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  • Final referendum results showed on Sunday that Icelandic voters have rejected a plan to restart accassion talks with the European Union.
  • At least 750 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
  • On Saturday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank were attacked by masked Israeli settlers who trapped them in their homes and pelted rocks at them.
  • On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the "criminal acts of violence" that Israeli settlers perpetrated in two Palestinian villages.
  • In central Zimbabwe, a minibus carrying churchgoers crashed head-on with a truck, killing at least 27 people and injuring seven more.
  • After being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, far-right British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported to the United Kingdom.
  • The "Yes" and "No" camps in Iceland's EU referendum are tied at 51.17% and 48.83%, respectively.

Tag: Basketball Players

January 28, 2020

Fans Recall Kobe Bryant as an...

As the world remembers basketball great Kobe Bryant, killed in helicopter crash on Sunday, fans in Los Angeles paid tribute to the sports legend who made the city his home

Remembering Late Basketball Star Kobe...

Cheik Thiero of VOA’s French to Africa Service is one of the lucky few basketball players who met the late NBA star, Kobe Bryant, who was killed in a plane crash Sunday. He tells VOA Africa 54 Host Esther Githui-Ewart that in the short time he Bryant, he learnt some valuable life lessons

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