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http://ift.tt/2rHYUiL Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi look on during the exchange of agreements and joint press statements ceremony during the Indo-Russia Annual Summit at Taj Exotica hotel in Goa on October 15, 2016. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed lucative defence and energy pacts following talks aimed at reinvigorating ties between the former Cold-War allies.<br />PRAKASH SINGH / AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts Indian premier Narendra Modi on Thursday on the sidelines of the Kremlin’s annual economic forum, as Moscow looks to burnish a fragile recovery despite tensions with the West. Modi and Putin will meet on the third leg of the Indian leader’s four-nation tour of Europe with the pair looking to bolster declining trade between the once key partners. Modi is the guest of honour at this year’s three-day Saint Petersburg Economic Forum — Russia’s answer to Davos — that P...

http://ift.tt/2rfyl1f Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos Angolan greeting the crowd during the final election campaign rally in Kilamba Kaixi on the outskirts of Luanda. Angolans endured a bloody civil war and extreme poverty as for nearly 40 years power rested solely in the hands of autocratic President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. State radio's announcement on Friday that he will stand down next year appears to be the beginning of the end of one of Africa's longest reigns, and could open a new chapter for a country largely closed off to the outside world. / AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been dogged by reports of poor health, has returned to Luanda after nearly a month in Spain, party officials said Tuesday. Dos Santos’s medical condition has recently been subject to fierce speculation, with his daughter Isabel forced to deny rumours that he had died while in Spain. Anastacio de Brito, spokesman for the ruling MPLA ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J PREMATURE EJACULATION (I) Premature ejaculation occurs when a man ejaculates sooner during sexual intercourse than he or his partner would like,or could also be defined as an uncontrolled ejaculation either before or shortly after sexual penetration, with minimal sexual stimulation and before the person wishes. This may range from before penetration to a point just after penetration and may leave the couple feeling unsatisfied.Early ejaculation is the most common sexual problem facing men under 40. Estimates vary, but as many as 1 out of 3 men say they experience this problem at some time. As long as it happens infrequently, it’s not cause for concern.You may meet the diagnostic criteria for premature ejaculation if you: -Always or nearly always ejaculate within one to two minute of penetration – You are unable to delay ejaculation during intercourse all or nearly all of the time – Feel distressed and frustrated, anxious and tends to avoid sexual intimacy as a...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Wednesday that another batch of 250 Nigerians would voluntarily return to the country from Libya on Thursday. NEMA’s spokesman for South-West Zone, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told newsmen in Lagos that the returnees were expected to arrive at the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO)/Hajj Camp section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, at about 3. 00 p.m. More than 253 Nigerians had on April 25 voluntarily returned from Libya aboard a chartered Libya Airlines — Airbus A330-200 — with registration no. 5A-LAT. The returnees comprise 102 males, 140 females and 11 children. They were brought back by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Nigerian Embassy in Libya. The returnees were received at the Hajj Camp of the airport by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Agency for the Protection of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and th...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J U.S. has announced additional $500 million in humanitarian assistance to to support the people affected by the activities of Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria and neighbouring countries. The other countries are Cameroon, Chad and Niger. Mr. Nathan Holt, the Deputy Director, Office of West African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, made this known via teleconference on: ‘Nigeria, a critical U.S. partner’, in Washington, D.C on Wednesday. The amount is different from the additional $30 million released on April 28, by the U.S. Government through the World Food Programme. Holt, noted that the U.S. Government had also provided other forms of assistance to the Federal Government to combat Boko Haram. He said “I’d like to point out that United States has worked closely with Nigeria. “We provide a range of assistance to Nigerian authorities in their efforts to combat Boko Haram and ISIS West Africa. “That includes intelligence shari...

http://ift.tt/2q1Y5iC Australian Senator Larissa Waters reacts as she breastfeeds her baby in the Senate Chamber at Parliament House in Canberra.<br />Image by: STRINGER / REUTERS A breastfeeding senator has made Australian political history by becoming the first woman to nurse her newborn baby in the nation’s parliament. Greens’ senator Larissa Waters returned to the upper house Senate for the first time Tuesday since giving birth to her second child, and brought her in for a feed during a vote. “So proud that my daughter Alia is the first baby to be breastfed in the federal Parliament! We need more #women & parents in Parli,” she wrote on Twitter. Being able to breastfeed in the chamber follows new rules introduced last year to create a more a “family friendly” parliament in the wake of what has been described as a “baby boom” among politicians. Under previous rules, children were technically banned. “In 2003 Kirstie Marshall, a Victorian MP, was ejected from ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Three more Russian athletes including a sprinter stripped of Olympic gold have admitted doping, the country’s tainted track and field body (RusAF) said on Wednesday. RusAF’s anti-doping coordinator said she hoped the athletes’ admission could help reinstate Russia, which has been barred from international track and field since November 2015 because of large-scale doping. Among the trio was sprinter Yulia Chermoshanskaya, a member of Russia’s gold-medal winning 4x100m relay team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The relay quartet was last year stripped of gold after Chermoshanskaya tested positive for steroids in a doping retest and was disqualified for two years. Shot putters Anna Omarova and Soslan Tsirikhov, both disqualified for two years in March, also acknowledged guilt. “We all hope that it may speed up the process of RusAF reinstatement,” RusAF anti-doping coordinator Yelena Ikonnikova told AFP by phone. “I believe it will not worsen the situation.” Last...