U.S. consumer confidence falls for fifth straight month amid tariff and inflation concerns
Americans’ confidence in the U.S. economy weakened further in December, as persistent inflation and President Donald Trump’s tariff policies deepened public anxiety about the nation’s financial outlook. According to data…
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Flying hospital helps blind to see
The world's only "Flying Eye Hospital" is a DC-10 jet that flies around the world carrying out sight-saving operations.
Flying hospital helps blind to see
The world's only "Flying Eye Hospital" is a DC-10 jet that flies around the world carrying out sight-saving operations.
A beauty and a geek?
The term "software engineer" conjures images of pasty-faced young men with poor posture and limited social skills. And people think fashion models are all beauty and no brains.
CAR pins peace hopes on interim president
Central African Republic's parliament elected the mayor of Bangui, the capital, as interim president Monday, United Nations peacekeepers there said.
Nigeria’s anti-gay law ‘draconian’
Homosexuals now live in fear of Nigeria's strict new anti-gay laws. CNN's Vladimir Duthiers reports.
S. Korean trade official abducted in Libya
Gunmen abducted a South Korean trade official in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, South Korea's semiofficial Yonhap News Agency reported Monday, in the latest violent incident in the country.
How sweet are the MINTs?
The former Goldman Sachs economist who coined the term "BRICs" (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) has a new grouping, but Eduardo J. Gómez says they're not ready for prime time.
Why Martin Luther King’s legacy and vision are relevant into 21st century. By Chido Nwangwu
Why Martin Luther King's legacy and vision are relevant into 21st century. By Chido Nwangwu, Publisher of USAfrica, Houston. …
Egypt passes a new constitution
Egyptian voters have approved a new constitution, with 98.1% voting in its favor a spokesman for the electoral commission announces in a national broadcast.
Group: Attack kills 3 children, 19 adults in C.A.R.
Gunmen launched grenades and used machetes against Muslims being evacuated in a truck convoy in Central African Republic, killing at least three children and 19 adults, a humanitarian group said…
South Africa marks worst year in rhino killings
Last week, a hunter stunned the world by paying $350,000 to kill a black rhino. The deal went went viral and brought death threats against the hunter.
Uganda anti-gay bill blocked
Uganda's President has declined to sign a bill that would punish certain homosexual acts with life in prison, but the move was not borne of out of an effort to…
Detained AP cameraman released on bail in Egypt
A freelance Egyptian TV cameraman detained while covering the country's constitutional referendum for The Associated Press was released on bail Friday, the news outlet reported, citing authorities.
Libyan government minister shot dead
A Libyan minister was shot dead in the first assassination of a transitional government official since dictator Moammar Gadhafi was ousted from power nearly three years ago.
Meet the Queen of Nollywood
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is a Nigerian movie star -- as well as a singer, humanitarian and one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people.
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