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PARIS, France (AFP) — Former international football star George Weah, who has won Liberia’s presidential run-off, follows several celebrities who have achieved the top job in their countries. However, only one sportsman — Hungary’s double Olympic fencing champion Pal Schmitt — has previously become president. Here are some precedents: US: Reagan and Trump B movie actor Ronald Reagan, who played in Hollywood for more than two decades, was the first cinema star to enter the […]
by Chris Lefkow Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democrat Doug Jones was formally declared the winner of the bitterly contested US Senate race in the southern state of Alabama on Thursday, whittling down the Republican majority in the chamber by a crucial seat. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill certified the results of the December 12 special election and dismissed claims of voter fraud by the campaign of the defeated Republican candidate, Roy […]
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Singaporeans Tuesday poured scorn on the process to select their new president after an establishment figure was deemed the only eligible candidate, meaning no election will be held. Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament from the city-state’s Muslim Malay minority, will be the first woman to hold the largely ceremonial role if — as expected — she is formally nominated to the presidency Wednesday. But the 63-year-old will avoid an election […]
(Eagle News) — Dalawampu’t walong kandidata ng miss universe 2016 ang namasyal sa Baguio City para sa ilang activity ng Miss Universe Pageant. Napuno ng makukulay na mga bulaklak ang float na sinakyan ng mga kandidata kasama si outgoing Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach. Ang nasabing parade ay nilahukan ng nasa dalawang libo at limang daang estudyante mula sa ibat- ibang paaralan sa lungsod suot ang kani- kanilang folk costumes. Nag enjoy rin ang mga kandidata […]
