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Tensions between the United States and North Korea continue to rise, as the U.S. took proactive measures Thursday and flew some of its most advanced warplanes in bombing drills over the Korean peninsula. It was another warning after North Korea launched a mid-range ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear bombs over Japan earlier this week. The isolated nation has also threatened a nuclear strike against the U.S. territory of Guam. Experts aren’t exactly sure how many deliverable nuclear weapons North Korea possesses. The Institute for Science and International Security estimates the hermit kingdom could have between 13 and 30 nuclear weapons. However, a July 2017 report by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency calculated that North Korea has 60 nuclear devices, according to The Washington Post. Worldwide, there are around 14,935 warheads, according to Federation of American Scientists. Below is a map that shows the best estimates of which countries have nuclear weap

Ljubomir Fejsa (right) Benfica’s Serbian midfielder Ljubomir Fejsa has just won his tenth consecutive league title, helping the Portuguese side to an unattainable lead over Porto and Sporting. Ever since the 2008/09 season, when Fejsa was playing for Serbian side Partizan Belgrade, the 28-year-old has collected league title after league title. After three consecutive league titles with Partizan, not to mention two Serbian Cups for good measure, the midfielder moved to Greek side Olympiacos. Another three league titles and two Greek Cups followed before Fejsa made the move to Benfica for just £4million in 2013. Fejsa while playing for Olympiacos.  Three league titles and six domestic cups later and Fejsa is probably starting to look for his next bit of silverware. The only side Fejsa didn’t win the title with was Hajduk Kula, where the Serbian started his career. But given Hajduci went out of existence five years after Fejsa left the club we’ll let him off that

South Africa’s health minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, has slammed African leaders who seek treatment abroad. He added that health tourism is something Africans should be ashamed of. Motsoaledi was speaking during a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting of African health ministers in Zimbabwe. “I have said this before and I will say it again: we are the only continent that has its leaders seeking medical services outside the continent, outside our territory. “ I have said this before and I will say it again: we are the only continent that has its leaders seeking medical services outside the continent, outside our territory. ” “We must be ashamed of that. This is called health tourism. We must promote our own,”  He added in reference to the need for leaders to better equip local hospitals and boost healthcare systems back home. The 67th session of the WHO regional committee for Africa took place at Victoria Falls. The week-long conference started last Sunday and is expected to e

Floyd Mayweather’s ex-girlfriend, Shantel Jackson, essentially claimed the highly anticipated fight with UFC champion Conor McGregor was staged. She took to Snapchat after the match, which was ended by the referee after McGregor stopped defending himself, to share her opinion on the fight. “I see someone likes to throw fights,” she wrote Saturday, according to the blog Media Take Out, who obtained a screenshot of the post.  Mayweather broke a record after winning his fight against McGregor, becoming the first boxer to go 50-0. He reportedly earned $300 million for the bout while McGregor raked in a reported $150 million. While Mayweather, 40, and McGregor, 29, were at each other’s throats while promoting the match, they were chummy after it was all over. They smiled, shook hands and posed for pictures. There’s no evidence the fight was staged, but Jackson and Mayweather have a rocky past. He proposed to her for a second time in June 2015 over text message, but only wanted to go

DUDUZANE ZUMA.Picture by ATHERINE MUICK-MERE The billionaire son of President Jacob Zuma is immersed in complications over inexplicable funds in different bank accounts which led to the shutting down. He has come out to accuse the former finance minister Pravin Gordhan as been the brain behind his ordeal. “All my bank accounts have been closed by your ‘friends’ in the banking industry. Likely with your support,” he wrote. He threatened to sue Gordhan. In an open letter on Monday, Duduzane said he was selling all his shares in all Gupta-linked companies. He revealed that “all” his bank accounts had been closed due to his association with the controversial family.   He said he would focus on “clearing my name”. He has been deeply immersed in the Gupta family and their businesses, leaked Gupta e-mails show. They tell of the family helping him to buy an expensive home in Dubai, to organise and pay for his wedding and to clean up messes in his personal life. Duduzane accused G

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN . Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made waves this week when he briefly unseated Bill Gates as the wealthiest person in the world, according to Bloomberg's tracker. The two U.S. tech titans are jockeying for the lead at around $90 billion each. But according to Hermitage Capital Management CEO Bill Browder, they’re nothing compared to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose personal fortune Browder “believes” to be $200 billion. Browder, who made the claim before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, is one of the best authorities on Putin's business dealings. Browder was a major investor in Russia during the chaotic 1990s, when, according to Newsweek, he took stakes in former state-run enterprises such as Gazprom. During the same period, Browder cooperated with Putin in anticorruption efforts, but eventually found himself targeted by Putin. That conflict eventually led to the jailing and death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, and in tu

ZIMBABWE'S FIRST LADY,  MR.GRACE MUGABE. ANC MP Loyiso Mpumlwana has defended Grace Mugabe’s alleged assault on a young South African woman, saying that beating young lovers is part of their culture. Zimbabwe’s first lady recently caused controversy when diplomatic immunity saw her dodge the assault charges laid against her by Gabriella Engels. Mugabe allegedly beat the 20-year-old South African woman with an electrical cable in a Sandton hotel, where she was staying with the Mugabe sons, and Mpumlwana said that her behaviour was unacceptable only from a eurocentric point of view. "I like what you are saying … a people-centred justice service that is accessible, reliable and efficient," Mpumlwana, who is a member of the justice committee, said. "Beautiful English there, but who are the people? "We have been colonised mainly by the English. Our system of the courts is still that. The African values are not regarded by the system; it is the Europea

The Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor main event Saturday night in Las Vegas will be delayed due to pay-per-view outages, sources told ESPN's Sal Paolantonio. "Due to the overwhelming demand, capacity of cable systems around country are being overwhelmed. They are shutting down and rebooting some of these cable systems," Showtime executive vice president Stephen Espinoza told ESPN. It was unclear how many people were affected by the outages. Among the carries affected were Xfinity and Atlantic Broadband, but it was unclear the extent of those carriers' outages. UFC officials and WWE/IMG have not replied to ESPN's repeated requests for comment. UFC Fight Pass tweeted this earlier Saturday: Similar issues caused a delay in Mayweather's fight with Manny Pacquiao in 2015. McGregor seemed unfazed by the delay, telling Showtime two hours before the fight that he would "paint a beautiful picture" against Mayweather. "I'm going to go out

President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has approached the Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking the revocation of the bail of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In the application, the Federal Government is seeking an order of court revoking the bail granted Kanu on April 25. Here are five likely reasons the Buhari-led government is going after Nnamdi Kanu again: 1. The FG said the call for revocation of Kanu’s bail was on the grounds that he had breached his bail conditions. 2. Disobedience to court order 3. Inauguration of Biafra Security Service – a grave threat to national security and unity of the country 4. He has not been updating the court on his medical updates and health status 5. Partaking in partisan politics, threat messages against the forthcoming Anambra election 6. Still preaching Biafra message and granting of interview with local and foreign media organizations. 7. Nnmadi Kanu's separatist comments have increased rather

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has re-signed for Manchester United on a one-year contract. The 35-year-old, who suffered a serious knee injury in April, will wear the number 10 shirt after Romelu Lukaku inherited his number nine. Ibrahimovic, who is nicknamed 'God' by some United teammates, tweeted a picture of himself clasping hands with the devil to celebrate his reunion. Ibrahimovic told the club website: "I am back to finish what I started. It was always mine and the club's intention for me to stay. I cannot wait to get back out on that Old Trafford pitch, but I also know that I have to take my time to make sure that I am ready. "I have been working hard and will continue to do so to make sure I am in the best possible condition for my return to the pitch." United manager Jose Mourinho added: "We are delighted Zlatan is on the road to recovery and we are equally delighted to have his ambition and experience back with us. "After his contr

 Justin Bieber is not only off Floyd Mayweather's Money Team, he's now one of Floyd's mortal enemies ... according to TMZ Sources connected to both Justin and Floyd tell us, the folks at the Hillsong Church have been counseling Justin for months on taking a hard look at his friends and pulling back from those who are bad influences.  We're told church pastors did not single out Floyd as a bad influence, but Justin decided on his own he needed some distance. Our sources say Justin didn't want a clean break from Floyd, he just wanted to "reset boundaries" ... walling himself off from things like Floyd's obsession with strip clubs. Justin unfollowed Floyd on Instagram as part of the resetting of boundaries, and our sources say Floyd went "insane, nuclear." He lashed out at Justin, called him a "traitor" because Floyd had stuck with Justin during his meltdown when everyone was attacking Bieber. Sources connected with Floyd

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe has barred all South African Airways and British Airways aircraft from landing in the country over non-renewal of operating licences. Yesterday, CAAZ grounded SAA Flight SA025 at Harare International Airport, while the British airliner was turned away from Victoria Falls International Airport. Passengers on the Vic Falls flight disembarked in Livingstone, Zambia, and then crossed into Zimbabwe by road. The South Africa Civil Aviation Authority had on Friday grounded an Air Zimbabwe Johannesburg-Harare flight at OR Tambo International Airport. Reports from South Africa yesterday indicated that passengers scheduled to travel to Harare were stranded at OR Tambo International Airport. Zimbabwe’s Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister, Dr Joram Gumbo, said the two countries’ aviation authorities were working to resolve the impasse. “It’s just an issue of compliance; nothing much. The aviation authorities of both coun

STEVEN MVULA and MWAPE MWENYA, Lusaka ZAMBIANS must not fear the newly proclaimed mandatory HIV/ AIDS testing because results, whether positive or negative, will remain confidential between them and their medical practitioners, President Lungu has said. And the Ministry of Health has said there is no justification or human right in killing yourself by not knowing your HIV status and neither is it a human right to infect others. President Lungu says he is surprised that some people have misconstrued the mandatory HIV/AIDS testing policy meant to protect ordinary people as something that will make results public. “People should not be scared to test because they will live longer if they know their HIV status. I wish to clarify that Government declared to the public that we will be examining you whether you want it or not and we will counsel you and tell you that you are HIV-positive and treat you. And that will remain between you and your medical practitioner,” President Lungu

  . . . . . Opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has paid tribute to Zambia’s third Republican president Levy Mwanawasa. On the occasion of late Mwanawasa’s ninth memorial, Hichilema says Mwanawasa’s leadership belonged to the present and future. HICHILEMA’S FULL STATEMENT PRESS STATEMENT. 19th August 2017 WE CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF LATE PRESIDENT MWANAWASA WITH GRATITUDE AND RESPECT. Fellow citizens and compatriots, today marks the 9th year since the passing on of our dear President Dr. Levy Patrick Mwanawasa who died in France while on a tour of duty on behalf of our Nation. The death of President Mwanawasa was without doubt the darkest day of the Nation’s history. On the day the tragic news was received, our Republic stood still and held vigil by our radios and televisions, trying to absorb what had befallen the nation. Our Radios were jammed with callers of different ethnicities,religions, races, gender and national origins. Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Bahai and African