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Perpetrator of terror attack in Istanbul caught in 10 hours
The special team established after the bombing on Istanbul’s famous İstiklal Avenue that claimed the lives of six people has caught the perpetrator in Küçükçekmece district about 10 hours after the attack by inspecting 1,200 security cameras. The woman, who was traced by raiding 21 addresses and identified as Syrian national Ahlam Albashir, first went to Esenler and then to…
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Iranian who inspired The Terminal film dies at Paris airport
An Iranian man who lived for 18 years in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport and whose saga loosely inspired the Steven Spielberg film The Terminal has died in the airport that he long called home. Mehran Karimi Nasseri, 76, died on Saturday after a heart attack in the airport’s Terminal 2F around midday, according to an official with the Paris…
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Two WW 2 planes collide in mid-air at Dallas air show
Two vintage World War 2-era planes have collided and crashed at an air show in the US state of Texas, killing six people. Footage shows the aircraft striking each other at a low altitude, breaking one of the aircraft in half. A fireball can be seen as it hits the ground. The planes – one of them a Boeing B-17…
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Democrats keep control of U.S. Senate, crush Republican ‘red wave’ hopes
Democrats held onto control of the U.S. Senate, handing a major victory to President Joe Biden and extinguishing hopes of the “red wave” that Republicans had expected leading into the midterm elections. Biden – who struggled with low approval ratings ahead of Tuesday’s elections, partly due to public frustration over inflation – said the late Saturday outcome made him look…
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The Crown new season watched by 1.1m in UK on launch day, first official ratings say
More than a million people in the UK watched the new series of The Crown on its first day of release, the drama’s first official TV ratings show. Netflix joined ratings system Barb last week, meaning viewing figures for the streaming giant’s UK audience are available for the first time. About 1.1 million people saw at least one episode of…
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Donald Trump’s daughter, Tiffany, set to marry Nigerian-raised boyfriend
Tiffany Trump, daughter of former United States President, Donald Trump will on November 12 marry his Nigerian-raised boyfriend, Michael Boulos. Michael is the son of Lebanese billionaire and owner of Boulos Enterprises in Lagos. Michael was raised in Lagos and had his primary and secondary school education in Lagos before he travelled to the United States where he met his…
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Trump reportedly ‘livid, screaming at everyone’ over midterm results, as prominent republicans speak out
Former President Donald Trump is reportedly fuming as the red wave many Republicans projected to occur during Tuesday’s midterm elections failed to materialize. As of Wednesday morning, race results continue to be tabulated, though many of the Senate seats expected to flip for Republicans have already been won by Democrats. Hours after race results first began coming in, Trump was…
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Nigerians win states legislative seats in US mid-term election
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated eight Nigerian-Americans on their victory in the U.S. midterm elections. In Georgia State, Segun Adeyina, Gabe Okoye, Solomon Adesanya, Tish Naghise, and Phil Olaleye won their legislative seats as State Representatives in their Districts. Similarly, Carol Kazeem won the Pennsylvania State Representative in District 159, Esther Agbaje was re-elected as Minnesota State Representative in District…
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US 2022 mid-term election round-up
Fetterman could put Senate out of GOP’s reach. Here are the latest updates on midterm election results In a major blow to Donald Trump’s clout at the ballot box, Democrat lieutenant governor John Fetterman declared victory over Trump’s pick, TV doctor Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s closely watched Senate race, after several media outlets called the race in the Democrats’…
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Iran admits sending Russia drones but says before Ukraine war
Iran admitted for the first time on Saturday that it had sent drones to Russia but insisted they were supplied to its ally before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Kyiv and its Western allies have accused Russia of using Iranian-made drones in recent weeks to carry out attacks in Ukraine. Tehran has repeatedly denied the claims but on Saturday Foreign Minister,…
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