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Donald Trump continues to insist the US election was ‘rigged’

Donald Trump has renewed his claims that the U.S. presidential election was rigged. This comes despite assurances from federal and state officials, and private industry partners, that the November 3 vote was the “most secure” in the nation’s history. Trump, who has not yet conceded to President-elect Joe Biden, has repeatedly taken to Twitter to assert, without…

Why US opposed Okonjo-Iweala as consensus candidate for WTO Director-General

The United States opposed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the consensus candidate to lead the WTO. It has now been revealed that the US said it is supporting South Korean trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee, to become the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation because she is a “trade expert”. US Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, while giving reasons for opposing Okonjo-Iweala,…

Muslims ‘have the right to kill millions of French people’, Malaysia’s former PM says after knife-wielding Islamist killed three people in a church in Nice

Malaysia’s former prime minister on Wednesday, October 29, said that Muslims have the right “to kill millions of French people”, shortly after a knife-wielding Islamist killed three people in a Church in Nice.  Mahathir Mohamad, who lost power in February this year, said freedom of expression does not include “insulting other people” as anger over satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed…

Gunmen storm Cameroon school and kill several children

Gunmen stormed a school in southwestern Cameroon, killing at least eight children and wounding a dozen more, according to the United Nations. The attackers who had guns and machetes arrived on motorbikes and in civilian clothes. They attacked the Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy in the city of Kumba, in the country’s Southwest Region, at around midday on Saturday,…

What Nigerians are going through is 100 worst than what Americans go through with the system – Meek Mill

American superstar rapper, Meek Mill has raised an alarm on the current state of things in Nigeria amid the widespread #EndSARS protest.  Meek in a tweet he shared, revealed that he stayed up all night watching videos from Nigeria. He added that what Nigerians are going through is 100 worst than what Americans go through with the…

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