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Lindani Myeni killed by U.S. police

Body of South African Lindani Myeni killed by U.S. police home for burial

The body of South African former rugby player Lindani Myeni who was shot dead by police in Honolulu, Hawaii in…
COVID-19 patients in India inhale oxygen from tanks

India posts world record daily deaths from COVID-19

India posted a record 3,689 daily deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, although new cases dipped marginally as one more state…
S.Korea reports 1,540 COVID-19 infections in fully vaccinated people

India posts another COVID-19 daily world record

India posted a world record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday as the country opened up its…
Pentagon

Pentagon halts Trump border wall

The Pentagon cancelled the construction of parts of former President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico that were being built…
Angolan editor Francisco Rasgado

Angolan editor Rasgado faces hefty fine, jail term for alleged libel

Angolan editor Francisco Rasgado faces some time in jail and a hefty fine over a criminal libel case filed against…

Germany to return looted Benin bronzes from 2022

Germany will start returning Benin bronzes to Nigeria in 2022, the country’s foreign and culture ministries said on Friday.
the dead being carried away by medics at Mount Meron Israel on Friday

Updated: 44 Israelis dead in Mount Meron stampede

At least 44 people were crushed to death at an over-crowded religious bonfire festival in Mount Meron, Israel on Friday,…
e scene after a crush wounded dozens during the celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer on Mt. Meron, in northern Israel on April 30, 2021. Photo: Times of Israel

Over 28 crushed to death in Israel at religious festival

No fewer than 28 people have been crushed to death in Israel, as over 100,000 gathered at Mount Meron to…
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey prepares for harshest COVID-19 shutdown

Turkey will impose a three-week-long nationwide shutdown later on Thursday, its harshest lockdown since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic,…

COVID-19: Germany to fly oxygen supplies to India

Germany’s Air Force said it is preparing to fly medical and oxygen supplies to India, where medicines and equipment are…
New Zealand links 26-year-old man's death to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

BioNTech to request approval of COVID-19 vaccine for children

German vaccine manufacturer BioNTech is to request the authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine for children from the age of 12.
Brendan Hunt: convicted for threatening to kill U.S. Congressmen

Brendan Hunt who wanted to slaughter all U.S. congressmen convicted

Brendan Hunt, an American resident in Queens, New York has been convicted for threatening to “Slaughter” Senators and Representatives.

Biden urges U.S. Congress to approve police reform

U.S. President Joe Biden urged Congress to approve in May a police reform that would address the issue of racially…
President Joe Biden addresses Congress

Joe Biden to Congress: China, other nations closing in fast

President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged the Congress to support his $1.8 trillion spending plans to enable America stay ahead…
L-R: VP Kamala Harris and Speaker Nancy Pelosi cheer President Biden

American women make history as Biden addresses Congress

American women made history Wednesday night as President Joe Biden addressed the Congress to mark his first 100 days.
Ahmaud Arbery

Murder of Ahmaud Arbery: Father and son charged with hate crimes

Three white men in Georgia were on Wednesday slammed with federal hate crimes charge in last year’s slaying of Ahmaud…
President Ramaphosa gives testimony in Zuma's corruption trial

Zuma’s corruption trial: Ramaphosa testifies in court

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday the ANC "could and should" have done more to prevent corruption under…
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana self-quarantined for COVID-19

COVID-19 sends Botswana President Masisi into quarantine

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi will miss a Southern African regional meeting he had been due to chair on Thursday, as…
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne

Prince Charles saddened by India’s coronavirus crisis

Britain on Wednesday expressed sorrow over the bleak Coronavirus death toll in India.
The police truck carrying prisoners ambushed close to Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Gunmen with AK 47 free 22 awaiting-trial prisoners on way to court

Five assailants armed with AK 47 on Wednesday ambushed a police van carrying 45 awaiting-trial prisoners in South Africa.
Knife Attack

16 children, 2 teachers injured in knife attack

Authorities on Wednesday reported that 16 kindergarten children and two teachers were injured in a knife-stabbing incident.
Nero: Historical myth about playing the fiddle while Rome burnt shattered

Nero played the fiddle, Cleopatra was Egyptian: Two myths busted

Blaming Nero for being careless during the Great Fire of Rome is wrong. There was even no fiddle at his…
Donville Inniss, ex-Barbados MP and commerce minister jailed in U.S.

Inniss Barbados ex-MP jailed in U.S. for receiving $36K in kickbacks

Donville Inniss, a former member of Parliament in Barbados, will spend the next 24 months in U.S. jail for laundering…
Seth Andrew charged with stealing $218,000

Seth Andrew, Obama adviser charged with stealing $218,000

Seth Andrew, a former White House senior adviser for the Obama administration has been charged with stealing $218,000 and making…
Buhari: accuses some misguided elements of plotting a coup

Insecurity: Buhari begs US, others for help

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the United States and other nations to help Nigeria in tackling growing security challenges…
Coronavirus: Ogun says no confirmed case of Delta variant

Ethiopia registers 841 new COVID-19 cases

Ethiopia registered 841 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 253,120 as of…
Nigeria still uncertain as vaccine hub as Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa get WTO nod

Brazil rejects Russia’s Sputnik vaccine

Brazil’s National Health Regulation Agency (Anvisa) on Tuesday rejected the importation of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V.
Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Brazil rejects Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V

Brazil’s National Health Regulation Agency (Anvisa) on Tuesday declared itself against the import of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V.
New Chadian Prime Minister Pahimi Padacke Albert

Chadian opposition against military appointed PM Pahimi Padacke

Chad's new junta named Albert Pahimi Padacke, a civilian as prime minister of a transitional government on Monday, but opposition…
Andrew Brown Jr executed by North Carolina police

Black man Andrew Brown executed by police in North Carolina, protest erupts

Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot by sheriff's deputies in North Carolina during an attempted arrest last week, was…
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