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Ukraine lifts interest rate in Europe

Ukraine's central bank has more than doubled its interest rate to 25% to the highest level for any European country. The move is intended to...

Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee: Palace rejects Kim Kardashian

She may be the Queen of celebrities, but Kim Kardashian's dream of joining the official Platinum Jubilee celebrations in the UK have been dashed. Despite her best efforts,...

Texas shooting: Biden calls for US ban on military style firearms

President Joe Biden has said the US should ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines to tackle the "carnage" of gun violence. Addressing the nation after...

Viral video shows woman risking life for water

A viral video showing a woman scaling the wall of a well to access water has highlighted the acute shortage in several areas of...

Kuwait criticises US embassy over pro-LGBTQ tweets

Kuwait has summoned a top US diplomat in protest over tweets from the American embassy supporting LGBT rights, its foreign ministry says. US officials there...

Biden calls for US ban on military-style firearms

President Joe Biden has said the US should ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines to tackle the "carnage" of gun violence. In a primetime speech...

Former Miss France charged over gift of $750k flat from ex-Gabon ruler

French prosecutors say a former Miss France has been charged in a long-running inquiry over the alleged ill-gotten wealth by the former president of...

President Cyril Ramaphosa denies cover-up over ‘$4m farm burglary’

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says “there is no basis for the claims of criminal conduct” relating to an alleged cover-up of a burglary...

Earthquake hits Chinese classroom

Pictures released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV captured the moment a 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit a Chinese school in the southwestern province of Sichuan. Dozens of...

Nigeria bans bushmeat over monkeypox fears

The Nigeria government has banned the sale of bushmeat as a precaution to stop the spread of monkeypox. It comes a few days after Nigeria’s...

Amber Heard reacts to jury’s verdict in defamation trial: ‘I’m heartbroken’

Amber Heard reacted to a jury’s decision to side with ex-husband Johnny Depp in his defamation lawsuit against her, saying Wednesday she was deeply disappointed and “heartbroken.” “The...

5 oldest languages across the world

There are many languages in the world, people tend to forget old languages that have been in existence for a very long time and...

Turkey changes its name in rebranding bid

Turkey will be known as Türkiye at the United Nations from now on, after it agreed to a formal request from Ankara. Several international bodies...

Actor and sex offender to be deported to UK

Australian sitcom actor Robert Hughes will be freed from jail and deported to the UK after serving a sentence for child sexual abuse. Hughes found...

Four killed in Oklahoma hospital shootings

Four people have been killed in a shooting spree at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police say. Officers confirmed that the suspected shooter, who was...

Methodist Church leader shares harrowing kidnapping experience

The head of Nigeria’s Methodist Church, Samuel Kanu has said a ransom of 100m naira ( $240,000, £193,000) was paid to secure his freedom...

Chinese national jailed for mutilating Naira notes

The Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Li Lei Lei, a Chinese national, to 24 months imprisonment...

Johnny Depp wins defamation suit against Amber Heard

Johnny Depp has won his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard, whom he sued over claims of domestic abuse. The jury has found Heard defamed...

Nancy Pelosi’s husband arrested for drink-driving

The husband of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving in California. Paul Pelosi was held after his...

Man in court for stealing skull from cemetery

The police on Tuesday May 31, arraigned a 38-year-old man, Ebuka Enuma, before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ court in Lagos for alleged possession of a human skull. The...

French told to drop English gaming words

France's language watchdog has told government officials to use French gaming terms instead of English ones. The Académie Française says "jeu video de competition" should...

Lesbian couple reunited by court say they still fear threats from their families

A young lesbian couple reunited by a court in the southern Indian state of Kerala have said they still fear threats from their families. Adhila...

Former princess who accused ex of child sex abuse found dead

A former Qatari princess has been found dead from a suspected drug overdose at her home. Kasia Gallanio was discovered dead by Spanish police this...

African states report 1,400 monkeypox cases – WHO

Seven African countries have cumulatively reported about 1,400 monkeypox cases this year up to mid-May, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. These include 1,392 suspected...

Police probe sale of human toes for riches in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe police have said they are investigating possible trafficking of human body parts, following reports that people are selling their toes in exchange for...

Boy, 4, dies after crashing into metal pole while riding mini-motorbike for first time

A young boy died in a tragic accident while riding his new mini-motorbike for the first time, an inquest has heard. Four-year-old Jacob Gamlin Turner,...

US agrees to send Ukraine long-range rockets

The US will send Ukraine more advanced rocket systems to help it defend itself, President Biden has announced. The weapons, long requested by Ukraine, are...

Shanghai eases lockdown after two months

The Chinese city of Shanghai, the country's economic centre and a global trade hub, has eased Covid curbs after a two-month lockdown. At midnight local...

Ukraine war: Biden to send longer-range rockets in latest aid package

The US will send Ukraine more advanced rocket systems to help it defend itself, President Biden has announced. The weapons, long requested by Ukraine, are...

Buhari seeks party’s support to pick successor

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met state governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party where he asked to be allowed to...

Eleven dead as storms wreck havoc in Mexico

Eleven people are dead and more than 20 missing after Hurricane Agatha struck Oaxaca state in Mexico, the state's governor says. Agatha made landfall on...

Poverty forces Zim men to sell off their toes for thousands of Dollars

Over the past couple of months, there have been unverified claims that Harare people are now cutting off their toes and selling them for...

Anger as wife on contraceptive gives birth to quadruplets

A couple, who used contraceptives to avoid having more children in addition to their five kids, has welcomed quadruplets. Mr and Mrs Christopher Agbo from...

Woman dies for eight minutes after pain in stomach turns out to be deadly illness

A woman, who thought the stabbing pain in her stomach was due to a bad period, was later rushed to hospital with sepsis that left her...

Party ‘delegate’ buys new car after elections [Video]

A Nigerian political party 'delegate' has been spotted in a viral video celebrating a new car he claims he bought just after the recently concluded political...

Pastor allegedly rapes 13-year-old

A 32-year-old prophet, identified as Godson Nse Thompson, is being detained for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl sent to him for intercessory prayers. The senior secondary...

Siblings reunited 75 years after India partition

A Pakistani woman separated from her family during the 1947 Partition met her Indian brothers for the first time last month after 75 years. Mumtaz...

First flight taking Channel migrants to Rwanda set for 14 June

The first flight to Rwanda carrying migrants who cross the English Channel is set to leave in two weeks’ time on 14 June, the...

Sperm donor fathers 15 kids in hot waters

An online sperm donor fathered 15 kids without telling the mums he had a genetic condition which causes learning disabilities, a court heard. James MacDougall, 37, advertised...

Exclusive: Akufo-Addo’s 19 ministers who never declared their assets

At the peak of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s first term, he had sworn in more than 126 ministers and deputy ministers. Some of...