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COVID-19: An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled – WHO on Christmas

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called for the suspension of all events, in order to avert a...

Missing student, 19, found naked as man is arrested for ‘kidnap and rape’

A missing college student was found in the basement of a man's home almost a week after she was last seen on surveillance footage...

COVID-19: Omicron spreading fast, now in 89 countries

The omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in 89 countries, and COVID-19 cases involving the variant are doubling every 1.5 to 3...

Facebook pays fines to Russia over banned content

Facebook has paid 17 million roubles ($229,643) in fines owed in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal, the Interfax news agency reported...

Ghana’s Cardinal Turkson resigns from Vatican

Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson, seen by some as a candidate to become the first African Pope in about 1,500 years, has abruptly offered his...

Court charges mother for allegedly selling baby

A court in Liberia has charged a mother with human trafficking after she allegedly sold her six-month-old baby to an unknown woman for just...

NASA spacecraft ‘touches’ the Sun for the first time ever [Photos]

Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch...

Facebook exposes mercenary spy firms that targeted 50,000 people

Facebook owner, Meta Platforms Inc, is calling out half a dozen private surveillance companies for hacking or other abuses and accusing them in a report...

Tyler Perry involved in accident

Tyler Perry is' absolutely fine' following a car accident that left his Bentley badly damaged. The director was involved in the car accident after leaving...

Four children killed in horror house fire [Photos]

Four children who are believed to be two sets of twins have died in a tragic London house blaze. Eight fire engines and around 60...

COVID-19: Needle-free Covid-19 vaccine trial begins

A trial has begun of a new needle-free Covid-19 vaccine to protect against future variants of the virus. The vaccine, administered through a jet of...

Mum-of-five breaks down in tears after finding new restaurant ‘destroyed’

A mother-of-five trying to launch her restaurant has been left "devastated and speechless" after finding her hard work had been destroyed. Muna Al Maflehi,...

41-year-old man raped by four young men

A 41-year-old man is on admission at the hospital after he was raped by four men. According to reports, the victim was walking home...

5 children dead, others injured after bouncy castle blows at school

What started as a youthful celebration ended in tragedy at an elementary school in Australia. Children and staff at the school in Devonport, Tasmania, were...

Boy, 2, dies after choking on piece of banana mum gave him before bedtime

A toddler died after choking on a piece of banana just before bedtime, an inquest heard. Dylan John James Greig, two, died at his...

Pornhub reveals what fans love watching

Pornhub has exposed what horny Americans and Brits have been looking for in the past year - and there's a new favourite in town. Hentai...

First-time mum dies of Covid before she got to hold her baby after delivery

A first time mum has tragically died of Covid before she was ever able to hold her baby daughter. Aimee 'Jacqueline' Ayala, 22, from El...

Dad beaten to death in front of daughter while putting up Christmas lights

A dad has been savagely beaten to death in front of his young daughter while he put up Christmas lights outside his home. Two men attacked the father of...

COVID-19: Google threatens to fire employees for flouting vaccination rules

Alphabet Inc’s Google told its employees they would lose pay and eventually be fired if they do not follow its COVID-19 vaccination rules, CNBC...

COVID pill near 90% effective in clinical trials – Pfizer

Pfizer Inc has said the final analysis of its antiviral COVID-19 pill showed close to 90 percent efficacy in preventing hospitalisations and deaths in...

Two feuding politicians settle scores in wrestling ring [Photos]

Two feuding Brazilian politicians have settled their differences by fighting in a boxing ring. Simão Peixoto, the Mayor of Borba, was publicly challenged to the fistfight in...

OJ Simpson is a ‘completely free man’

O.J. Simpson is a free man. The 74-year-old former football hero and actor, acquitted California murder defendant and convicted Las Vegas armed robber was granted...

Make Covid-19 vaccines available to all parts of the world – Akufo-Addo to EU

President Nana Akufo-Addo says he is “a firm believer in the statement that ‘no one is safe until everyone is safe'”. He is calling for...

Airport worker raids lost property, steals luggage in revenge for being sacked

A rookie airport worker enlisted up to 10 friends to help him plunder its lost property office in a raid after losing his job. Arfan...

Postman who left woman, 72, after fall sacked

A postman, who left a frail pensioner lying on her ­doorstep after she fell, has been sacked by Royal Mail. Thomas McCafferty ignored the pleas...

Man takes 10 COVID-19 vaccine shots in a day

A man reportedly received the Covid-19 vaccine 10 times in one day after he was allegedly paid by anti-vaxxers to get their jabs. The man, who has...

Massive reaction as video shows robot with human face and smile

A video showing a human-like robot, Ameca, with the right facial expressions has stirred reactions on social media. The machine woke with a yawn...

Brazil nightclub fire: 4 convicted over blaze that killed 242

A Brazilian court has sentenced four people to lengthy prison terms over the deaths of 242 club-goers in a fire during a party in...

US imposes visa sanctions on Africa’s richest woman

The US has imposed visa restrictions on Isabel dos Santos, often described as Africa's richest woman, "for her involvement in significant corruption by misappropriating...

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...