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Reports: Welder triggered Beirut’s massive explosion

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6 years ago

Reports said a welder mistakenly ignited 2,700 tons of explosive chemicals in the Beirut port area on Tuesday, leading to…

Beirut explosion: Death toll hits 100, many still missing

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Death toll in Tuesday's warehouse explosion in Beirut, Lebanon has reached 100, with many people reportedly still missing.

UN, US condole with Lebanon after deadly Beirut explosions

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6 years ago

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has commiserated with the people and government of Lebanon over Tuesday’s Beirut explosions.

Texas man Lee Price jailed for spending COVID-19 loans on Lamborghini, strip clubs

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6 years ago

Instead of speeding off in a $200,000 Lamborghini Urus, a Texas man, Lee Price III got a slower ride to…

Magufuli’s challengers emerge for October poll

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6 years ago

Tundu Lissu, a politician who survived being shot 16 times in an apparent assassination attempt has emerged one of the…

Trump flip-flops over mailed ballot, backs it in Florida

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6 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump made a U-turn on Tuesday over mailed ballot, urging supporters in Florida to 'request a ballot…

New York health commissioner Oxiris Barbot resigns over COVID-19

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6 years ago

New York City Commissioner for Health, Dr Oxiris Barbot, has resigned over alleged under-utilisation of the department’s “incomparable disease control…

Updated: Dozens killed, thousands wounded in Beirut explosion

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6 years ago

Dozens of people died in Tuesday's huge Beirut explosion in a port warehouse district near the centre of the Lebanese…

Risks of COVID-19 infection through breastfeeding negligible – WHO

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the risk of COVID-19 infection through breastfeeding is negligible and has never…

Michelle Obama celebrates her favourite guy

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Michelle Obama, wife of former United States President, Barack Obama on Tuesday wished her husband a happy birthday.

Many injured in Beirut as warehouse of firecrackers explodes

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6 years ago

A large explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, injuring many people as glass shattered and balconies collapsed from the impact.

Watch: The viral Axios interview that got Trump flummoxed

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6 years ago

Australian Jonathan Swan was the toast of America on Tuesday after HBO aired an interview he had with President Trump…

Mixed reactions trail bodycam footage of George Floyd’s arrest

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Footage of Police body cameras showed a frightened George Floyd begging police not to lock him in a squad car, shortly…

Queen Elizabeth leads royal birthday cheers for Meghan Markle

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6 years ago

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, is 39 today. For the UK Royal family, however, Meghan being out of sight is…

Police detain cat used to smuggle drugs, sim cards to prison

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

“The cat was detained in a room inside the prisons to facilitate investigations, but has escaped from the room,” police…

No silver bullet vaccine yet for COVID-19, WHO warns

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6 years ago

The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19 in the form…

Okonjo-Iweala: My priorities as WTO chief

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6 years ago

Nigeria's candidate for the top job of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said fixing the Geneva-based body's dispute…

Trump sacks TVA chairman for outsourcing IT jobs

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6 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump said he has sacked James Thompson, the chairman of the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority…

COVID-19 guts government of The Gambia

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6 years ago

Three cabinet ministers in Gambia have tested positive for COVID-19, the presidency said, an indication the virus is ripping though…

North Korea develops miniaturised nuclear devices: UN report

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6 years ago

North Korea is pressing on with its nuclear weapons program, according to a confidential U.N. report, scooped by Reuters.

Buhari mourns Senegalese Sheikh Ahmed Tidiane Niass

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6 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the demise of Sheikh Ahmed Tidiane Niass, Grand Khalifa of Tijjaniyya Islamic movement…

Beetle swallowed by frog survives, comes out via anus

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6 years ago

A beetle-like insect called Regimbartia attenuata can escape even after being devoured by certain species of frog, Japanese ecologist Shinji…

America needs 4-6 weeks of lockdown: Fed official Kashkari

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6 years ago

A top U.S. Federal Reserve official, Neel Kashkari said the U.S. economy could benefit if the nation were to “lock…

Irfaan Ali takes oath as 9th president of Guyana

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6 years ago

Dr Irfaan Ali, a member of the opposition Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) has been sworn-in as Guyana’s 9th President.

COVID-19 cases in Russia surpass 850,000

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6 years ago

Russia reported 5,427 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing its nationwide tally to 850,870, the fourth highest in the…

UAE joins nuclear energy producers, first in Arab world

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6 years ago

The United Arab Emirates(UAE) has become the first Arab country to produce nuclear energy, after it switched on a unit…

183 illegal migrants rescued on Mediterranean sea

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

No fewer than 183 illegal sub-Saharan African migrants have been rescued by the Moroccan Navy off the kingdom’s Mediterranean and…

COVID-19: Vietnam’s city of Danang set to test entire population

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6 years ago

Vietnam’s coastal city of Danang plans to test its entire population of 1.1 million people for COVID-19 infection, the governing…

COVID-19 cases in South Africa top 500,000

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6 years ago

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Africa have crossed half a million, its health ministry said on Saturday.

British MP arrested for serial sexual assault

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6 years ago

An unidentified British lawmaker and former minister was arrested on Saturday after police received allegations of rape, sexual assault and…

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