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Taiwan records deadliest train crash in 4 decades

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5 years ago

At least 41 people were killed and more than 60 injured in Taiwan's deadliest train crash on Friday, its worst…

9.57m Beijingers vaccinated against COVID-19

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5 years ago

The Chinese capital Beijing has administered coronavirus vaccines to more than 9.57 million people, local authorities said on Thursday.

Air Koryo resumes flights to China

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5 years ago

North Korea’s national carrier is set to resume flights between Pyongyang and Beijing this week, its website showed on Thursday.

Google cancels 2021 April Fool’s Day

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Google Inc on Thursday cancelled April Fool's Day for the second time in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Microsoft wins $22b US military contract for augmented reality headgear

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5 years ago

Microsoft has won a Pentagon contract for augmented reality headgear for soldiers worth $21.88 billion over the next decade, the…

Facebook, Instagram block Donald Trump again

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5 years ago

Facebook and Instagram have removed Donald Trump's interview with his daughter-in-law Lara, in which he made a series of false…

New York legalizes recreational marijuana

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Governor Andrew Cuomo has on Wednesday signed the legislation that sought to legalize the use and trade of marijuana.

Updated: Aborted coup in Niger, soldiers arrested

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5 years ago

Agency Report An attempted coup in Niger on Wednesday has been aborted, with many soldiers arrested, according to sources. The…

Coronavirus origin: China replies U.S., 13 other countries

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5 years ago

China on Wednesday disproved a joint statement made by the U.S. and 13 other countries expressing “concerns” over the World…

Pfizer, BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine safe in adolescents

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5 years ago

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE will sooner seek U.S. emergency use authorisation to inoculate children aged between 12 and 15…

Australia to produce own guided missiles

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5 years ago

Australia unveiled a plan on Wednesday to partner up with a global arms manufacturer and build its own guided missiles…

Trump launches personal website after social media ban

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

Former United States President, Donald Trump has finally launched a website to serve his personal office.

The inciter-in-chief: 2 U.S. Capitol police officers sue Donald Trump

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5 years ago

Two U.S. Capitol police officers have sued former President Donald Trump, accusing him of inciting the mob that caused them…

Tony Hernandez brother of Honduran President jailed for life in US

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5 years ago

Tony Hernandez, brother of Honduran President was sentenced to life in prison by a New York judge Tuesday for large-scale…

Nigerian drug baron Ikenna, girlfriend busted in Thailand with Cocaine

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Nigeria's suspected drug baron, Michael “Mark” Ikenna, 36 has been arrested in Thailand for dealing in Cocaine.

Elon Musk donates $20M to Cameron County schools

Taiwo Okanlawon

5 years ago

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla & SpaceX has announced his intention to donate $20 million to Cameron County School…

SABC retrenches 621 workers

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5 years ago

South Africa Broadcasting Corporation(SABC) is set to lay off 621 employees, in line with plans to make it a viable…

2-month-old, 5 others perish in house fire

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5 years ago

Six family members, including a two-month-old child, died after a blaze engulfed a house in Vietnam’s southern metropolis of Ho…

George Floyd: Trial of white cop Derek Chauvin begins

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5 years ago

The trial of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd has opened, with a prosecutor telling…

AU orders 400m doses of J&J COVID-19 vaccine

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5 years ago

Agency Report Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will supply the African Union (AU) with up to 400 million doses of its…

Barack Obama eulogizes Sarah Obama

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Former President Barack Obama has eulogised his late step grandmother, Sarah Obama who died in the early…

Hamburg archbishop Stefan Hesse resigns amid sexual abuse scandal

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

The archbishop of Hamburg, Stefan Hesse has resigned his appointment after allegations that he ignored sexual abuses in his diocese…

Trumps turns wedding party into political rally at Mar-a-Lago [Video]

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5 years ago

Former U.S. President Donald Trump turned a weekend wedding party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida into a political rally.

Kellner Czech Republic richest man dies in helicopter crash

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5 years ago

Petr Kellner, Czech Republic richest man has been identified as one of the five persons who died in a helicopter…

Barack Obama loses Kenyan step-grandmother Sarah Obama

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku The 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama’s has lost his step-grandmother, Sarah Obama. She died…

Serial killer Joseph Duncan cheats the hangman

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5 years ago

Joseph Duncan, 58, who was convicted of brutally murdering five people, including a 10-year-old Riverside County boy, has cheated the…

Disputed Dam: Egypt warns Ethiopia over unilateral actions

Taiwo Okanlawon

5 years ago

Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel-Ati on Sunday warned that Ethiopia’s unilateral actions over the filling and…

483 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast – UN

Taiwo Okanlawon

5 years ago

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday that 483 illegal migrants had been rescued off Libya’s western coast.

2 suicide bombers strike in Catholic church on Palm Sunday

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5 years ago

Fourteen people were wounded Sunday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city…

Beijing hit by hazardous sandstorm

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5 years ago

Residents the Chinese capital Beijing woke on Sunday morning to find the city shrouded in thick dust, caused by hazardous…

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