15 KILLED, 16 INJURED AS TOURIST BUS CRASHES INTO RAVINE IN SRI LANKA
A Sri Lankan bus carrying local tourists visiting lush tea plantation hill towns plunged nearly 1,000 feet (300 metres), with the crash killing 15 people,...
AUSTRALIAN BANK FIRES 65-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE AFTER TRAINING CHATBOT TO REPLACE HER
By Aishat Momoh. O. A 65-year-old former bank teller at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Kathryn Sullivan, has revealed she was dismissed after unknowingly...
MANDELA’S GRANDSON TO JOIN PRO-PALESTINIAN FLOTILLA SAILING FROM TUNISIA
Agency Report Mandla Mandela, grandson of South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, has announced that he will join pro-Palestinian activists seeking to break Israel’s...
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY CHEERLEADER ARRESTED AFTER DECEASED INFANT FOUND IN CLOSET
Agency Report A 21-year-old University of Kentucky student and cheerleader, Laken Snelling, has been arrested after authorities discovered her deceased infant hidden in a...
POPE LEO XIV SIGNALS CONTINUED OPENNESS TO LGBTQ COMMUNITY
Agency Report Pope Leo XIV has indicated he will continue his predecessor Pope Francis’s inclusive approach toward the LGBTQ community, according to American Jesuit...
BRITAIN ENDURES HOTTEST SUMMER ON RECORD, MET OFFICE CONFIRMS
By Aishat Momoh. O. Britain has officially recorded its hottest summer ever, the UK’s Met Office announced on Monday, marking the latest in a series...
PRES MAHAMA REMOVES CHIEF JUSTICE GERTRUDE ARABA ESAABA SACKEY TORKONOO FROM OFFICE
By Aishat Momoh. O. President John Dramani Mahama has removed the Chief Justice of Ghana, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkonoo, from office...
THAILAND’S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OUSTS PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA OVER BORDER ROW WITH CAMBODIA
By Aishat Momoh. O. Thailand has plunged into political turmoil after the Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her cabinet...
POP MART’S LABUBU CRAZE HITS BEIJING AS MINI TOYS SELL OUT IN HOURS
Agency Report Beijing’s shopping districts were abuzz on Friday as fans of Pop Mart’s Labubu dolls flocked to stores following the launch of the...
NIGERIAN DESIGNER BREAKS WORLD RECORD WITH 50-METRE SLEEVES
By Aishat Momoh. O. A 27-year-old Nigerian fashion designer, Samuel Chinecherem Ezeh, has etched his name into the record books by creating a robe...