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Nas’ “Illmatic” Receives Historic Honor at NY State Senate
Nas and “Illmatic” being honored by the New York State Senate: Hip-hop history was made on March 27, 2024, as the New York State Senate paid tribute to Nas and his seminal debut album, “Illmatic”. Marking the album’s 30th anniversary, Senator Jamaal T. Bailey spearheaded a resolution recognizing its cultural impact and Nas’s status as…
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Son of Guinea-Bissau’s ex-president jailed in US for trafficking drugs to fund coup
The son of Guinea-Bissau’s ex-president has been sentenced to over six years in prison by a US court for leading an international heroin trafficking ring. Malam Bacai Sanha Jr, 52, planned to use the proceeds to fund his ambitions to become Guinea-Bissau’s president through a coup, authorities say. He is the son of Malam Bacai…
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Niger Cuts Military Ties With US
650 American troops in the country asked to leave immediately. The junta that has governed Niger since a July 2023 coup said that it is ending the country’s military agreement with the United States “with immediate effect.” Colonel Amadou Abdramane, a spokesman for the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland military government (also…
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Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery could accelerate European sector’s decline
🇳🇬 Nigeria’s giant Dangote oil refinery could bring to an end a decades-long gasoline trade from Europe to Africa worth $17 billion a year, heaping pressure on European refineries already at risk of closure from heightened competition, analysts and traders said. The refinery started production in January and cost $20 billion to build. It can…
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U.S. Sanctions 3 Cryptocurrency Exchanges for Helping Russia Evade Sanctions
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned three cryptocurrency exchanges for offering services used to evade economic restrictions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. This includes Bitpapa IC FZC LLC, Crypto Explorer DMCC (AWEX), and Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoy Otvetstvennostyu Tsentr Obrabotki Elektronnykh Platezhey (TOEP).…
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US approves possible Javelin missile sale to Morocco, Pentagon says
The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of Javelin missiles and related equipment to Morocco for an estimated cost of $260 million, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The prime contractors of the anti-tank missiles are Lockheed Martin and RTX Corp, the Pentagon said in a statement. #USA #Morocco🇺🇸🇲🇦
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US begins its largest military exercise in East Africa
🇺🇸🌍 A US-led military exercise code-named “Justified Accord” begins in Kenya on Monday, with more than 20 nations taking part in what has been billed as the largest event of its kind in East Africa. The 11-day exercise, which will end next Thursday, is aimed at increasing participating countries’ readiness for peacekeeping missions, crisis response…
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March 25, 2024’s full moon portends April 8th’s solar eclipse
The least exciting of all eclipses, a penumbral lunar eclipse, foreshadows the spectacular show that April 8th’s total eclipse will bring. Key Takeaways With clockwork-like regularity, the Moon goes through the full suite of its phases, from new to full to new again, once every lunar month. Twice per year, however, those new and/or full…
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The West loves democracy until it gets results it doesn’t like: Russia
The US and its allies have tried to manipulate this country’s politics since the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s One of the most curious cases in the turbulent history of post-Cold War US-Russian relations is the decision of the US authorities to reduce financial aid to Moscow after the free elections to the…
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