $4.7 billion that could benefit makers of
cleaner technologies.
The Nigeria Power Situation: Hindsight, Insight and Foresight
My last post on the Nigeria power industry was a reaction to a Vanguard article by the Minister of Power.
It was an article I read while at Murtala Mohammed Airport in the midst
of what turned out to be a brief power outage. It was a reactionary
post and its been on my mind for a few weeks to write a more structured
article about where we went wrong, why we are where we are now, and what
we need to do to ensure a future of economic development borne out of
the provision of a critical element of the fuel that drives the engine
of growth in most developed countries; electricity.
Monday, June 27, 2016
Oil Militants Call For Referendum On Breaking Up Nigeria
Oil militants who have slashed Nigeria's petroleum production with
attacks on pipelines called Sunday for a referendum on breaking up the
Nigerian federation.
To Buy A New SUV.,Governor’s Wife Takes Up Waitressing Job
The wife of Maine Governor Paul LePage has a new summer gig: waiting tables at a local restaurant. Her goal: to buy a new SUV.
Ann LePage is working part-time as a waitress at McSeagull’s Restaurant in Boothbay Harbor three days a week at lunchtime to save enough money to purchase a new Toyota Rav4, CNN
reports.
Friday, June 24, 2016
Oil Prices Dive As Britain Votes To Leave EU
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| Vote leave supporters stand outside Downing Street after Britain voted to leave the EU. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs |
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
slumped by more than 6 percent on Friday after Britain voted to leave
the European Union, raising fears of a broader economic slowdown that
could reduce demand.
Financial
markets have been worried for months about what Brexit, or a British
exit from the European Union, would mean for Europe's future, but were
clearly not fully factoring in the risk of a leave vote.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Black Female Physicist Leading Cancer Treatment Breakthrough
When most people think of a physicist, they think of Albert Einstein,
not a beautiful young Black woman. But Hadiyah-Nicole Green is about to
change that–and, in fact, she wants to.
Democrats Sit-in Demanding Gun Control
(WASHINGTON)
— A drained and dwindling group of Democrats, some draped in blankets
and toting pillows, carried their remarkable House floor sit-in past
daybreak Thursday, disrupting the business of Congress in the wake of
the Orlando shooting rampage with demands for gun-control votes in an
extraordinary scene of protest broadcast live to the world.
Nigeria’s Naira: Floating Or Sinking?
On Monday afternoon, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ended the
Nigerian Naira’s sixteen-month peg to the U.S. Dollar, sending the Naira
into a free-fall. The currency had been pegged at 197 Naira per Dollar,
but as the chart below shows, it had been trading at over 320 Naira per Dollar for months on the black market (read: free market) and currently
sits at 345 Naira per dollar. At the time of writing, the Naira was
officially trading at 282.50 Naira per dollar.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Watch The USNS Big Horn Refuel Two Ships At Once
The USNS Big Horn Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler
with room to tote some 180,000 barrels or jet fuel or oil. But she
doesn't just carry it around for fun; the idea is to use this fuel to
help resupply ships that are already underway, and this recent video
from the U.S. Navy shows just how that process works, and with two ships
at once, no less.
The Roman Empire's Secret Weapon
A team of archaeologists,
bolstered by a helpful fisherman, have discovered a previously unknown
psychological tactic employed by the Roman army: whistling slingshot
bullets.
A Vietnamese Jet Went Missing....
A Vietnamese Coast Guard plane has disappeared from radar while part of a search operation for a downed military jet.
On Tuesday, a Vietnamese fighter jet went missing near the South China Sea coastline. Yesterday, a coast guard plane with nine passengers that was part of the search party has also gone missing in the same area.
Washington To Peijing: I'm Watching You As Two U.S Aircraft Carriers Move to the Philippines.
The U.S. Navy has moved
two carrier battle groups into the Philippine Sea to conduct exercises,
the first two-carrier exercise in the region in two years. The move
comes just before a UN court ruling expected to be against China and its
claims in the South China Sea.
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Side Job Earns $23,000 A Month
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Oprah Winfrey As Donald Trump’s Running Mate!
If Donald Trump wants to make America great again, he definitely won’t be doing it with Oprah Winfrey.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has made no secret of
Winfrey as a dream running mate, even going so far as to tell ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that if they ran together, they would “win easily.”
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