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Donald Trump has refused to allow Jussie Smollett to lick his wounds in peace. Speaking at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Trump called the dropped charges “an embarrassment to our country, what took place there” and said he agreed with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel about the outcome. Recall …...

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei said revenues topped $100bn in 2018 despite a US-led campaign against the business on fears it poses a security threat. The firm said revenue for 2018 hit 721.2bn yuan ($107bn), while net profit jumped 25% to 59.3bn yuan. The US … Read more via BBC News –...

If there were no Lion Air crash Flight 610 involving Boeing 737MAX, the same aircraft type that was also involved in the Ethiopian Airlines, there are indications that the attention would have been more on the maintenance culture of the African airline rather than on the Maneuvering … Read...

More than 10 cases of cholera have been recorded in Nairobi since the outbreak of the disease was reported in the capital two weeks ago. Nairobi County Health Chief Officer Washington Makodingo said that so far, 14 patients with cholera symptoms have been admitted … Read more via AllAfrica...

Member of Parliament for Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira, Bright Wereko Brobbey, has appealed for support for his constituents after a rainstorm displaced hundreds. He wants the public to support the effort by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to resettle … Read more via...

Sudanese police fired tear gas at protesters defying a nationwide state of emergency on Thursday, with demonstrations in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere, witnesses said. Protests and deadly clashes … Read more via Modern Ghana News – https://ift.tt/2JY12N4 Get more World News

A Bangladeshi woman has given birth to twins almost one month after delivering a premature baby boy, her doctor told the BBC. Arifa Sultana, 20, gave birth to … Read more via BBC News – Health – https://ift.tt/2U6jkRj Get more World News

A federal jury on Wednesday ordered Monsanto to pay more than $80 million in damages to a California man whose cancer it determined was partly caused by his use of the popular weedkiller Roundup. The six-member jury found that Monsanto should be held liable for the man’s … Read more via NYT...