Somali government abandons students in Wuhan

Photo/ Somali Times According to Voice of America Somali students in Wuhan says they are trapped in their university rooms feeling frightened and lonely because the Coronavirus and are appealing for the Somali government to help them leave the besieged, sickening Wuhan. Somali Times also contact the Via WhatsApp. Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad

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Blue Brexit passports to be issued from next month

© Provided by The Guardian Priti Patel with the new ‘iconic’ new design. Photograph: Home Office/PA By Henry McDonald Blue passports will be issued for the first time in almost three decades from next month to mark Britain’s departure from the EU, the government has announced. They will replace the standard-issue burgundy passports that were

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Fury and Wilder weigh in big for their big heavyweight fight

Tyson Fury, of England, attends a weigh-in for his WBC heavyweight championship boxing match against Deontay Wilder, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken) Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder made one last appearance Friday before their big heavyweight title fight, weighing in and taunting each other before a raucous crowd at the

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Africa’s Top 10 Universities 2020

University A. Bartlett Giamatti, an American professor of English Renaissance Literature once said, “Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people; they’re here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.” Many university rankings in the world today focus on factors unrelated to academic merit. Thus, some rankings of

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UAE records two new coronavirus cases, total number reaches 11

Travellers wear masks as they arrive at the Dubai International Airport, after the UAE’s Ministry of Health and Community Prevention confirmed the country’s first case of coronavirus, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike The United Arab Emirates said on Friday it had registered two new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number

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Kenya: Shares drop Sh31bn as investors sell off stock

Owners of bank shares have lost Sh31 billion over the past month as investors take profits from the rally that followed the removal of the cap on commercial lending rates. All the 10 banks have reported declines in share prices between January 20 and Thursday on what stock dealers linked to increased supply of the

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President Farmajo preparations to leave office in 8 months

Photo/ Somali Times The law which has been rejected by both Puntland and Jubaland provides for a winner-takes- all formula otherwise known as the First-Past-the Post which is used in Somaliland and neighbouring Kenya. The model which overturned the Proportional Representation (PR) proposed in the initial Bill by the poll body, NIEC arrived at by

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Intel officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy

FILE – In this June 28, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Intelligence officials say Russia is interfering with the 2020 election to try to help Trump get reelected, The New York

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Understanding Technological Unemployment of the Future

Unemployment With the fourth industrial revolution fast approaching, what professions are safe from the technological takeover? We have all basked in the sun of technological advancements. We all celebrate when there is some new technology introduced. From 5G, self-driving cars, and even a drone delivery system, these things promise to make our day-to-day easier and

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Morgan Stanley to buy E-Trade for $13 billion

The Morgan Stanley logo is displayed on its Times Square building, in New York. Morgan Stanley is buying online brokerage E-Trade in an all-stock deal valued at about $13 billion. In the all-stock deal announced Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, E*Trade shareholders will receive 1.0432 Morgan Stanley shares for each share they own. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan,

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