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A plane carrying 81 people, including members of a Brazilian football team, crashed late Monday near the Colombian city of Medellin, after reporting “electrical failures,” officials said. Six people were reported to have survived the crash, including a 25-year-old player, the mayor of a town near the crash site said, without identifying him. Members of Chapecoense Real, a Brazilian football club that was supposed to play against Colombia’s Atletico Nacional Wednesday in the South American Cup finals, were among the 72 passengers and nine crew on board, officials said. “National police have arrived on the scene and all possible aid is being mobilized because six survivors are being reported,” the Jose Maria Cordova de Rionegro airport said in a statement. The mayor of the nearby town of La Ceja told Blu Radio, “A 25-year-old player was rescued.” The LAMIA airlines flight originated in Brazil and had made a stop in Santa Cruz, Bolivia before continuing on to Colombia. The airport statem...

The outcome of the United States presidential election, described as unprecedented, has left many people in that and the rest of the world in a state of shock. The result defied all predictions by political strategists, analysts, commentators and from diverse opinion polls. Against all odds, Donald Trump emerged the President-elect in an election that Hillary Clinton was tipped to win. Since then there has been reactions and different analyses as to why Trump won and Hillary lost. Unfortunately, none of them seems to address the underlining factors behind Trump’s victory. The first factor responsible for Trumps victory was his realisation of the strategic importance of the Electoral College System to the election. The Electoral College is the body that elects the President of the United States every four years. It is a legacy of the US Constitution. The Constitution states that “each state shall appoint a number of electors” equal to its representation in Congress, including two Senat...