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World – Ananya Vinay, 12, wins US spelling bee with ‘marocain’
on: by Fernil News
A 12-year-old girl from California has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after a tense final in Washington. Ananya Vinay from Fresno correctly spelled the word marocain – a type of dress fabric – to defeat Rohan Rajeev, 14, from Oklahoma.
World – Trump pulls U.S. out of climate accord
on: by Fernil News
Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris accord on climate change on Thursday afternoon – deriding it as bad for American jobs and bad for the environment. He dared opprobrium from foreign leaders, environmentalists, scientists and celebrities to
Inside Africa – Ghanaians ‘die of thirst’ in Sahara Desert
on: by Fernil News
Some Ghanaians have died of thirst after their truck broke down in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger, the Red Cross has told the BBC. The six survivors, all women, walked to a remote village and are being looked after in
Trump’s alarming Ramadan message to Muslims “America will always stand with our partners against terrorism and the ideology that fuels it”
on: by Fernil News
In a statement commemorating the start of Ramadan the holy month of fasting that begins Friday evening President Donald Trump wished Muslims a “joyful” holiday before repeatedly referencing terrorism, violence, and national security. “On behalf of the American people, I would
World – Mark Zuckerberg finally gets his Harvard degre
on: by Fernil News
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg features in a long line of university dropouts who became millionaires after founding technology companies – Bill Gates and Steve Jobs among them. But 12 years after leaving Harvard to work on Facebook full time, he has