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Trump spokeswoman claims Clinton has rare brain disease

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© Provided by The Hill Trump spokeswoman claims Clinton has rare brain disease A top spokesperson for Donald Trump claimed Thursday that Hillary Clinton has brain damage that impairs her ability to communicate. Speaking on MSNBC, Katrina Pierson alleged that Clinton has a disorder called "dysphasia," a condition brought on by brain trauma that erodes a person's ability to speak or comprehend language. "What's new are the other reports or observations of Hillary Clinton's behavior or mannerisms ... as well as her dysphasia, the fact that she's fallen, she has had a concussion, there are really interesting things out there," Pierson said. Trump has long claimed that Clinton lacks the physical stamina to be president and has stated repeatedly that she takes weekends off to catch up on her sleep. But Trump and his campaign have not directly engaged with conspiracy theories, circulated on ultra-right wing blogs and talk shows, that Clinton's health

Uber's Self-Driving Car Fleet Will Hit The Road This Summer

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Uber is almost undoubtedly the biggest name in ride-sharing in the 2010's and the company is looking to go even bigger. While the company currently relies on hiring drivers to bring passengers from point A to B, Bloomberg reports today that self-driving Uber cars will hit Pittsburgh as early as this summer. That beats competitor Lyft 's goal of getting automated vehicles on the road by 2017 by almost half a year. The choice of Pittsburgh can be traced back to Uber's close relationship with Carnegie Mellon. While Uber didn't quite partner up with the university, it did poach 40 Carnegie Mellon researchers to work on autonomous vehicles for the startup. The researchers hired away hail from CMU's robotics center-- many of which were software developers . Uber has retro-fitted Volvo XC90 sport-utility vehicles to support its driverless car software. Autonomous Ubers will be sent to Pittsburgh-residing Uber users at random, meaning you won't be able to specificall

Rio-Olympics: “Dream Team VI disgraced Me”- Siasia

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Head Coach of Dream Team VI, Samson Siasia, has admitted that the National team did not deserve to play in the finals of the ongoing Rio de Janeiro Olympic soccer games. “I am disappointed; Even though we had glaring chances, we couldn’t score; we failed to utilise them. The German team did better. It is a shame. “We did not have the right spirit for the game. Maybe most of them stayed up late and did not observe rest when they should. “When you reach this level of the competition, you do not need anybody to teleguide you on how to conduct yourself to scale through. They had the chances, am I going to get into the field of play to score for them? “We are going to review the match and think of a strategy to win the third place match. That is what it has boiled down to. It is better than nothing. “I am disappointed with the team; We did not play like people hungry to play in the finals at the famous Maracan Stadium,” Siasia said, a fact that his captain, John Mikel re-echoed , stressing

Rio-Olympics: Nigerians Must Learn How To Be Patriotic – Adamu

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Former Director-General of the defunct National Sports Commission, Amos Adamu, has urged Nigerians not to be disappointed with the Dream Team VI over their loss to Germany. The national U-23 team on Wednesday lost 0-2 to their German counterparts in the semi-finals of the football event of the ongoing Rio Olympics. “Nigerians should be proud of these boys, in the face of the hostility they encountered; they performed better than my expectations. “I never thought they would qualify from the group stage talk less of getting to the semi-finals, they gave their all as you can see in their matches. “They played against a more technically inclined Germany, the better side won. “In sports, you win some, you lose some; I’m so proud of them because irrespective of the drama surrounding their stay in Rio they kept together. “I believe we can get the bronze medal with God and luck on our side. “I have never seen a team so focused as this team, I salute the courage of the players, they were not

Usain Bolt dominates for 200-metre gold, Andre De Grasse gets silver

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Jamaican icon 3-peats again, De Grasse adds silver to 100 bronze The 200-metre final went as scripted, with Usain Bolt proving his dominance yet again Thursday and Canada's Andre De Grasse delivering another message to the sprint world. The Jamaican ran the 200 in 19.78 seconds to easily win his third straight Olympic title in the event, adding to gold from Beijing and London. It also brings his career gold medal tally to eight, including his 100 victory on Sunday. De Grasse, from Markham, Ont., comfortably took silver with a time of 20.02, a second Olympic medal to pair with his 100 bronze. France's Christophe Lemaitre was awarded bronze, edging Great Britain's Adam Gemili in a photo finish after both were given a time of 20.12 seconds. Afterwards, Bolt declared it his last individual race at the Olympics ahead of his retirement next year. He can add another medal in the 4x100 relay final on Friday. The Canadians also qualified. "I've proven to the world I'm

Nigeria to allocate $180 mln more in capital spending - Kemi Adeosun

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Aug 19 Nigeria's government is to allocate 60 billion naira ($180 million) more spending on capital projects as part of the 2016 budget and in addition to earlier releases, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said on Friday, as it tries to boost the economy. Africa's largest economy is in the middle of its worst financial crisis for decades as a slump in oil revenues hammers public finances and the naira. The central bank governor has said recession is likely. Government capital spending so far has exceeded 400 billion naira this year, Adeosun said, despite the record budget being held up for months by wrangling between President Muhammadu Buhari and parliament. (Reporting by Chijioke Ohuocha, Camillus Eboh and Felix Onuah; Editing by Louise Ireland)

Rio-Olympics: Why We Struggled Against Germans – Mike

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BRASILIA, BRAZIL – JUNE 29: John Obi Mikel of Nigeria answers to the media during a press conference on the eve of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil round of 16 match between France and Nigeria at Estadio Nacional on June 29, 2014 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images) Nigeria U-23 skipper, Mikel Obi, has admitted that his team mates didn’t play well in Wednesday’s Olympics football semi final clash against Germany in Sao Paulo, Brazil. With the Nigerians missing the services of two key players in the shape of Oghenekaro Etebo and Azubuike Okechukwu, the Dream Team struggled against the Europeans, first conceding early in the first half, before Nils Petersen grabbed a second goal with one minute remaining. “I wanted to win the gold medal, but the fact is that we did not play well today (Wednesday). The Germans played well,” allnigeriasoccer.com quoted the Chelsea midfielder as saying at the press conference. “We are professionals, we can now claim third place and this

