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Chinese Billionaire Jack Ma accepts University teaching post

The appointment comes weeks after the billionaire made a rare public appearance in China following his fall from grace during a government...

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UK Deputy PM resigns over bullying claims

Raab, who stood in for former prime minister Boris Johnson as he battled Covid in 2020, had promised to quit if any...

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CBI Boss sacked for spying on employees’ Instagram accounts

Mr Danker admits that he did look at the Instagram profiles and stories of “a very small number of CBI staff, men...

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Four dead, 28 injured in Alabama birthday party shooting

Witnesses said the shooting occurred at a 16th birthday party at Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio in downtown Dadeville. Sgt. Jeremy Burkett of...

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WHO warns of new Covid-19 Variant Arcturus detected in over 20 countries

The spreading variant, which has been reported in at least 21 countries, the WHO said in a new report, is a sub-variant...

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Robert F Kennedy Jr to challenge Biden for White House

The 69-year-old is the son of assassinated Senator Robert F Kennedy and nephew of President John F Kennedy.

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Donald Trump faces 34 criminal charges in historic indictment

Trump, the first former US president to be criminally prosecuted, pleads not guilty in New York arraignment hearing.

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Russia arrests US journalist on espionage allegations

The Wall Street Journal said it was deeply concerned for Gershkovich’s safety and denied the claim from the FSB security service that...

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Nigeria awaits results after tight election

The commission has 14 days to officially announce results, but the online tally should be made available over the next few days.

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US court awards Ugandan family shs38b for wrongful death

Nakajjigo, an ambassador for Women and Girls in Uganda died tragically in an accident while exiting Arches National park in 2020.

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“Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” says Pope Francis

The pope attributed such attitudes against homosexuality to cultural backgrounds and said catholic bishops in particular need to undergo a process of...

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Dominic Ongwen: ICC upholds 25-year jail term for LRA Commander

Led by fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, the LRA terrorized Ugandans for nearly 20 years as it fought President Yoweri Museveni's government from...

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ICC prosecutor seeks charges against fugitive warlord Joseph Kony

Kony launched a bloody rebellion more than three decades ago seeking to impose his own version of the Ten Commandments in northern...

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Ex-lawmaker gets 50 years in jail for husband’s murder

The former congresswoman was also found guilty of trying to murder her husband with poison on at least six previous occasions, as...

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Workers flee iPhone factory in China over Covid lockdown

Video shared online showed about 10 people jumping a fence outside the plant, owned by manufacturer Foxconn, in the central city of...

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Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover, fires top executives

Musk sacked chief executive Parag Agrawal, as well as the company's chief financial officer and its head of legal policy, trust and...

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WhatsApp Back to Normalcy After Two Hour Outage, Meta Apologises for “Inconvenience”

At about 10:20 am on Tuesday, WhatsApp stopped working for millions of users in Uganda and globally at and restoration began by...

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Rishi Sunak set to become first non-British UK prime minister

Rishi told his lawmakers in parliament on Monday that they faced an "existential crisis" and must "unite or die". He told the...

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Boris Johnson returns to launch comeback for PM race

Former prime minister Boris Johnson on Saturday returned to Britain from a holiday to launch an audacious political comeback, as Conservative leadership...