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Multiple fatalities, 1 in custody after Walmart shooting in El Paso, Texas

August 4, 2019 Americas 136

The governor of Texas, in the USA, has confirmed that 20 people have been killed in a shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso. Over two dozen were injured. Police have confirmed that 26…

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130-year-old Indonesian arrives Makkah for Hajj

August 2, 2019 Foreign 1468

A 130-year-old Indonesian Muslim has arrived Jeddah on Wednesday to perform the life-time hajj journey. The man is believed to be the oldest person to perform the Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Press Agency (SPA)reported Wednesday. Ohi…

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Rwanda seals Congo border after third Ebola case in Goma

August 1, 2019 Latest News 90

Rwandan authorities closed the border with the Ebola-hit Congolese city of Goma on Thursday for everyone other than Congolese citizens leaving Rwanda, as a third case was confirmed in Goma. The daughter of an Ebola…

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Indonesia plans incentives to boost electric vehicle industry

August 1, 2019 Foreign 97

Indonesia plans a series of incentives to boost production of electric vehicles (EVs), according to a copy of a draft regulation reviewed. Southeast Asia’s largest economy wants EV manufacturers and battery makers to create a…

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Another journalist killed in Mexico, 8th this year

July 31, 2019 Latest News 91

The body of a Mexican journalist has been found in the boot of his car, according to the news portal he edited and local media. This makes him the eighth member of the profession to…

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Sallah: Clerics warn Muslims against borrowing to buy rams

July 31, 2019 General News 517

Islamic clerics in Omu-Aran, Kwara State have warned Muslims to refrain from incurring unnecessary debts to buy ram for the fast approaching Sallah celebration. The clerics, who gave the warning in separate interviews in Omu-Aran…

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11 dead, 6,000 hospitalised as heatwave continues to scorch Japan

July 30, 2019 Latest News 119

Eleven people were killed and nearly 6,000 hospitalised in Japan due to heat-related illnesses last week, the government said on Tuesday. The heatwave saw 5,664 people taken to hospitals, 1,199 of whom displayed severe symptoms…

Let’s assist govt. solve social ills with power of Qur’an – Shaykh Abdul-Hadi

July 30, 2019 General News 274

A cleric, Sheykh Abdul-Hadi Abdul-Ganiyy, has called on Islamic scholars to assist the Federal Government in finding solutions to the social menace confronting the country, by proffering healing solutions from the Glorious Qur’an. Abdul-Ganiyy, an…

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Court to rule on El-Zazaki’s bail application Aug. 5

July 29, 2019 General News 99

Justice Darius Khobo of Kaduna State High Court, on Monday, adjourned to Aug. 5, ruling in the application for permission to travel to India for medical attention filed by Ibrahim El-Zazaky and his wife, Zinat….

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Ethiopian shuts offices to allow civil servants take part in tree planting campaign

July 29, 2019 Africa 94

Ethiopians dug in to help plant more than 200 million trees in the climate change-ravaged country on Monday, breaking the previous world record. “Today Ethiopia is set in our attempt to break the world record…

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