Donald Trump losing support from reliably Republican demographic groups

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Hillary Clinton is also doing worse among some key Democratic demos, but not enough to worry her Donald Trump is struggling to gain the support of women and minorities that he would need to win the U.S. presidential election this fall. But the real reason Trump is trailing Hillary Clinton by such a wide margin is key demographic groups that have traditionally voted for the Republicans are abandoning him. The last time the GOP won the White House, in 2004, George W. Bush won the votes of male, white and wealthier Americans by double-digit margins. But this year, the Republican nominee is down significantly among these demographics — even by the bars set by Mitt Romney in his failed 2012 bid for the presidency. New polls show Trump trailing badly in key swing states But while Hillary Clinton has held on to most of Barack Obama's coalition of voters from 2012, she hasn't built on it. Nevertheless, due to the significant losses that Trump has suffered among groups that should be

Man City’s Striker Iheanacho Signs Two-Year Extension Deal

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19th September 2015 – Barclays Premier League – Manchester City v West Ham United – Kelechi Iheanacho of Man City during the warm-up – Photo: Simon Stacpoole / Offside. Nigeria international Kelechi Iheanacho has signed a two-year contract extension with Manchester City that will keep him at the Etihad Stadium until 2021, the Premier League club said on Thursday. The 19-year-old striker made his Premier League debut last season, scoring 14 goals in 35 appearances for City in all competitions. “Kelechi is a natural goalscorer. I knew about him before, but I’ve been really impressed with him since I arrived,” City manager Pep Guardiola told the club’s website. ( bit.ly/2bgajNR ) “I like his personality, his attitude, his ability — we hope to help him reach the highest level and to realise his full potential.” Iheanacho came on as a second-half substitute in City’s 2-1 win over Sunderland in their Premier League opener at the weekend. Guardiola’s team travel to Stoke City for their secon

Liverpool: agree to sell Christian Benteke to Crystal Palace for £32m

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Liverpool has accepted to offload the Belgium international strike to Palace for £32m * Benteke had short term in Liverpool who could not pick a first team football in is current club put is career in doubt has he has not other option than to look somewhere else. the strike has travel to London to have a medical and finalise personal terms. Former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers signed the player from Aston Villa at the start of the 2015-16 season but the Belgian never won a regular starting place under him or his successor, German Juergen Klopp. Liverpool will be looking forward to have the deal seal this week.

Tactical Lapses Caused Nigeria’s Loss To Germany - Abiodun Obafemi

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Ex-Nigerian footballer, Abiodun Obafemi, has blamed the Nigerian coaching staff for the semifinal loss against Germany on Wednesday. The defender said a wrong tactical approach was used in the match which was played at the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil. “Well, I think we played against a formidable and better team,” Obafemi told Goal. “The cohesion and the urgency was not there, until later in the second half. I was expecting the whole team, particularly the officials of the team to have studied the previous games of the German team. “I watched the Germans with the team they played in the quarterfinal and expected the coaching crew would have studied them well and planned a better tactical approach. “I believe we didn’t do our homework. I was expecting us to close-mark them but we allowed them to play freely and dictate the pace of the game. “We made it too easy for them. I expected we should have won the game. I’m not really happy with the outcome because the approach was n

Kerry to travel to Kenya, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Kenya, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia next week for talks with senior government officials on regional issues, the State Department said on Thursday. State Department spokesman John Kirby said the visit to Kenya would focus on South Sudan’s peace process and Somalia’s political transition. In Nigeria, he would meet President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss cooperation on the fight against Boko Haram militants, the Nigerian economy and human rights issues, the spokesman said. In Saudi Arabia, Kerry would meet senior Saudi leaders as well as counterparts from Gulf Arab states to discuss the conflict in Yemen, Kirby said.

Kachikwu: FG to Unveil Four New Policies on Oil and Gas Sector

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Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu Nigeria suffers $2bn shortfall in cash calls yearly Amendment of NLNG Act will cost Nigeria $25bn, says Omotowa As Nigeria’s oil and gas sector awaits the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to provide clarity on the terms of investments, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has stated that the federal government would finalise four new additional policies in the sector by the end of October this year. Kachikwu has also hinted that the proposed talks on output cuts by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to ensure the rebound of oil prices would have limited influence on the prices as the cartel controls only 30 per cent of the global oil output. Speaking yesterday in Lagos at a conference organised by the National Association of Energy Correspondents (NAEC), Kachikwu stated that the country’s oil and gas sector was faced with myriads of problems that required urgent solutions,

Oil price hits $50, highest in eight weeks

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Oil price hits $50, highest in eight weeks Global oil benchmark, Brent crude, hit an eight-week high on Thursday as the world’s biggest producers prepared to discuss a possible freeze in production levels. Brent, against which half of the world’s oil is priced, rose by $0.84 to $50.69 per barrel as of 7:58pm Nigerian time. The benchmark has risen more than 20 per cent from a low in early August on news that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other key exporters may revive talks on freezing output levels when they meet in Algeria next month. The rally has also been driven by short covering, as speculators including hedge funds and other money managers have amassed record short positions. Many OPEC members, including Nigeria, have been hurt badly by a collapse in oil prices over the last two years. While some Gulf oil exporters have very low output costs, other producers such as Iran and Venezuela need oil prices above $100 to balance their budgets. “With the lack of