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☆ Manhunt underway for ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect who shot 2 New Jersey police officers, officials say
  + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
A manhunt is underway for a suspect who shot two police officers at close range and left them hospitalized in Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday, officials said. Police are searching for Kendall Howard, 30, describing him as “armed and dangerous” in connection with the Tuesday shooting. Police at the scene where two officers were shot, in Newark, N.J., on Nov. 1, 2022. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said that a concerned citizen called police regarding a suspect in a previous shooting that took place Oct. 28. The other officers was shot in the leg and also remains hospitalized in stable condition.
☆ Gerald Stern, prize-winning and lyrical poet, dies at 97
  + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +6 min
Stern, New Jersey’s first poet laureate, died Thursday at Calvary Hospice in New York City, according to his longtime partner, Anne Marie Macari. He regarded “The One Thing in Life,” from the 1977 collection “Lucky Life,” as the poem that best defined him. Stern studied political science at the University of Pittsburgh and received a master’s in comparative literature from Columbia University. They had two children, Rachael Stern Martin and David Stern. Or get laid.”Besides Macari and his children, Stern is survived by grandchildren Dylan and Alana Stern and Rebecca and Julia Martin.
☆ Egypt's currency seen falling faster than previous projections
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Nafisa Eltahir | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
CAIRO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Egypt's currency will weaken at a steeper pace than expected, although inflation is likely to decrease over the next few years, a Reuters poll showed. In July, respondents had predicted a more conservative devaluation, reaching 19.86 by the end of the 2023/24 fiscal year. The higher outlook is based on pressure on Egypt's currency and the uncertainty in global energy and food prices driven largely by the war, said Mona Bedeir, chief economist at Al Baraka Bank. High inflation and a weakening currency weighed on economists' projections for Egypt's growth, which fell below the 6.6% surge during the fiscal year that ended in June. They predicted growth of 5.4% in the current fiscal year, and 5.0% in the 2023-2024 year.
☆ Ethiopia - a land where coffee meets tradition
  + stars: | 2015-04-01 | by ( Milena Veselinovic | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
What is more certain is that Ethiopia, widely regarded as the cradle of coffee, is a nation devoted to the stimulating beverage. Traditional coffee ceremony is very sacred to the Ethiopian culture. “The specialty of Ethiopian coffee comes from the emphasis of consistency in production of quality coffee rather than volume of coffee production,” the young businessman adds. “[The] traditional coffee ceremony is very sacred to the Ethiopian culture. “We have 5,000 varieties of coffee in Ethiopia,” says Meshesha.
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