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The euro has hit parity with the United States dollar and stock markets fell as the prospect of further central bank tightening and worries about the health of economies worldwide unnerved investors. By 10:00 GMT on Tuesday, the euro was at a ...

The new UK prime minister to replace the outgoing Boris Johnson will be announced on September 5, the ruling Conservative party has said, with 11 hopefuls currently vying for the job. The leadership contest was triggered last week when Johnson, ...

The United Nations has projected that world population would reach record eight billion people by November 2022, with India expected to surpass China as the most populous country. The Head of IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, who made the prediction in an ...

A massive network outage in Canada that took out mobile and internet networks at the country’s top telecoms provider was improving late Friday, the company said, after disrupting services including banking, calling, cashless payments and policing. Telecoms firm Rogers reported ...

A mass shooting at a tavern in Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa is confirmed to have led to the death of fourteen persons, 10 others have been injured with three in critical condition. According to reports, the incident happened at ...

  A dad took his own life after his daughter died following a botched Brazilian butt lift operation in Turkey. Craig Cambridge, 51, found his life “spiralling downwards” after his 29-year-old daughter Leah Cambridge died following a 2018 operation in ...

  Countries of Central America are seen to embrace the market of crypto. In the last years, nations such as El Salvador went from not endorsing only crypto but too making Bitcoin a legal tender. In the region, Panama is ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the assasination of Ex-Japan PM. He extended condolences to the family of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The President also commiserated with the government and people of Japan on Abe’s assassination. The politician ...

Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been confirmed dead. He died in hospital hours after being shot at a political campaign event in an attack condemned as “absolutely unforgivable”. Citing a senior member of Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party, national ...

Japanese police have raided the home of the man arrested over the shooting of former prime minister Shinzo Abe. The raided his home wearing in protective gear raided the home of NHK footage showed several police officers wearing helmets and ...

Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe is said to be in grave condition after he was shot at a political campaign event. Mr Abe was shot at twice while he was giving a speech in the southern city of Nara ...

  A father who shot his daughter dead in a suspected “honour killing” reportedly after catching her in a park with a boy, has admitted that he shot her but claims it was an accident and he was only trying ...

Russian citizens will from Friday, July 1, require a visa to enter Ukraine, as Kyiv scrapped a decade-long visa-free regime that facilitated travel across borders for citizens of both countries. The decision to end the visa-free regime was announced by ...

  At least 19 people, including one child, have died in overnight Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, Ukrainian officials say. The state emergency service, DSNS, says nearly all of the victims were in a nine-storey building hit ...

  Russia has placed an entry ban on the family of United States President, Joe Biden. The Foreign Ministry in Moscow said this on Tuesday. Biden’s wife, Jill and daughter, Ashley, would no longer be allowed to travel to Russia. ...

South Korea today confirmed its first case of monkeypox virus and pledged to strengthen monitoring and response systems as it raised the alert level to “caution” for the infectious disease. A Korean citizen, who is receiving treatment at the Incheon ...

A powerful earthquake has killed at least 920 people and left hundreds more injured in Afghanistan, Taliban officials have said. Pictures show landslides and ruined mud-built homes in eastern Paktika province, where rescuers have been scrambling to treat the injured. ...

A boy who has broken 100 bones during his life has been described as if he’s “made of glass” due to his rare bone condition. Rohit, 12, suffers from an illness known as osteoporosis, more commonly known as brittle bone ...

  North Korea says it is dealing with an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal sickness, adding to the strain caused by the spread of Covid-19. The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has ordered quarantine measures be implemented, the official KCNA news ...

  South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is at the centre of a criminal investigation after it was revealed that he failed to report the theft of about $4 million in cash from his farm in northern Limpopo province. The theft, ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the introduction of a bill aimed at tightening gun laws. The announcement is coming less than a week after a mass shooting at a primary school in the U.S. state of Texas that ...

King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain have sent condolences to President Muhammadu Buhari on the recent tragedy in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Rivers State Police Command confirmed the death of 31 persons in the stampede that occurred during ...

  Female TV presenters in Afghanistan have appeared on air with their faces covered after the Taliban ordered them to do so or face punishment. Some broadcasters had refused to follow the new rules when they came into force yesterday, ...

The Spanish government has donated 4.4 million Johnson & Johnson vaccines to Nigeria. The donation, it said, was in line with its unconditional defence of fair, equitable, and universal access to vaccines against COVID-19. A statement on Wednesday from the ...

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles early on Wednesday morning, South Korea’s military has said. Authorities in Seoul said the missiles were fired in the space of less than an hour from the Sunan area in Pyongyang. It comes just ...