New York to rename street housing Trump Tower Barack Obama Avenue

New York to rename street housing Trump Tower Barack Obama Avenue

Posted on January 5, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Thousands of people have signed a petition in New York City to rename the block in front of Trump Tower after former President Barack Obama. A MoveOn petition started by Elizabeth Rowin is calling for the stretch of Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th streets to be renamed “President Barack H. Obama Avenue.” The petition

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From President to music: Obama debuts on Billboard R&B Chart

From President to music: Obama debuts on Billboard R&B Chart

Posted on January 4, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Former US president, Barack Obama has made his debut on musical charts at number 22 on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart this week. Obama lands on the ranking that lasts till January 5 with a song called “One Last Time (44 Remix). According to Billboard, Obama is listed as a featured artist on the “Hamilton” song,

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Drama at Bush funeral as Trump snubs the Clintons, greets the Obamas

Drama at Bush funeral as Trump snubs the Clintons, greets the Obamas

Posted on December 5, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

A divided Washington led by the nation’s five living presidents put on a facade of unity Wednesday at the poignant state funeral of George H.W. Bush, as America bade farewell to its 41st president. Donald and Melania Trump shared a front row pew at Washington National Cathedral with past presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Jimmy

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US security intercepts suspect packages sent to Clinton, Obama

US security intercepts suspect packages sent to Clinton, Obama

Posted on October 24, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

Suspicious packages, identified as potential explosives, addressed to former president Barack Obama and defeated presidential nominee Hillary Clinton have been intercepted by the Secret Service, officials said Wednesday. The Secret Service said it recovered a single package addressed to Clinton in Westchester, a suburb north of Manhattan on Tuesday, and a second package addressed to

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Nigeria’s Kehinde Wiley’s Obama official portrait unveiled

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The official portrait of former American President Barack Obama painted by a Nigerian, Kehinde Wiley, was unveiled on Monday at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.

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Obama message goes viral after Charlottesville violence

Obama message goes viral after Charlottesville violence

A tweet from Barack Obama drew more than two million “likes” by Monday as the former US president offered a message of tolerance following a deadly weekend clash at a white supremacist rally.

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion,” Obama said in the message, quoting the late South African leader Nelson Mandela.

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Obama’s tweet garnered 2.3 million “likes,” the third most popular of all time, according to the Twitter-tracking site Favstar. The message was retweeted 980,000 times.

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Nigerian Umana matches Obama’s Harvard record

Imelme Umana: sets record at Harvard University

Nigerian Harvard Law student, Imelme Umana, has been elected as the first black woman president of the Harvard Law Review.

Umana, by the election, has matched the record set in 1990 by former US president Barack Obama as the first black male president of the HLR.

Trump inauguration turnout dwarfed by Obama

Donald Trump hoped that his inauguration would set a new record for the number of people turning up to the National Mall in Washington.

Early indications suggest that his hopes were dashed.

‘It’s going to be only America first’

Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and reality television star who upended American politics and energized voters angry with Washington, was officially sworn in yesterday as the 45th president of the United States, putting Republicans in control of the White House for the first time in eight years.

North Korea tells Obama to get “packing”

AFP  North Korea denounced outgoing US President Barack Obama for blacklisting leader Kim Jong-Un’s sister over human rights abuses, urging him to concentrate on “packing” as he exits the White House.

The US Treasury Department last week added seven individuals — among them Kim’s younger sister Yo-Jong — to America’s growing list of North Koreans sanctioned for “serious” rights abuses.

Trump, Obama disputes spill into the open

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AFP      US President-elect Donald Trump stirred a simmering dispute with Barack Obama on Wednesday, accusing him of derailing a smooth transition with "inflammatory" remarks, before appearing to row back.

Ever since the November 8 election, Trump and Obama have tried to bury political differences in favor of a united public front that would smooth the transfer of power on January 20.

But the Republican president-in-waiting unceremoniously cast any cordiality aside in a morning Twitter tirade from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

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Dallas shooter planned larger attacks, police say

The Dallas gunman was plotting a major bomb attack, authorities said Sunday, urging calm after more than 200 people were arrested in a new night of protests over police violence against blacks.

Anger around America over the deaths of two black men at the hands of police in recent days — the stated reason for the black Dallas gunman’s deadly rampage targeting white officers — showed no signs of abating.