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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...

World No. 2 Wozniacki ousted in Indian Wells.

Russian Daria Kasatkina, who has beaten all four reigning Grand Slam champions in the past year, upset world No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 7-5 at the WTA Indian Wells event on Tuesday. Kasatkina recorded her second straight win over Wozniacki, having also beaten the reigning Australian Open champ at the St. Petersburg tournament last month. The 20-year-old Kasatkina improved to 11-6 on the WTA Tour season as she seeks to better her quarter-final appearance here in 2016. Kasatkina hit one ace, won 54 percent of her first serves and broke Wozniacki’s serve six times in the one hour, 40 minute match. “She outsmarted me today, which is fair enough,” Wozniacki said. “But, you know, at least I tried, and I tried to do what I thought I needed to do out there today. “I just couldn’t execute as well as I wanted to.” It was a disappointing exit for Wozniacki, who finally silenced her critics earlier this year with her maiden Grand Slam title in Melbourne, where she defea...

No special plan to stop Messi, says Rohr.

Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr has stated that he has no special plan to stop Argentina superstar Lionel Messi at the World Cup. The Super Eagles are grouped alongside La Albiceleste in Group D of the World Cup. Ahead of the fixture against the South American side, Rohr stated in an interview with Soccer Laduma that there will not be an extra focus on the Argentine talisman. “At this stage, there is no special plan. We don’t even know whether he will play. Of course, we all know him and we know of his quality. But we also played against some really good players in our qualification and were able to deal with them.” Read More:  It’s our dream to win World Cup in Russia, says Rohr “We had Riyad Mahrez at Algeria, we played against Sadio Mane and Senegal in a friendly. We know how to organise our defence against top quality players. What I can tell you now already is that there will be no man-marking of Messi,” Rohr continued. “We did this in the old days, ...

Mauritius president refuses to resign over financial scandal.

Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has refused to resign, vowing to fight allegations that saw her embroiled in a financial scandal, the presidency said in a statement Wednesday. Gurib-Fakim, Africa’s only female head of state, has been accused of using a bank card provided by an NGO to make personal purchases. Last Friday Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced that Gurib-Fakim had agreed to resign, with a date set for her departure after Monday’s ceremony celebrating the Indian Ocean archipelago nation’s 50 years of independence. However a statement from the presidency slammed “weeks of attacks and false allegations” and said that Gurib-Fakim planned to clear her name and would not resign. “Her Excellency Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, having nothing to feel guilty about and able to provide corroborating evidence, rejects any idea of resigning,” read the statement. Gurib-Fakim, whose role is mostly ceremonial, is a scientist and biologist of international renown, an...

Female Soldier Shoots Mad Woman To Death In Aba, Abia State .

A female soldier attached to the Ngwa High School Forward Operation Base ( FOB ) whose name is yet to be identified has reportedly killed a woman at Osisioma junction leading to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC ) depot off Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway. According to Thenation The woman died at the spot having her body riddled with bullets. Sources around the Osisioma area said that the woman was who was mentally derailed was caught by stray bullets while the soldier was dragging her gun with a truck pusher. An eyewitness at the incident while narrating how the woman was killed, said the bullets ripped the woman’s body apart and said it was an incident that he wished not have witnessed. News from Ebiwali-- https://www.ebiwalismoment.com/2018/03/chaos-as-female-soldier-shoots-mad.html?m=1

Mistakes Parents Make When Traveling With Kids.

Mistakes Parents Make When Traveling With Kids  by  flex04 ( m ):  12:53pm As a parent or would-be parent, travelling with your children for the first time can feel daunting and stress-inducing. From figuring out what to pack to being concerned for your child, these are the real fears of parents. Regardless, there are mistakes you should avoid when travelling with your children or kids. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares some of these mistakes. Reducing screen time In your house, you might have a policy about how much time your kids can spend playing games or watching movies on devices. But when you’re travelling, you might have to bend the rules a little to survive your travel. Make sure any device you’re bringing is fully loaded with approved videos and apps and allow them to have as much screen time as they want to keep them distracted. Overplanning You have ideas about what destination you want to visit during your trip, but remember that when y...

Zimbabwe doctors’ strike cripples hospitals.

