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World markets dive as Trump sparks trade, North Korea worries

Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain

Conte calls for ‘realism’ over Chelsea’s title chances.

Antonio Conte has admitted Chelsea face a daunting challenge if they are to claw back the nine-point deficit to leaders Manchester City and successfully defend their Premier League title. A 1-0 victory at Bournemouth on Saturday ensured Conte’s men didn’t lose more ground to Pep Guardiola’s side and the head coach insisted the win provided a welcome boost to the London club’s confidence ahead of the midweek trip to face AS Roma in the Champions League. But the Italian refused to look too far into the future and warned of the difficulties that lie ahead for Chelsea in merely attempting to secure their position in the top four of the Premier League before setting their sights any higher. “At this moment we must be realistic by going game by game,” said Conte. “We have 19 points and we deserve to have 19 points. We are first in our group in the Champions League. “We went into the next round of the Carabao (League) Cup after going out in the second round last seaso

Rajoy’s Real visit Puigdemont’s Girona in troubled times.

Hot on the heels of a historic few days in Catalonia after separatist leaders voted in favour of a unilateral declaration of independence, Real Madrid travel to the region to face Girona on Sunday (1515GMT). The match brings the favourite teams of the Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont and Spanish Primer Minister Mariano Rajoy, who is a fan of Real Madrid. Like all sectors of Spanish society, football hasn’t been able to escape the political tension since violence marred an illegally staged independence referendum called by separatist leaders on October 1. In Real Madrid’s first visit to Catalonia since, the Spanish and European champions will travel from their hotel to the stadium in an unmarked bus as is common on their trips to the region. Girona, a city of 100,000 people just over 100 kilometres (62 miles) northeast of Barcelona is a hotbed of pro-independence support. As at FC Barcelona’s Camp Nou, chants in favour of independence are common at

Messi maintains under-par Barca’s lead over resurgent Valencia.

Barcelona recorded their best ever start to a La Liga season as coach Ernesto Valverde enjoyed a successful return to Athletic Bilbao thanks to goals from Lionel Messi and Paulinho in a 2-0 win on Saturday. Valverde has now overseen 12 wins and a draw from his first 13 La Liga and Champions League matches as Barca reestablished their four-point lead at the top of the table over Valencia, who beat Alaves 2-1 earlier on Saturday. The Catalan giants also move eight points clear of rivals Real Madrid, who are in action on Sunday amidst a backdrop of political turmoil as they travel to Catalonia to take on Girona. “The truth is we struggled a lot, especially in the second-half,” Barca midfielder Sergio Busquets told Movistar TV. “They had chances to equalise, but with a counter-attack at the end we scored the second which leaves us with this spectacular start.” Valverde left Bilbao in the summer and his impact has been felt just as much in Bilbao as it has in Barcelona

Hillary Clinton marks painful date with Twitter quip.

Hillary Clinton got a reminder that exactly one year ago, then FBI director James Comey said he was re-opening a probe into her emails. “Oh is that today?” the former Democratic presidential candidate quipped on Twitter late Saturday, in response to a post by election forecaster Nate Silver who noted the anniversary of Comey’s move and said it was “probably decisive” in last year’s White House race. Comey shocked the country when he informed Congress on October 28, 2016 that he was reopening an FBI investigation into Clinton’s unauthorized use of a private email server as secretary of state, months after declaring the probe found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing. The about-turn just days before the election followed the discovery of missing Clinton emails with classified material on the laptop of a former congressman. Clinton has called Comey’s move a major factor in her loss to Donald Trump, saying: “If the election had been on October 27, I’d be your presid

Cameroonian Man Carved Out A Cooler From A Bamboo Tree .

Wow! Isn't this astonishing? Meet the Cameroonian who carved a cooler from a bamboo tree.

These groups of people worldwide won't make it to heaven.

1, Those who in their life time have never acknowledged the supremecy of Christ Jesus the anointed Son of God Almighty who is given authority to control heaven and earth, and that every knees should bow to him both in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, wether they be thrones or dominions or powers, and that every tongues should confess that Jesus Christ is LORD. Psalms 2:5 Then shall God Almighty speak unto the unbelievers in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. And he says 2:6 "Yet have I set my King CHRIST JESUS upon my holy hill of Zion. 2:7 Then CHRIST Speaks "I will declare the decree: the LORD God Almighty have said unto me, you are my Son; this day have I begotten thee.  2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.  2:9 you shall break them with a rod of iron, authority; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 2:10 Be wise now therefore, O you kings

BVN-related asset forfeiture may jolt banks like TSA.

A repeat of the credit and liquidity squeeze, which rocked the banking sector in the wake of the takeoff of Treasury Single Account (TSA), may be in the offing if the Federal Government succeeds to acquire private accounts operated without Biometric Verification Number (BVN) numbers. The Federal High Court, Abuja, penultimate week granted the Federal Government’s prayers to have thousands of account in commercial bank, that are still without BVN forfeited if owners do not come forward to claim them in two weeks. Trouble for this class of account holders started on October 17 this year, when Justice Nnamdi Dimgba ruled on an ex-parte motion filed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Justice Abubakar Malami. He slammed a restraining order on commercial banks to desist from operating such accounts, and further directed the 19 Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to disclose the owners and the financial content of each of the accounts., in a move, which seeks to check co

Bible Parable And Sermon: The Prodigal Son and what it really means -.

