South Korea expands entry ban to Ghana, one other African country
South Korea expanded its entry ban to two additional African countries on Wednesday amid growing concerns over the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant.From Friday to...
Suicide machine that kills users in a blink of an eye ‘legalised’ in Switzerland
A coffin-shaped capsule that allows occupants to kill themselves has passed legal review in Switzerland, according to its creators.The Sarco machine can be operated...
Royal Navy serviceman found dead at nuclear sub base
A royal navy serviceman has been found dead at a high-security nuclear submarine base.Police are probing the "unexplained" death at the Faslane naval base...
Actor found guilty of lying to police in hate crime hoax
Actor Jussie Smollett has been found guilty on five of six felony counts of disorderly conduct for making a false report to Chicago police that he...
Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to keep January 6 documents from House committee
A federal appeals court Thursday ruled against former President Donald Trump in his effort to block his White House records from being released to...
Burkina Faso president dissolves govt
Burkina Faso President, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, has in a decree dismissed Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré and dissolved the government.“The functions of...
Engineer dies after falling from a lift
A young engineer died when he became wedged between a lift and the wall of its shaft while carrying out repair works at the...
Renowned Ghanaian-US based doctor reported dead
A Ghanaian-United States-based medical doctor, David Agorvor, has been reported dead.Though the cause of death is not immediately known, he is said to...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wife welcome new baby
Boris Johnson’s wife, Carrie, has given birth to a baby girl, they have announced, a second child for the couple and at least the...
Sex outside marriage is not the most serious sin – Pope Francis
Pope Francis has stated that sexual intercourse outside marriage is "not the most serious sin."The 84-year-old pope said this during a question and answer...
Mum, 30, dies after losing both legs when drunk driver crashed into her
A woman has been “left in limbo” after the death of her daughter who suffered horrific injuries when she was struck by a drunk...
Over 40 camels disqualified from Saudi beauty pageant
More than 40 camels have been disqualified from a Saudi beauty pageant after dozens of the animals were given Botox, face lifts and muscle-boosting...
Mum says she’s forgiven husband for killing their twins by mistake
A distraught mother says she has now forgiven her husband after he accidentally killed their young twins when he left them in a hot car for...
Three students arrested over schoolboy’s death
Three students have been arrested in connection with the death of a 12-year-old schoolboy, Sylvester Oromoni, at a boarding college in Nigeria’s commercial capital...
NASA captures remarkable space image from Mars rover leaving scientists in awe
On July 30, 2020, a rocket carrying two robots, the rover Perseverance and helicopter Ingenuity, set off on its six and half month journey...
Restaurant worker stabs colleague to death after she refuses to date him
A "strange" restaurant employee allegedly stabbed his female coworker to death after he refused to date him.Agustin Lucas Mariani, 20, is facing second-degree...
Man’s erotic Whatsapp message pops up on live TV during interview
Vaccine sceptic doctor, Dr Samuel White, has claimed he was the target of hackers after a saucy text message appeared on his screen in...
Five European nations added to Covid ‘very high’ risk list
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has put five places in Europe -- including one of the world's biggest tourism powerhouses --...
Boy beheads pregnant sister with mum’s help and takes selfie
A teenager decapitated his pregnant sister with a sickle and then posed for a selfie while parading the severed head in a shocking killing...
Mourners carry dead friend on motorbike to pay last respects
A group of friends took the body of their murdered pal out of his coffin to give him one last ride on a motorbike...
Man caught using fake arm to try to get vaccine certificate
A 50-year-old man tried to pass off a silicone arm as his own at a Covid-19 vaccination clinic in northern Italy, in an attempt to get a...
Serial abuser jailed 23 years for stabbing girlfriend to death at Holiday Inn
A serial abuser has been jailed for 23 years for stabbing his girlfriend to death at a Holiday Inn.Taye Francis, 40, already had...
Mum’s body left in the mortuary freezer because staff forgot about her
A mum's body was left in a mortuary freezer for six weeks because staff forgot about her.Police ordered toxicology tests which found...
Girl, 14, jailed for escaping arranged marriage
A 14-year-old girl was jailed last week after running away to escape the wedding ceremony for which she had been sold.The girl, who has been identified...
Two hippos test positive for COVID-19
A Belgian zoo has said that its two hippopotamuses have been taken into quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus.It is unclear how Imani, aged...
Nursing Director charged with making fake COVID-19 vaccination cards
A nursing director in Columbia, South Carolina, was charged with making fake Covid-19 vaccination cards, according to federal authorities.Tammy McDonald, 53, allegedly made...
Plumber finds hundreds of cash, cheques in toilet wall of popular pastor
A plumber doing repair work at pastor Joel OsteenLakewood's Church found hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks hidden in a wall that police think is...
Let’s deal with waste in a sustainable, timeous manner – Dr Siaw Agyepong urges world leaders
Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has made a clarion call for waste management to be dealt with...
Covid-19: Televangelist who discouraged vaccinations, dies after being hospitalised
Prominent Christian televangelist and anti-vaccine advocate, Marcus Lamb, died after being hospitalised with Covid-19, his family announced Tuesday.Lamb founded the Christian television network Daystar Television...
Mining giant proposes mandatory Covid-19 jabs for its 95,000 workers
Mining company Anglo American, which employs 95,000 people worldwide, is the latest business to propose making vaccination mandatory.The Daily Telegraph reported that internal documents said...
What are the symptoms of Omicron?
The first cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus have now been detected in the United Kingdom (UK).It was highlighted by scientists in...
Crocodile attacks girl, 18, as she dangles leg in river
A teenage British backpacker has been mauled by a crocodile while travelling with friends on a gap year holiday in southern Africa.Amelie Osborn-Smith,...
Evil dad, step mum torture and kill six-year-old son
A dad and step mum accused of cruelly abusing, poisoning and killing their six-year-old son have been found guilty.Emma Tustin, 32, and 29-year-old...
Wife of notorious drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ jailed
The wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman begged for “forgiveness” as she was sentenced to prison for three years.Emma Coronel Aispuro, 32, was...
Internet fraudster jailed for posing as a woman
Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna High Court, on Wednesday, sentenced one Gabriel Kingsley to eight months imprisonment for internet fraud.Justice Khobo sentenced Kingsley after he pleaded...
COVID-19: Greece to fine over-60s who refuse vaccine
Greece is to make Covid vaccinations mandatory for people aged 60 and over.Fines of €100 (£85) will be imposed at monthly intervals from mid-January...
Founder of anti-vaccine TV dies of COVID-19
Anti-vaccine Christian broadcaster, Marcus Lamb, has died from Covid-19 at the age of 64, his channel announced Tuesday, weeks after contracting the virus.Lamb was...
World’s most expensive city to live in revealed
Tel Aviv has been named as the most expensive city in the world to live in, as soaring inflation and supply-chain problems push up...
Three students killed as 15-year-old opens fire at his school
A 15-year-old student opened fire at his Michigan high school on Tuesday, killing three students, including a 16-year-old boy who died in a police...
Mum, friend ‘stab boyfriend to death’ after he takes away their phones at party
A mum and her friend allegedly fatally stabbed her boyfriend on New Year's Eve after he confiscated their mobile phones, a court heard.Hannah Sindrey, 24, and Kelly Blackwell,...