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Michigan woman claims she lost her teaching job because school found out she’s also a rapper

Domonique Brown said she was fired after school officials got to know about her rap career — Photo: drippinhoney_music/Instagram By Face2Face Africa A Michigan woman, who was previously named Teacher of the Month, said she lost her teaching job at a high school in February after officials became aware she’s also a rapper. According to

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Russia arrests suspected gunmen as concert death toll soars to 115

Members of Russian special operations forces gather at the Crocus City Hall concert venue outside Moscow, March 22, 2024. Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via Reuters By Reuters Russia has arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with a shooting rampage that killed at least 115 people in a concert hall near Moscow, the

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Russian media slam terrorist attack at concert hall as ‘massacre’ that was ‘unprecedented’ in Russia

By Anadolu Agency A terror attack at the Crocus City concert hall in the Moscow region made the front pages of Russian newspapers Saturday. The Kommersant newspaper said the well-organized “massacre was unprecedented in the history of Russia.” “Even the terrorists who attacked the Moscow Dubrovka Theater in October 2002, where the musical Nord-Ost was

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Uganda President Museveni appoints his son Muhoozi as Chief of Defence Forces

Credit: Reuters/General Muhoozi Kainerugaba By Daily Monitor Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has appointed his son General Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the new Chief of Defence Forces (CDF). He replaces Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi who was appointed Minister of State for Trade in the new cabinet reshuffle announced Thursday evening. Gen Muhoozi has been serving as his

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Egypt’s Sisi meets Blinken, calls for immediate cease-fire in Gaza

By Anadolu Agency Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken arrived in Cairo early Thursday for talks with Egyptian officials on efforts to reach a Gaza cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel. Talks between Sisi and Blinken

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UK Rwanda migrants plan to be delayed after new parliamentary defeats

Prime minister, Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference in Downing Street in London, after he saw the Safety of Rwanda Bill pass its third reading in the House of Commons by a majority of 44 on Wednesday evening. Picture date: Thursday January 18, 2024. Photographer Stefan Rousseau/File Photo By Reuters The passage of British

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Artificial intelligence opens new frontier in cyberdefence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has completely changed the battleground for both cybercriminals and defenders. File Photo/Pool By Business Daily Africa Over the past few years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has completely changed the battleground for both cybercriminals and defenders. While nefarious actors have found increasingly inventive ways to put AI to use, new research shows that AI

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South African parliament speaker’s home raided in corruption probe

Speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula presides over South Africa’s parliament debate on a report by a panel of experts who found that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have violated his oath of office, following allegations that large sums of foreign currency were hidden at his private game farm, in Cape Town, South Africa, December

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‘We need urgent action now to avoid famine in Gaza,’ says UK foreign minister

By Anadolu Agency British Foreign Minister David Cameron on Monday expressed “grave concern” over the findings from an Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report on the risk of famine in Gaza. Stressing the urgency of the situation, Cameron called for immediate action to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. “The findings from IPC’s report on famine

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US says IFC covering up sex scandal in Kenya schools

By Business Daily Africa The US government has claimed that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) tried to cover up reports of child sex abuse at Kenya’s Bridge International Academies moments after investigations against the low-cost private school began. According to the Treasury Department, the IFC entered into a “supplemental confidential” in what may have been

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