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World News - The lights are going out in Venezuela... The country announces 40 days of blackouts due to economic crisis...

USA Music News - Singer PRINCE has died at his recording studio at the age of 57... Prince's body was discovered in an elevator at his Paisley Park recording studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota on Thursday morning.

USA Money News Update - The U.S. 20 dollar bill is about to get a facelift... The U.S. Treasury Department announced Wednesday that black abolitionist Harriet Tubman will soon replace former President Andrew Jackson on the new $20 bill...

Researchers discover that loneliness and social isolation can literally hurt your heart... The researchers found that being lonely or socially isolated appeared to be associated with a 29 percent increase in risk of heart disease and with a 32 percent increase in risk of stroke.

Cuban president Raoul Castro has justs been re-elected first secretary of the Communist Party in Cuba for another 5 years. Raoul Castro, replaced his brother and Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro as the party's head at the previous party congress held five years ago.

US election 2016 Update - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, frontrunners in the race to be the US presidential candidates for the Republican and Democratic parties, have secured comfortable victories in the crucial New York primary election.

Police in New York City reports 2 people were attacked by beggars in the subways... One man was slashed across the face for refusing to give a beggar money, another was slashed in the back for not giving enough change to a beggar.

A recent study made in 200 countries reveals that 1 in 5 people around the world will be OBESE by 2025... In the United States it is much worse than that...

A crocodile has killed a russian tourist in a popular diving site in Eastern Indonesia... The body of the Russian tourist, Sergey Lykhvar, was discovered last week in the Raja Ampat islands of West Papua, four days after he was reported missing.

Forbes Magazine has just reported that Large US Bank these days make fewer small business loans than a decade ago... That in turn forces small firms to turn to higher-priced alternatives.