ANIETIE UDOBIT Bill Gates made his largest gift since the turn of the century, giving away Microsoft Corp. shares that accounted for 5 percent of his fortune, the world’s biggest. The billionaire donated 64 million of the software maker’s shares valued at $4.6 billion on June 6, according to a Securities &
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-Agency reports James Mattis, the US defence secretary, has warned that a North Korean missile attack aimed at US territory “could escalate into war very quickly”, saying US forces would know “within moments” if one was heading towards Guam, home to military bases and 160,000 people. If a missile was judged to
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ANIETIE UDOBIT Pratt made his first public appearance since announcing his separation from Anna Faris earlier this month at the ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday ― with his usual wit and charm intact. He skipped the red carpet, but took the stage later in the night to accept the Choice
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-ANIETIE UDOBIT In the September issue of Vogue magazine, the 63-year-old star recalls the one time she and Stedman- her boyfriend of 31 years discussed tying the knot. "Nobody believes it, but it's true. The only time I brought it up was when I said to Stedman, 'What would have happened
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ANIETIE UDOBIT A one-time deputy leader and spokesman for Somalia's Shabaab insurgents defected to the country's government on Sunday, a local official told AFP. Al-Shabab Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansour was the subject of a $5 million bounty from the United States for his role with the Al-Qaeda linked Islamist militants. But his
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-ANIETIE UDOBIT Yemenis gathered Monday in the rebel-held capital to witness the putting to death of a man convicted of raping and killing a child, in the second such public execution in weeks, AFP reports. Hussein al-Saket, 22, was found guilty of abducting, raping and murdering a four-year-old girl, who he later
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NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AND SAFETY AGENCY (NIMASA) August 13, 2017 Press Release The attention of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been drawn to the misinformation making the round in media, particularly online platforms, that there is an ongoing recruitment exercise in the Agency. It is imperative to state, in the
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A Canadian pastor who was imprisoned for more than two years in North Korea has arrived back home. Hyeon Soo Lim was serving a life sentence of hard labour in North Korea for alleged anti-state activities, but was released last week on what the North Korean government described as sick bail. Hyeon's
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A letter by Queen Elizabeth six days after Princess Diana's death has come to light. The letter from Queen Elizabeth to one of her closest aides, Lady Henriette Abel Smith, a lady in waiting, gives a rare glimpse into the depth of emotion that enveloped the royal family in the wake
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Boxer Amir Khan’s estranged wife threatened to “destroy him” as their marriage collapsed. Friends of the star have revealed he was desperate to leave Faryal Makhdoom, 26, two years ago, telling them the pair were “living in hell.” But they said she had vowed to ruin Amir by exposing the true extent
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