Luke 15:12-32 And he said: A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his substance. 13 And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously. 14 And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine. 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him. 17 And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger? 18 I will arise, and will go to my father, and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee: 19 I am not worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants

Fake Doctor Steals N290k From A Blind Patient's Account, Gets Arrested.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC), Kwara command on Monday paraded one Ahmed Olalekan for parading himself as a medical doctor. Olalekan who hails from lgbayeodo-Otin LGA of Osun State was arrested in Aboto, Kwara State.  . Parading the suspect, the NSCDC Commandant in Kwara, Mr Adeyinka Ayinla, said the suspect was arrested on October 19 for allegedly claiming to be a doctor.‎ While supposedly treating a blind man, the fake doctor transferred N290,000 into his personal account.  . He however ran out of luck when the patient’s son went to make a withdrawal on behalf of his father, but discovered that there was no money left in the account.  . He subsequent request for a statement of the account then showed that the fake doctor carried out the withdrawal. He was only discovered to have no qualification after his arrest.

Monkeypox: Kano confirms suspected victim.

He said the suspected victim has been isolated and put on intensive clinical watch until the result of the sample was received. “The State also identified 60 people who had contacts with the victims and all of them have been quarantine,” he said. The Commissioner said that a team has put the entire area where the suspected case was recorded under clinical watch, adding that the state has establishment a special clinic to handle any outbreak. “For now only 11 States are affected by the monkeypox disease and 94 persons are the victims out of which only six are confirmed. “The Kano case from Bebeji Local Government is yet to be confirmed. The blood sampling will take three weeks before it is ready,” he said.

Pre-Wedding Photos Of Corpers Who Graduated From FUTO .

Love is a beautiful thing and it is said that he who finds a wife ,found a good thing. I have seen numerous love stories but this particular story is rare and worth emulating. Full text of invitation from the groom's facebook post reads: "It's Official:  Our Love Story: Gained admission same year into the same school-FUTO, landed in same fellowship-CASOR, Did Internship in the same company, graduated same year and currently Serving in the same state. Dear Lord We give you all the Praise for thus far you've led us, from friends to best friends and now Lovers. It Can Only Be God! I will be walking down the aisle with my everyday Crush, Besty of Life and the true woman of my dreams. Dear Family and Friends, The Count Down Begins...... #AmaraExcel #AmaraExcel2017 #ExceedingGrace #SaveTheDate #18thNovember2017 #OwerriWeddings" WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS THIS NOT WONDERFUL?

Zimbabwean Man Falls Asleep After Raping 65-year-old Woman In Her Bedroom .

He then fell asleep in her blankets. The woman said the man, who is her neighbour, strangled her and asked her if uyajusa (taking ARV medication). She told the court that she tried to fight back and bit him on his lower lip, but he overpowered her. The man, she said, raped her while putting on a condom but later tossed it away saying that it disturbed him. “After he fell asleep in my blankets, I picked up my two-year-old grandchild and fled to my neighbour’s homestead. He woke up and fled before we returned,” she said. “I am even afraid to sleep in my home or to make eye contact with him because of what he did to me”. The man pleaded not guilty to rape when he appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mr Trynose Utahwashe who remanded him in custody to November 2 for continuation of trial. The man said there was no way he could have raped the woman as she was the same age as his mother. He said: “There was no way I could have had an erection for you at your age.” Prosecuting, Mr Ro

APC wins House of Rep bye-election in Sokoto State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared All Progressive (APC) candidate, Alhaji Abdullahi Kalambaina, as winner of Saturday’s Kware/Wamakko Federal Constituency’s bye-election in Sokoto State. Kalambaina polled 31,288 votes to defeat his closest rival, Alhaji Aminu Bello-Kware of the People Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 7,205. The Returning Officer, Prof. Abdulatif Usman, said 43,130 voters were accredited for the bye-election out of 176,825 total registered voters in the constituency. Usman said 42,532 eligible voters cast their votes with 40,046 valid while 2,486 votes were rejected. According to him, Kabir Altine of ACPN scored 62 votes, Umaru Muhammad of ADC 80, Muktar Umar of APA 342, Aliyu Bilyaminu APGA 121, Abubakar Bello DA 32 and Jamilu Imam of DPP scored 155 votes. Others were; Abdullahi Abubakar GPN 326, Abubakar Ahmad KOWA 33, Kabiru Al-mustapha MMN 24, Abubakar Sama’ila MPPP 19, Kabiru Ahmad NCP 28, Umar Ma’az

German Parents Not Allowed To Name Their Child Lucifer .

You can't just name your child whatever you like in Germany. Godsgift is OK; devilish monikers are not. Elsewhere in the world, the rules for name approval are even stricter. In one country, Harriet is a no-go. What the hell? That's probably what a civic registry office employee thought when he saw the request made by a couple from the central German city of Kassel. The parents wanted to register their newborn son as Lucifer. The registrar refused to put the rather unusual name into the baby's birth certificate, and the parents refused to choose a different one. The case ended up in court, where, eventually, Mom and Dad were convinced to not saddle their son with a name that many people across the world associate with pure evil. The baby boy is now named Lucian. The Latin word "lucifer" means "morning star" or, as an adjective, "light-bringing." But today the name is a synonym for the devil. In Christian tradition, Lucifer was used as the prope

FIFA role for Dikko a plus for Nigeria football – Onigbinde.

ormal Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Technical instructor, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, has described the recent appointment of the Chairman, League Management Company, Shehu Dikko, as a member of FIFA Football Stakeholders’ Committee, as a plus to the nation. Dikko, a Second Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), was on Friday confirmed by FIFA as a committee member at its Council meeting held in Calcutta, India. The choice of Dikko makes it three, the number of Nigerians appointed into FIFA committees this year. Others are NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, appointed into the influential Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions, while former Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Ayotunde Philips, was elected into FIFA Ethics Committee (Adjudicatory Council). Speaking to The Guardian, yesterday, on the new development, Onigbinde said the appointment and the previous ones the country recorded were things that should affect the nat