MERCEDES DELIVERS ELECTRIC POPEMOBILE TO POPE FRANCIS
Agency Report German automaker Mercedes-Benz delivered an electric popemobile to the Vatican on Wednesday for use by the pontiff, who has repeatedly called for global...
UNIDENTIFIED DISEASE KILLS AT LEAST 27 IN DR CONGO
An unidentified disease has killed at least 27 people in just over a month in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, health officials...
TALIBAN GOVT BANS WOMEN FROM STUDYING NURSING, MIDWIFERY
Agency Report Senior employees at several institutions offering nursing and midwifery courses in Afghanistan on Tuesday said women would be barred from classes, following an...
WORLD NEWS: MACRON REJECTS CALL TO RESIGN AS FRENCH PRESIDENT
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday rejected calls to resign to break a political impasse in the country, saying such a scenario amounted to “political...
NAMIBIA ELECTS NANDI-NDAITWAH AS FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT
Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party was declared winner Tuesday of last week’s disputed elections, ushering in the southern African country’s first woman president after a disputed...
US, HONG KONG, EGYPT, OTHERS SET TO PARTICIPATE IN FENCING WORLD CUP IN LAGOS
Leading fencing nations from across the world, such as Egypt, Hong Kong, the United States, and others, will compete in the 2024 Men's World Cup,...
AUSTRALIAN GOVT PASSES LANDMARK SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR UNDER 16s
On Thursday, Australian lawmakers approved one of the strictest crackdowns on popular websites like Facebook, Instagram, and X in the world by passing historic legislation...
BERLIN DOCTOR SUSPECTED OF KILLING EIGHT ELDERLY PATIENTS STILL IN CUSTODY – GERMAN PROSECUTORS
Prosecutors said Thursday that German detectives believe a doctor in Berlin killed eight elderly patients in his care and set fire to part of their...
CHINA DISMISSES TOP MILITARY OFFICIAL OVER CORRUPTION
Beijing announced Thursday that a top Chinese military officer, the most recent high-ranking apparatchik to be fired in a broad campaign against corruption in the...
FORMER LIBERIAN WARLORD, PRINCE JOHNSON DIES AT 72
Agency Report Prince Johnson, a former Liberian warlord who played a significant role in the back-to-back civil wars from 1989 to 2003, passed away on...