Zimbabwe’s main state hospitals turned away many patients and only attended to emergency cases on Wednesday as a strike by doctors escalated. The strike, which seek to pressure the government for salary increases and address drugs shortages in hospitals, has spread since starting two weeks ago among junior doctors. “We will only return to work when all issues raised have been fully resolved,” the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) said in a statement. “We note with concern the closure of almost all central hospitals, children’s units, provincial hospitals and cessation of emergency life-saving procedures throughout the country.” On Wednesday, senior doctors joined the strike, stoking fears of loss of lives. Labour unrest could pose a test for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who came to power in November after the fall of Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa has vowed to revive the economy and boost investment, after public sector strikes were a regular feature of Mug...

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Tunde Ednut Shades Wizkid, Hails Rihanna Over Ikorodu Kid Dancers .

Instagram Influencer, Tunde Ednut has thrown a jab at Wizkid and other Nigerian artists who purportedly do not appreciate, like pictures/videos when people tag them on social media. According to the entertainer who is reacting to Rihanna using the video of ‘Ikorodu Talented Kids’ dancing to ‘Nowo’ a song by Dj Spinall ft. Wizkid to celebrate her being the first female to cross 2 billion worldwide streams,  Nigerian artists feel too big and believe it’s their right for fans to post their songs on social media and Wizkid is in the forefront of such attitude. “With 60million followers, they tagged her and she has posted them twice. Our celebrities never even reach 10million, them go pretend like say them no dey see anything wey dey go on for social media. Some won’t even like your post when you help them promote. They believe it’s their right for you to post their poo. Anyways, we can’t always stand on that table, we will come down from it one day because the table go tire for you. N...

Roman Goddess Bikini Photos In Pool. See Reactions.

The newly wed IG celebrity shared the photo on her IG page and taged it ''Iyawo''. See more photos below more details @  http://www.ritalori.com/ig-celebrity-roman-goddess-shares-hot-bikini-photos/ https://www.instagram.com/romangoddess1/?hl=en 2 Likes

Outrage In Police Over Lopsided Promotions •SE & SS Officers Send SOS.

Outrage in police over lopsided promotions •South-East and South-South officers send SOS There is discontent among some officers and men from South-East and South-South geopolitical zones in the police over what they described as “marginalisation of our officers” from the regions in the promotion of personnel. They fear they may not have satisfactory career in the force if events continue the way they are, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to come to their rescue. The officers alleged that they have made representations of the alleged marginalisation of their regions without success despite their qualification, hard work and dedication to duty, pointing out that there is no Assistant Inspector-General (AIGs) of police from the South-East for instance. To this end, investigations by revealed that there are about 29 Assistant Inspectors-General (AIGs) of police in the force. Out of the 29 AIGs, 27 are general duty (GD) officers while the remaining two are specialists (medical an...

Violence-ridden Greek football in danger of ‘Grexit’: FIFA.

World football body FIFA on Wednesday said Greece’s violence-ridden championship was on the “edge of a cliff” and Greek clubs faced exclusion from international competition unless authorities took rapid action. “This behaviour has pushed us to come here to make recommendations,” Herbert Hubel, head of the FIFA committee set up last July to monitor the Greek football federation, told a news conference after emergency meetings with Greek officials. “The Grexit that looked distant is no longer impossible. Greek football reached the edge of the cliff,” Hubel said. Just last month, the government had banned fans from the four most powerful clubs — Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, AEK and PAOK — from attending away games because of recurring violence. A few days later, 58 people were handed mostly suspended sentences of 30 months to 10 years in prison for their involvement in a 2011 match-fixing scandal, including a former Greece international punished for illegal betting, an ac...

Yang Dan, Chinese Weather Woman Hasn't Aged For 22 Years On TV Screen.

We all have that one companion who, while every other person dives into middle age with a specific paunchy exhaustion, is some way or another still unmistakable from their senior yearbook photographs. Indeed, even down to that irritatingly young and cheerful smile. How they do it? That is precisely what individuals have been getting some information about Yang Dan, a 44-year-old weather lady from China’s state television CCTV. A video of Ms. Yang has circulated around the web on Chinese web-based social networking, demonstrating her at work over her 22-year career as a weather presenter. Incredibly, she looks precisely the same as when she started her activity as a 22-year-old in 1996, when the Spice Girls managed the wireless transmissions and we were in thrall to wind, on our Nokia telephones. The video was initially shared by the weather program to celebrate International Woman’s Day, with the inscription “Many web users have grown up watching her show. They marveled why they have...