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Steve Wozniak And Steve Jobs Were Once Robbed At Gunpoint Outside A Pizza Parlor

Steve Wozniak And Steve Jobs Were Once Robbed At Gunpoint Outside A Pizza Parlor

Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak joined comedians Jimmy Fallon and Seth Rogen on Friday for a little game of “True Confessions.” Each contestant had to read a statement and then get interrogated by the other two to determine if it’s real. No, Seth Rogen did not do mushroom with Wolf Blitzer, but Wozniak and Steve Jobs […]

US Military Kills More Than 20 As They Bomb Doctors Without Borders Hospital In Afghanistan

US Military Kills More Than 20 As They Bomb Doctors Without Borders Hospital In Afghanistan

The US airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan may have been a war crime, according to a UN human rights chief. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said that if an investigation found the hospital was purposefully targeted, the incident could constitute a war crime. Calling the bombing which killed 19 ‘tragic, inexcusable and […]

U.S.A Not Impressed By Russia’s Air Technology And Capability Following The Bombing Of Syria

U.S.A Not Impressed By Russia’s Air Technology And Capability Following The Bombing Of Syria

Russia’s days-old air campaign in Syria is giving U.S. officials and analysts their first in-depth look at Russian capabilities in decades, and it has some wondering whether Russia is able to effectively use its most advanced weapons. “You can actually tell that the ammunition they’re using while I wouldn’t call it older, necessarily they are […]

South African Troops Pulled Out Of DRC For Violations

South African Troops Pulled Out Of DRC For Violations

The South African military has said it is withdrawing about 50 peacekeepers from a UN mission in Congo to face a court martial because they violated disciplinary codes, a military spokesman said. The violations included leaving a base after curfew, Brigadier General Xolani Mabanga said on Thursday. The troops were deployed in eastern Congo as […]

Pope Francis’s Lessons On How To Judge And Love

Pope Francis’s Lessons On How To Judge And Love

One of Pope Francis’ favorite novels is “The Betrothed” by Alessandro Manzoni. It is about two lovers whose longing to marry is thwarted by a cowardly and morally mediocre priest and a grasping nobleman. A good simple friar shelters the suffering couple. Then a plague hits the country, reminding everyone of their mortality and vulnerability, […]

SA Second Quarter Current Account Deficit Narrows More Than Expected

SA Second Quarter Current Account Deficit Narrows More Than Expected

OUTH Africa’s current account deficit narrowed more than expected to 3.1% of gross domestic product, or R124bn, in the second quarter from a slightly revised 4.7% (4.8%), or R185bn, in the first quarter, a Reserve Bank’s quarterly bulletin showed on Tuesday. A 3.5% deficit had been expected. Reserve Bank The narrowing in the current account […]

Bank Of Zambia Warns Against Quoting In Dollars

Bank Of Zambia Warns Against Quoting In Dollars

THE Bank of Zambia says the decision by some traders to quote their prices in dollars will undermines the macroeconomic stabilisation efforts that are being undertaken. Bank of Zambia said if left unchecked, the practice had the potential to increase the demand for foreign exchange and intensify pressure on the exchange rate. “This practice will […]

Pope Francis Worked As A Nightclub Bouncer, Hasn’t Watched Television In 25 Years

Pope Francis Worked As A Nightclub Bouncer, Hasn’t Watched Television In 25 Years

The 78-year-old who lives behind a gas station in Vatican City previously worked as a nightclub bouncer. He’ll suffer the white robes of his office, but he won’t abide the red shoes his predecessor wore. He wants to save souls, but also save the Earth. During his first week on the job, he jokingly blessed […]

Activists Call for Respect of Rights in HIV/Aids Fight

Activists Call for Respect of Rights in HIV/Aids Fight

AIDS activists have urged institutions to promote respect for human rights in the fight against the virus. The activists made the remarks during a one-day conference on HIV and human rights in Remera. The argument is that human rights observance offers public health a more consistent and comprehensive framework of action on the societal root […]

Egyptian researchers developed a cost-effective method for cleaning saltwater in just minutes

Egyptian researchers developed a cost-effective method for cleaning saltwater in just minutes

Finding ways to create clean drinking water where there is none is a field of constant innovation. Desalination, the process of filtering seawater to make it fit for human use, is perhaps the most common and researchers around the globe are on a quest to bring cost-effective and portable desalination technology to rural areas where […]

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