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France and Virginia will soon be connected all in the name of better internet service. In a statement this week, Google announced that it would be constructing an undersea, transatlantic cable that will span 4,000 miles of open ocean, from Virginia Beach to the French Atlantic coast. … Read...

I spent part of last month in Cameroon travelling to various communities and listening to ordinary voices about the on-going Anglophone crisis. I witnessed the devastating impact of the conflict on people and their community. In city after city, businesses have shut down, night life is almost...

Japan has reopened three beaches in regions devastated by the 2011 tsunami and resulting Fukushima nuclear disaster after years of reconstruction efforts, officials said Monday. Local officials in Fukushima said they... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2A1VWuh Get more...

A prominent South Korean lawmaker who was being probed over a bribery scandal has committed suicide, police said Monday. Roh Hoe-chan, a three-term lawmaker of the left-leaning Justice Party had been... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2uUOyLt Get more World News

U.S. President, Donald Trump, has again blamed former President, Barack Obama, for “not doing something” about alleged Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election, while he was still president. Mr Trump, in a tweet, also described the alleged election meddling as a hoax, saying it was...

US President Donald Trump has launched an explosive all-caps Twitter threat on Iran declaring “you will suffer consequences the likes of which few have ever suffered before.” Donald Trump’s tweet follows Iranian President Hassan Rouhani cautioning the American leader on Sunday about pursuing...

A drug to treat malaria – the first such pill to get approval in 60 years has been given the green light by authorities in the United States. The medicine is specifically for the recurring form of malaria, which makes 8.5 million … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2NCgSdl Get more...

Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil has announced his retirement from international football in an emotional statement, saying he feels "unwanted" by the national team and has hit out at German football officials for alleged racial discrimination. The Arsenal man was fiercely criticised as Germany...

A trade war is now a reality, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has warned as G20 ministers gather for a summit in Argentina. The current US trade policy of imposing unilateral tariffs is based on “the law of the jungle”, he said. But US Treasury Secretary Steven … Read more via...

When Pakistan goes to the polls on July 25, there will be 25 transgender citizens acting as election monitors in 18 constituencies, with the Free and Fair Election Network. Some 13 transgender candidates will contest the election, with two hoping for a national assembly seat and 11 bidding …...

This beautiful woman, President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović of Croatia sure knows how to get things done. She acts real. Read more via OluFamous.Com – https://ift.tt/2uUID9s Get more World News