Nicki Minaj Shuts Down Meek Mill's Wish for Kids

Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill attend the 2015 BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater on June 28, 2015 in Los Angeles, Califor

may be one tough mother, but she's not ready to be a mommy quite yet.

While promoting his just-released album Dreams Worth More Than Money on DJ Whoo Kid's radio show, Minaj's boyfriend Meek Mill let it slip that he's already set to start a family. "Nicki ain't pregnant," he told the host after talking about how much he wants kids, "but...I wish."

Tanzania’s ruling party to pick presidential candidate

TANZANIA, Jul 7 – Tanzania’s ruling party is selecting its presidential candidate this week, with the winner expected to take the east African country’s top job after the October elections.

With a weak and fractured opposition, and President Jakaya Kikwete stepping down after his second and final term, competition is stiff with 38 candidates vying to secure the ticket of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party, in power since independence in 1964.

Kikwete, the CCM chairman, has said he does not have a “favourite person”, but called on party members to vote for a candidate who could stem corruption.

“Pick a person who is a serious, competent and good leader to boost the country’s economic and social development,” Kikwete told a rally on Monday.

Presidential, parliamentary and local polls are due on October 25.

Frontrunners for the CCM nomination include Vice-President Mohamed Bilal, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda, and former prime minsters Edward Lowassa and Frederick Sumaye.

Also in the lineup are Justice Minister Asha-Rose Migiro, a former UN deputy secretary general and ex-foreign minister, as well as current Foreign Minister Bernard Membe.

UK remembers 2005 London bombings under shadow of Tunisia

Faith leaders, and one survivor of the July 7, 2005 terror attacks, at an event to promote religious unity in central London on July 6, 2015, as Britain prepares to mark the ten year anniversary of the suicide bombings which kiled 52 people/AFP

LONDON, Jul 7- Britain will on Tuesday mark 10 years since the London bombings with a minute’s silence for the 52 victims, less than a fortnight after an attack in Tunisia highlighted the ongoing Islamist threat.

Thirty Britons were among 38 people killed when a gunman went on the rampage at a popular Tunisian beach resort on June 26, Britain’s worst terror incident since four suicide bombers attacked the London transport network on July 7, 2005.

“Ten years on from the 7/7 London attacks, the threat from terrorism continues to be as real as it is deadly,” Prime Minister David Cameron said.

“The murder of 30 innocent Britons whilst holidaying in Tunisia is a brutal reminder of that fact. But we will never be cowed by terrorism.”

In the past decade, successive governments have strengthened security powers and improved the way the emergency services respond to attacks.

But they are still struggling to address the problem of radicalisation exposed by the bombings, which were carried out not by foreign fighters but by four young men from Yorkshire in northern England who were inspired by Al Qaeda.

Greece's affair with the euro began with the grandest of hopes

Greece's affair with the euro began with the grandest of hopes. The country approved the euro in 2001, in time to be among the first countries to use the new currency.

At first, the most ambitious attempt ever to create a new multinational currency all seemed to go so well. The predicted problems with banks and vending machines never materialized. The euro surpassed the dollar in value. The launch was hailed as a success.

And yet for Greece, it seems now to have all fallen flat. How did it happen?

Wimbledon 2015: Williams sisters ready for Centre Court showdown

Serena Williams beat sister Venus in the 2009 final -- the last time they met at Wimbledon or in a grand slam.

For Serena it's a vital match in her quest for the grand slam while for Venus it's maybe her last chance to win Wimbledon.

But for both the Williams, Monday's sisterly showdown on Centre Court is a match neither is truly relishing.

Serena's coach Patrick Mouratoglou told CNN that the world number one would indeed rather she be facing another opponent.

"They're super close so this is not something she likes," the Frenchman revealed.

"Plus Venus is a super player. She's been No.1. She's won many grand slams and she's super dangerous on grass. But I guess if you want to win a grand slam you have to beat the best players and Venus is one of those. So she will have to beat her if she wants to win here."

Suicide bomber kills five in Nigeria church: police, witness

Soldiers speak to people standing near houses burnt by Boko Haram Islamists in Zabarmari, a fishing and farming village near Maiduguri, on July 3, 2015 © AFP

KANO, Nigeria, Jul 6 – A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a church in the restive northeastern Nigerian city of Potiskum, killing five worshippers in the latest in a new series of attacks blamed on Boko Haram, a police officer and witness told AFP.

The attacker entered the Redeemed Christian Church of God in the Jigawa area on the outskirts of Potiskum and detonated his explosives.

Four worshippers died instantly with a fifth succumbing to her injuries shortly afterwards in hospital, a police officer who helped remove the bodies told AFP.

“The victims included a woman and her two children, the pastor and another worshipper,” added the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Witness Garba Manu told AFP that the bomber arrived on a motorised rickshaw, adding that “as soon as he entered a loud explosion ripped through the church which is under construction.”

Australia moves towards referendum on Aboriginal recognition

Indigenous Australian performers/AFP

AUSTRALIA, Jul 6 – Australia moved closer to recognising Aboriginal people in its constitution Monday after talks with indigenous leaders, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said as he urged an end to the “echoing silence” in the founding document.

Written more than a century ago, Australia’s constitution fails to mention Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people and a campaign has been underway for several years to “recognise” the continent’s first inhabitants via a referendum.
“I am confident that the time is right to move down this path,” Abbott said after unprecedented bipartisan talks in Sydney with some 40 indigenous leaders and Labor opposition leader Bill Shorten.

“I think that there is an abundance of good will. I think we are good enough, big enough and brave enough to do this, but it is important that we get it right.”