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  Bill Gates spent some "quality time" with his daughter Jennifer simply beforehand of his first divorce listening to with his spouse Melinda. The billionaire used to be noticed in informal apparel at domestic with Jennifer, 25, in an Instagram Story posted to her account on Thursday. "Nothing higher than fine time with household members," Jennifer captioned a image alongside Bill, who used to be dressed in a blue polo and khaki shorts and sneakers. The father-daughter duo regarded to be placing out at domestic and an cute pup is viewed simply in the front of them in the pic. Bill used to be smiling vast with his daughter, who has been actively posted about her upcoming marriage to fiance Nayal Nassar, an Egyptian equestrian jumper.

  Fuel shortages persevered Friday as fuel stations during the Southeast awaited deliveries after the region’s essential pipeline resumed operations following a cyberattack. The Biden administration warned Thursday that it may want to nevertheless take days for the oil enterprise to return to full operations after closing week’s ransomware hack on Colonial Pipeline, the passageway that affords the Southeast almost 1/2 its fuel. Consumers persisted feeling that scarcity Friday. Nearly 9 in 10 gas stations in D.C. have been shuttered as of 6:30 a.m., in accordance to monitoring provider GasBuddy, and almost 7 in 10 in North Carolina had been closed. Of the 15 states, plus D.C., affected with the aid of the outage, extra than 50 percentage of carrier stations in 5 of them — the District, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia — lacked fuel. At least 30 percentage of fueling stops in Maryland, Tennessee and Florida had been besides gas. Supply problems in Alabama, Mississippi

  New federal instruction issued on Thursday clears the way for Americans who are utterly vaccinated towards the coronavirus to drop mask-wearing in most situations. But the guidance came with caveats and confusion, and it despatched state and local officials, as nicely as non-public companies, scrambling to figure out whether or not and when to replace their very own rules. There was once masses of purpose for celebration, too, for many Americans weary of restrictions and traumatized by using greater than a yr of a pandemic that has killed greater than 583,000 human beings in the United States and extra than 3.3 million round the world. “We have all longed for this moment,” Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stated as she introduced the shift at a White House information convention on Thursday. “If you are utterly vaccinated, you can begin doing the matters that you had stopped doing due to the fact of the pandemic.” Fully vaccina

  Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer, Innocent ‘2Baba’ Idibia, is set to operate at the launch of Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) Plc’s campaign, ‘The Stock Africa Is Made Of’. The artist will be joined by means of singer and actor, Chike, to furnish exceptional amusement at the digital match scheduled to keep on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. ‘The Stock Africa Is Made Of’ comes on the returned of the profitable demutualisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, which led to the emergence of NGX Group Plc and its three subsidiaries – Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited, NGX Regulation (NGX RegCo) Limited and NGX Real Estate (NGX RelCo) Limited. According to NGX Group, the marketing campaign is designed to mission its new positioning and dedication to the African economic markets as a main capital market infrastructure provider, connecting Nigeria, Africa and the world. “The Stock Africa Is Made Of is designed to give a boost to the message that we are totally geared up and higher locat

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is considering postponing the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scheduled to preserve between June 5 and 19 as over 600,000 candidates have made unsuccessful tries to register for the exercise. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who disclosed this for the duration of a digital assembly with UTME committees and stakeholders on Friday, stated so far, 1.1 million candidates have registered for the 2021 UTME. The JAMB boss noted that the board anticipates about 1.9 million registrations at the cease of the exercise. He stated even although 50 per cent of the candidates have already registered besides problem, there used to be want to lift anybody along, including that after assembly with stakeholders on Saturday, the board will determine on whether or not to shift the examination ahead or not. “The opportunity of transferring the examination ahead is nonetheless high; however that will be decided after our ass

  A pinnacle cop in Hong Kong police's National Security Department has been positioned on depart after he used to be caught in a raid on an unlicensed rub down parlour, say nearby media reports. Reports have named him as Director of National Security Frederic Choi. According to information web page SCMP, travelling an unlicensed parlour is no longer an offence however should "damage the force's image". This is the first massive scandal to hit the unit after it was once set up to put into effect the city's country wide protection law. Thousands in Hong Kong protested ultimate June when the countrywide safety regulation was once implemented. The regulation criminalises secession, subversion and collusion with overseas forces with the most sentence lifestyles in prison. However, Beijing has stated it will goal "sedition" and carry stability. "The police connect super significance to the habits of police officers... [we] will behavior a honest investig

  The French military chief of group of workers has advised troopers to resign if they signed a controversial letter that warned of a civil fighting trigged by using spiritual extremism in the country. The letter, posted in a right-wing magazine, accused the French authorities of granting "concessions" to Islamism. It observed a comparable letter three weeks in the past signed via 20 former generals. Both letters had been condemned by using the French authorities however praised through right-wing politicians. On Tuesday, General François Lecointre addressed the ultra-modern letter in a message to army personnel. "The most realistic step is virtually to depart the organization in order to freely categorical their thoughts and convictions," he stated in his message, in accordance to French media reports. While the widespread did no longer threaten any sanctions, he accused the provider personnel in the back of the letter of violating their "obligation of discret

       The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee, (PSC) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, has clarified misrepresentation in the briefing of the PSC on Monday. Mustapha, who spoke to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, stated it used to be erroneously stated that the federal authorities had re-introduced nationwide curfew between 12 a.m. and four a.m. as phase of the COVID-19 protection protocols. He, however, stated the announcement with the aid of the National Incident Manager, Dr. Mukhtar Mohammed, throughout the PSC press briefing was once taken out of context due to the fact the federal authorities did no longer loosen up the curfew imposed until now below Phase Three of the eased lockdown. Rather, he defined that what Mohammed stated was once that the federal authorities used to be retaining the curfew below the Phase Four of the phased limit of movement. “Under the Fourth Phase of restrict of movement,

  Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have escalated in addition as Palestinian militants in Gaza fired thousands of rockets into Israel, which replied with ramped up airstrikes on the coastal enclave, as unrest unfold to cities and cities past Jerusalem. As each facets traded airstrikes on Tuesday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the country from Tel Aviv, saying, "We are in the midst of a enormous operation. Israeli bombing raids throughout Gaza have killed at least 35 people, which include 12 children, in accordance to Palestinian fitness officials, who additionally stated 220 humans have been injured, as of Tuesday evening. The Israeli navy stated it had killed extra than 15 militants. Rockets had been fired toward Tel Aviv in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Sirens should be heard warning of an impending assault round three a.m. neighborhood time. It was once no longer without delay clear if there have been any casualties. Rockets have

  The Nigerian presidency has demonstrated an tried break-in by using burglars into the professional dwelling of the president’s chief of staff, Ibrahim Gambari. President Muhammadu Buhari's chief of staff’s house is positioned subsequent to the closely fortified presidential villa in the capital, Abuja. The presidency’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, stated Prof Gambari had established the “‘foolish try to burgle his house at 3:00am this [Monday] morning however it grew to become out to be unsuccessful”. “Professor Gambari, whose residence is on a avenue subsequent to the villa has guaranteed that there is nothing to fear about from the incident,” Mr Shehu stated in a tweet. The presidential spokesman additionally demonstrated some other tried housebreaking into the dwelling of a 2d reputable in the presidency. He stated police have been looking out for the suspected burglar who tried to ruin into Maikano Adbullahi’s dwelling - additionally shut to the presidential villa - ultimate Thurs