The Glencore mine, the Guptas and Zuma’s son
Duduzane Zuma has a stake in a company that is buying Glencore’s Optimum Coal along with the Gupta family.
Duduzane Zuma has a stake in a company that is buying Glencore’s Optimum Coal along with the Gupta family.
Economic analysts take aim at President Jacob Zuma’s #SONA2016, slamming the lack of new ideas for growth.
Moscow and Baghdad have agreed to approve veterinary certificates for the supply of Russian meat to Iraq by the end the first quarter of 2016, Russia's agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said on Friday.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A team from Jamestown has won the state finals of the annual LifeSmarts competition. Ten teams of students representing seven North Dakota high schools competed in the annual LifeSmarts competition this week in Bismarck. LifeSmarts tests students about personal finance, health and safety, the environment, technology, and consumer rights and responsibilities. The Jamestown team will represent North Dakota at nationals in Denver, Colorado in April.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Education says it's looking for people who want to review education content standards. The work group review allows interested people including teachers and business representatives to analyze the state's content standards.
Edward Leigh, the chairman of a cross-party working group on relations with Russia in the British Parliament told Sputnik that limited British airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) jihadist group targets, carried out by only four jets, are a symbolic gesture of solidarity to the US-led anti-IS coalition.
Britain said Friday it believes a Hong Kong bookseller feared detained by China was "involuntarily removed to the mainland" in its strongest comments yet on a case that has rocked the city.
Following a seperation of almost seventy years, the World War II veteran Norwood Thomas will be celebrating this Valentine’s Day with his pre-World War II girl friend Joyce Morris, 88.
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The turmoil hitting the markets and sharp plunge in banking stocks is sparking concern among the euro zone's finance ministers.
ENSCHEDE - Handwerkproducten zijn hip, maar wie kan er nog breien, haken of borduren? Enactus Saxion heeft er iets op gevonden: de breioma’s. Het is de voorlopige werktitel van een startend studentenbedrijf, waarvan het mes aan meerdere kanten moet snijden. Jonge modevormgevers ontwerpen hippe producten, die door eenzame ouderen in handwerkgroepen worden vervaardigd. Studenten bedrijfskunde zorgen voor de verkoop via internet.
– The Ohaneze Youth Council has condemned the killing of pro-Biafra agitators in Aba – OYC has threatened to sue security operatives to the international court of justice – The IPOB has said it will begin to defend itself against security operatives Following the alleged killing of pro-Biafra agitators in a protest at Aba, the […]
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Michelle Shevin-Coetzee
Security, Americas
Defense budget reform is not only possible—it's necessary.
Utter the word “reform” inside the Pentagon and many will roll their eyes or laugh. Initiating change to government processes and procedures invites skepticism or outright rejection, particularly within the Department of Defense. It is no surprise, then, that the Pentagon’s Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process has witnessed few significant changes since its creation in 1962. Читать дальше...
Nicolai N. Petro
Society, Europe
This week's summit in Havana is a historic opportunity.
Although the Patriarchate of Constantinople holds a place of honor among the fourteen canonical Orthodox Churches, it is the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), the world’s largest, that has emerged as the leading spokesman for Orthodox Christians. Its influence was clearly on display during preparations for this summer's first-ever Pan-Orthodox Council, when it convinced the heads of fellow... Читать дальше...
Kamal Alam
Security, Middle East
The Syrian military's resilience should not be dismissed—nor should its support.
Four years ago, Turkey’s then prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that within in a few weeks he would be praying in Damascus’s Umayyad Mosque, as Assad was about to fall. Similarly, Israel’s most decorated soldier, former Defense Minister Ehud Barak, predicted that Assad and his military would be toppled within weeks. That was at the beginning of 2012,... Читать дальше...
Matthew Kroenig
Politics, Americas
On North Korea's nuclear threat, the senator misses the mark.
It is becoming increasingly clear that foreign policy is not Ted Cruz’s strong suit. From his incomplete thoughts about using “carpet bombing” to defeat ISIS, to his gross misapplication of the late Jeane Kirkpatrick’s writings to justify his proposed policy of leaving in power Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, Cruz’s grasp of foreign policy has been repeatedly questioned by... Читать дальше...
Like the bride’s dress, the cake has come to be a focal point in most weddings. Where did this idea originate, and how did it become such a vital part of the wedding day?
The Santiam Christian High wrestling team is heading to Scio this weekend for the 3A Special District 2 championships.
Partisan politics
At the post office, the queue was seven agitated people long. Normally I’d have put in earbuds, listened to something on my phone. But I’d quit recently: No more headphones. No more podcasts o…
In what looked like a scene in a Nollywood movie, a Yoruba pastor (name not mentioned) who heads Jesus City Mountain, Asero in Abeokuta area of Ogun state, has got everyone talking. A video of the pastor commanding angels to send airtime to his members during a revival service is presently trending online. He told […]
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