The federal cost to take care of a billionaire president and former presidential pensions and benefits NBC new reported that when President-Elect Donald Trump gets sworn in as president on January 20, 2017 the contingent of at least 150 Secret Service personnel will balloon to more than 920 Secret Service agents and support personnel in […]
November 22, 2016
LA 2024 (Los Angeles 2024): Venue Plan video released for the 2024 Olympic Games
LA 2024 (Los Angeles 2024): Venue Plan video released for the 2024 Olympic Games Source: LA 2024 LA 2024 leaders traveled to Doha, Qatar to make the first presentation to the Olympic family at the Association of National Olympic Committees [ANOC]. The presentation featured remarks by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, the only female track-and-field […]
November 11, 2016
The Swinging Pendulum -Hate vs Progress -Women’s Suffrage : The majority of white women rejected Hillary Clinton for Donald Trump
The Swinging Pendulum -Hate vs Progress A Historical Flashback -Women’s Suffrage: The majority of white women rejected Hillary Clinton for Donald Trump How did Hillary Clinton lose to Donald Trump? Partly due to the fact she did not win the white women’s vote. Why did Hillary Clinton lose the presidency to Donald Trump? On November […]
November 3, 2016
Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the European Union
Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the European Union BBC News Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU, the High Court has ruled. This means the government cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty – beginning formal exit negotiations […]
October 30, 2016
Japan’s population declines in 2015 for first time since 1920
Japan’s population declines in 2015 for first time since 1920 Japan Times Japan’s population stood at 127,094,745 as of Oct. 1, 2015, the final results of the census showed, down 0.8 percent from the previous census five years earlier and marking the first decline since the survey began in 1920. Of the total population, including […]
October 27, 2016
United States: Disparity in college student loan debt more than triples after graduation
United States: Disparity in college student loan debt more than triples after graduation Brookings Institution The moment they earn their bachelor’s degrees, black college graduates owe $7,400 more on average than their white peers ($23,400 versus $16,000, including non-borrowers in the averages). But over the next few years, the black-white debt gap more than triples […]
October 26, 2016
Africa: Gambia says it will leave the ‘International Criminal Court’
Africa: Gambia Says It Will Leave The ‘International Criminal Court’ The U.S. is not a member of the International Criminal Court Rebecca Hersher NPR Gambia says it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court in The Hague — the third nation to do so this month. The small West African country alleges that the court […]
October 10, 2016
Dubai – Construction begins on world’s tallest building the Dubai Creek Harbour
Dubai – Construction begins on world’s tallest building the Dubai Creek Harbour Reuters Dubai said on 10 October 2016 it had started building what would be the world’s tallest tower, another record for the city that is already home to the highest skyscraper – the Burj Khalifa. The Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour – a […]
October 8, 2016
‘Racist’ Gandhi statue banished from the University of Ghana campus
‘Racist’ Gandhi statue banished from the University of Ghana campus campus Accra academics win removal of Mahatma sculpture after petition denouncing Indian leader and saying African heroes ‘come first Jason Burke The Guardian A statue of Mahatma Gandhi will be removed from a university campus in Ghana after professors launched a petition claiming the revered […]
October 5, 2016
Chinese built railway opens linking Ethiopia to Djibouti
Chinese built railway opens linking Ethiopia to Djibouti Xinhua ADDIS ABABA- African people cherish a dream that one day the capitals of all African countries will be linked by high-speed railways, Chairperson of African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma once said. Perhaps, the African people have never come closer in their endeavor towards making the dream […]


November 25, 2016
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