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Google’s parent company Alphabet lays off 12,000 employees

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

"In one email Sundar Pichai has taken away the livelihoods of thousands of workers," Parul Koul, executive chair of the…

66 women, children kidnapped in Burkina Faso set free

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

The 66 victims, including four babies, were kidnapped between Jan. 12 and 13 by unidentified armed men near the region's…

Africa’s projected GDP growth in 2023 more than world average – Adesina

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

“In spite of the challenging external environment, Africa has demonstrated continued resilience with all but one country maintaining positive growth…

3 ex-ministers indicted in blacklist scandal

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Three former Ministers from the previous President of South Korea Moon Jae-in administration were indicted on charges of abusing their…

New Zealand PM Jacinda to step down February

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The ruling New Zealand Labour Party will vote for a new leader on Sunday; the party leader will be the…

How a London University lecturer stabbed wife 10 times after she filed for divorce

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

According to the news medium, the lecturer who specialised in computer science had been married to Ms Xiao, another "distinguished…

Gates Foundation budgets US$8.3 billion to fight poverty, disease in 2023

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

According to the foundation's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mark Suzman, the non-governmental organisation has budgeted US$8.3 billion to carry out…

WHO to accelerate development of vaccine for tuberculosis

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The council would facilitate the licencing and use of effective novel TB vaccines by catalysing high-level alignment between funders, global…

Ukraine: Death toll rises in Dnipro missile strike

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

At least 40 people are dead, including three children, after more bodies were recovered during the night.

Terrorists kidnap 50 women searching for food

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Landlocked Burkina Faso is one of the poorest and most volatile nations in the world. Since 2015, it has been…

Italy arrests top mafia boss Messina Denaro at Sicilian hospital

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Italy's most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested by armed police at a private hospital in Sicily on…

Peru extends state of emergency in protest-hit cities

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Protesters have demanded Boluarte step down, and that Castillo, who was arrested for "rebellion," be released.

Most wanted Italian mafia boss Messina Denaro arrested

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The 60-year-old Messina Denaro who had been on the run for 30 years, according to the police, is a boss…

Russia-Belarus to conduct ‘defensive’ air drills

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Unofficial military monitoring channels have reported a slew of fighters, helicopters, and military transport planes landing in Belarus, including eight…

10 killed, 39 injured DR Congo church bomb blast

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

“The government vigorously condemns the bombing, which was obviously carried out by ADF terrorists,” spokesman Patrick Muyaya said in a…

25 killed, 40 missing in Russian missile strike on Dnipro building

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The number of dead has risen to 25 after a Russian missile attack that hit a high-rise apartment building in…

68 killed in deadly plane crash in Nepal

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

An eyewitness said he saw the aircraft spinning violently in the air after it began to attempt a landing before…

Slave history: Senegal woos tourists to monument in Dakar

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

According to him, the tourist site is a significant one as it accommodates some of the relics and historical facts…

Children killed as Russian missile hits apartments in Ukraine

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Following minor Russian missile attacks in the morning, Moscow considerably increased its shelling of numerous locations on Saturday, causing the…

Zimbabwe police arrest 25 opposition members ahead of presidential election

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

It wasn’t open to the public at all. The Maintenance of Peace and Order Act only applies to public meetings…

China, Hong Kong resume high-speed rail link after coronavirus curbs

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

“The resumption of the high-speed railway has made it very convenient for us and has brought us closer to home,”…

Girl, 7, shot outside church in London

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Police believe the gunshots came from a moving vehicle which immediately fled the scene. The funeral the victims were attending…

Rishi Sunak condemns ‘cowardly’ execution of British-Iranian

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

“This was a callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for the human rights…

Israeli soldiers kill 2 more Palestinians in West Bank

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Since Jan. 1, Israeli soldiers have killed 12 Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian…

Prisoners go on hunger strike in Texas

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

"Thousands of prisoners are kept in solitary confinement in Texas. As of November, more than 500 prisoners had been in…

Brazil’s Supreme Court OKs probe of Bolsonaro over Jan. 8 riot

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

The judge cited a video the former president posted on Facebook two days after the riot. It claimed Luiz Inácio…

Trump’s organization slammed with $1.6 million fine for tax fraud

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Justice Juan Merchan of the Manhattan criminal court imposed the sentence, the maximum possible under state law, after jurors found…

Former Union minister Sharad Yadav dies at 75

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

The hospital said Yadav could not be revived despite the health officials' best efforts and he was declared dead at…

New Covid variant ‘Kraken’ spreading in UK

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

The most common variant in the UK is called BQ.1, but CH.1.1 AND XBB.1.5 (or Kraken) are likely to take…

Türkiye summons Swedish envoy over protests against president

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

The ambassador was informed that Ankara condemned and protested "this heinous act" and demanded such acts not be allowed, said…

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