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UK astronaut Tim Peake is preparing to return to Earth after an historic six-month mission to the space station. During his stay, he made the first spacewalk by a UK astronaut, remotely steered a robot on Earth and ran the London Marathon. A Soyuz capsule carrying Major Peake and two …
Read More »France labour dispute: Paris protests descend into violence
The man who killed a French police couple at their home near Paris was acting on an order from so-called Islamic State (IS) to “kill infidels”, officials say. Larossi Abballa, who was killed in a shootout with police, was loyal to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, they said. A police …
Read More »Sub-Saharan Africa to see slow growth – World Bank
Latest report released by the World Bank has predicted economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa to slow again in 2016, to 2.5 percent, down from an estimated 3.0 percent in 2015. More alarming, the World Bank is also forecasting commodity prices to remain low with weak global activity, and tightening financial …
Read More »QUEEN ELIZABETH CELEBRATES 90TH BIRTHDAY.
Happy Birthday to Queen Elizabeth, the longest serving monarch. #pink96.9fm
Read More »Hindu worshippers hang themselves from HOOKS and pierce their skin with metal rods as they take part in the folk festival
Spectacular images have captured the celebrations of Charak Puja, a Hindu folk festival held in southern Bangladesh and West Bengal. Celebrated on the last day of the last month in the Nepali calendar, people believe the festival will eliminate the sorrow and sufferings of the previous year and carry prosperity …
Read More »Rihanna tribute to Ghana’s undercover journalist?
A journalist based in Guyana, Carinya Sharples, has pointed out that the Bajan singer Rihanna’s latest music video appears to make a tribute to Ghanaian undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, who covers his face with beads. She noticed the similarity when she was researching the singer’s lyrics. Here’s what Mr Anas wore when …
Read More »Paying for sex banned in France as MPs crack down on kerb crawling perverts instead of sex workers Paying for sex banned in France as MPs crack down on kerb crawling perverts instead of sex workers
Under the new legislation, which was voted in yesterday, clients can be fined £1,200 or even jailed for six months Paying for sex will become illegal in France after a strict anti-vice law was voted in by MPs. Under the new legislation, which was passed yesterday, people who pay for …
Read More »Donald Trump Suggested That Abortion Providers Be Punished. Here’s How 5 Abortion Providers Responded
When presidential hopeful Donald Trump told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that women who obtain abortions should receive “some form of punishment” if the procedure were ever made illegal, advocates on both sides of the abortion debate thoroughly condemned the GOP front-runner. Trump rode back his comments, then declaring that only “the …
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