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http://ift.tt/2riQ61i “In all, seven of them were affected; two died on the spot, four are on admission while one sustained minor injury and has been treated.” The Chairman of Hong Local Government in Adamawa, Alhaji Haliru Lala, has confirmed the death of two children in a blast in Fadaman-Rake Village. Lala told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Yola that five others were also injured in the incident which occurred late on Thursday evening. He said that some children playing by the road side were given a polythene bag containing explosives, which was later exploded by an unknown person passing by in a car. “In all, seven of them were affected; two died on the spot, four are on admission while one sustained minor injury and has been treated.” The chairman expressed the concern of the council over the incident suspected to be the work of insurgents. He said that the council had therefore, directed the Mobilization Committee to commence mass enlightenment on the ne...

http://ift.tt/2qwilJT Sri Lankan refugee Nadeeka (R) holds her baby boy Danath as her daughter Sethumdi (front C) stands with Keana (front L), daughter of Filipino refugee Vanessa Rodel (back C), as they meet the press outside the Immigration Tower in Hong Kong on May 15, 2017. A group of refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are facing deportation after the city's authorities rejected their bid for protection, their lawyer said on May 15. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden hit back at the Hong Kong government Thursday for rejecting the protection bids of a group of refugees who sheltered him while he was hiding out in the city. The impoverished Philippine and Sri Lankan refugees helped the former National Security Agency contractor evade authorities in 2013 by hiding him in their cramped homes after he initiated one of the largest data leaks in US history. They have spent years hoping the Hong Kong governme...

http://ift.tt/2qjqRvq French newly elected President Emmanuel Macron (R) poses with his wife Brigitte Trogneux at the Elysee presidential Palace after the handover and prior to the inauguration ceremony on May 14, 2017 in Paris. / AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN New French President Emmanuel Macron is set to name a prime minister and visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a busy first full day in office on Monday. The 39-year-old centrist leader laid out his ambitious plans as he took power on Sunday, promising to restore France’s shattered self-confidence and help rebuild the flagging European Union. The former investment banker said he wanted to convince people that France was “at the dawn of an extraordinary renaissance”. His choice of prime minister will be crucial in building confidence, with the 46-year-old centre-right Edouard Philippe from the Republicans party seen as the favourite for the job. Picking him would send a clear signal that Macron hopes to attract o...