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North Korea: Fighting Covid with tea and saltwater

North Korea is grappling with the spread of Covid in an unvaccinated population, without access to effective anti-viral drugs. In early 2020, the country sealed...

Nigerian Police officers caught on tape crying for help

Law enforcement agents in Nigeria are trending on social media for the wrong reasons. Police officers and the State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officials have...

COVID-19: Indonesia relaxes nose mask wearing and foreign traveler restrictions

As the world try to rejuvenate against the ravages of COVID-19, many countries have relaxed restrictions put in place to reduce the spread of...

The dark and damp cell where Britain’s most wanted criminal awaited his death

Inside the dark and damp cell where Britain's most wanted criminal awaited his death. A man named "John Palmer" awaited trial in York Castle Prison, for stealing three...

First case of Monkeypox virus detected in US

Monkeypox is surging around the globe and now the rare virus has found its way inside our borders. The first case of monkeypox in the...

Afghanistan: Taliban orders female TV presenters to cover their faces

The Taliban have ordered female Afghan TV presenters to cover their faces while on air. Media outlets were told of the decree on Wednesday, a...

Global stock markets fall as growth fears rattle investors

Fears about rising prices and slowing economies have spread to UK and European stock markets following sharp falls in the US and Asia. The FTSE...

Thailand govt to distribute free cannabis to households

The Thai government will distribute one million free cannabis plants to households across the nation in June to mark a new rule allowing people...

Meet the father of 11 joining medical school at 69

An Ethiopian father of 11 children has become a social media sensation in the country after he enrolled at a university at the age...

Hospital reacts to claims Osinachi’s corpse sings ‘Ekwueme’ at night

The authorities at the National Hospital in Abuja, where the body of late singer Osinachi Nwachukwu is kept, have dismissed claims that she sings...

Family sues after Airpods ‘explode in boy’s ears bursting his eardrums’

The family of a 12-year-old boy is suing Apple after he allegedly has suffered permanent hearing loss from an ‘Amber Alert’ on wireless AirPod...

Netflix cuts 150 US-based jobs after losing subscribers

Netflix has laid off about 150 staff, just a month after the entertainment giant said it was losing subscribers for the first time in...

Vladimir Putin’s dark reason for keeping his daughters and grandchildren secret

Vladamir Putin's two adult daughters are among the most closely guarded secrets of the Kremlin, and his grandchildren are even more of a mystery. The...

‘I was cut in half by forklift in horror accident – but my wife has stuck by me’

A young man who lost half of his body during a horrific construction accident has bravely spoken about his recovery. Loren Schauers, 20, lost his...

Man drowns while trying to recreate Titanic pose with his girlfriend

A man attempting to recreate the iconic Titanic movie flying pose with his girlfriend has drowned after the pair plunged into the sea. The couple...

Russia ‘could swap Ukrainian steel plant siege heroes with imprisoned officers’

Hundreds of besieged Ukrainian soldiers have emerged from their Mariupol bunker hell and handed themselves over to Russian forces. Their evacuation into Russian custody triggered prisoner swap...

Fetish priest spotted in viral video preparing charm for a pastor [Watch]

An encounter between a fetish priest and a 'man of God' has stirred controversies in social media. The fetish priest was preparing a charm ahead...

U.S. launches conflict monitor for Russian war on Ukraine

The U. S. has established a new conflict monitoring body which will be used to build legal cases against Russia for crimes committed during...

Huge crowd hails Davido as he visits Lagos with US rapper DaBaby for a music video shoot [Videos]

Since American rapper DaBaby arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, he has been demonstrating his love for the city and moving freely with people as if...

Ghanaians cautioned against travelling to northern Mali

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has cautioned Ghanaians against embarking on trips to the Gao Region of Northern Mali and its environs. Commercial transport operators...

Senegal leader backs PSG’s Gueye over LGBT row

Senegalese President Macky Sall has expressed support to Paris Saint-Germain and Senegalese player Idrissa Gueye amid reports the footballer refused to wear a rainbow-coloured...

Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League halted after fan violence

Zimbabwe's Premier Soccer League (PSL) has suspended all matches until further notice following pitch invasions, violence and vandalism at a game between Highlanders and...

Russian gymnast banned for wearing pro-war symbol on podium

Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak has been given a one-year ban for wearing a national war symbol on the podium at an event in Qatar...

American rapper DaBaby visits Nigeria

American rapper, Dababy has visited Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria. On Monday, May 16, the musician arrived in Nigeria with a rousing welcome. Dababy shared some...

Spain to allow girls over 16 to opt for abortions

Spain has approved a draft bill that would remove the requirement for 16 and 17-year-old girls to have parental consent before terminating a pregnancy. The...

White SA student suspended after urinating on black student’s property

A white student in South Africa has been suspended from university after he was accused of urinating on the property of a black student...

Police arrest 4 after Lagos mob killing

Police in Nigeria say four suspects have been arrested so far in connection with the killing of a musical sound engineer by a mob...

Turkey threatens to block Finland and Sweden Nato bids

Turkey's President has restated his opposition to Finland and Sweden joining Nato - just hours after they said they would seek membership. Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Elon Musk reacts to Snoop Dogg’s interest in buying Twitter

Elon Musk and the acquisition of social media giant, Twitter, have caught the attention of many high-profile individuals. Whether it’s celebrities denouncing their association with...

Sri Lanka down to last day of petrol, Prime Minister tells crisis-hit nation

Sri Lanka's new prime minister said on Monday the crisis-hit nation was down to its last day of petrol, as the country's power minister told citizens...

Sweden officially signs NATO application, Finland to endorse move

Sweden on Tuesday signed a formal request to join NATO, a day after the country announced it would seek membership in the 30-member military...

Ukrainian soldier who was beaten, shot and buried alive lives to tell his survival story [Video]

Mykola Kulichenko struggles to recount a tale he shouldn't be alive to tell. But this Ukrainian man believes he was allowed to cheat death...

Married women protest against husband snatchers [Video]

Married women in a community in Imo State, Nigeria, have issued a stern warning to young women who dress indecently. The elderly married women embarked...

CCTV captures scary moment lady’s bag was snatched in broad daylight [Video]

A video making rounds on social media has captured a broad daylight robbery reported to have happened in Congo. A young lady's bag was snatched...

Nigeria’s accountant-general arrested over alleged $200m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria says it’s arrested the country’s accountant-general, Ahmed Idris, on suspicion he diverted almost $200m (£162m) of...

Nato begins its military exercises in Baltics

One of the biggest-ever Nato exercises in the Baltics is now under way. Named "Hedgehog", the drills involve 10 countries, including Finland and Sweden, which...

Kendrick Lamar tours Accra, meets Black Sherif, Stonebwoy, others

American rapper Kendrick Lamar seems to be exploring Accra as much as he can during his visit to Ghana. Kendrick Lamar was first spotted at...

Matriarch accused of leading drug clan captured

Police in Honduras have captured a woman accused of leading a drug trafficking clan with four of her sons. Herlinda Bobadilla, 61, was arrested in...

Family fighting to exhume brother to stop paedophile dad being buried with him

Two sisters are campaigning to have their brother exhumed from his grave so their paedophile dad is not laid to rest next to him. Last...

McDonald’s to leave Russia for good

McDonald's has said it will permanently leave Russia after 30 years and has started to sell its restaurants there. The move comes after it temporarily...