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Alibaba founder Jack Ma resurfaces in Hong Kong
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, largely out of public view since a regulatory clampdown started on his business empire late last year, is currently in Hong Kong and has met…
US Couple Accused Of Selling Nuclear Submarine Secrets
A US navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to sell nuclear secrets to what they thought was a foreign state. Jonathan Toebbe and his wife Diana were…
Dubai Police intercepts N55B cocaine, largest seizure in region
The police in Dubai have seized 500 kilograms of pure cocaine worth more than $136 million, about N55 billion. The drugs, the largest ever seized in the region, were stashed…
UK professor alleges death threat from LGBTQ community
A British academic at the centre of a row over transgender rights and free speech has hit out at a “campaign of harassment” in an online statement published on Sunday. The furore over…
Nonconsensual Removal Of Condom During Sex Now Illegal In California
California has become the first state in the U.S. to make non-consensual condom removal, also referred to as “stealthing,” illegal. Governor Newsom signed…
Russia Developing 4,000mph Invulnerable Missile, Can Hit Anywhere In Minutes
VLADIMIR Putin’s top weapons designers are developing a 4,000mph hypersonic nuclear missile that is capable of reducing a city anywhere on Earth to ashes within minutes. The nukes…
US Submarine Hits ‘Object’ While Underwater In South China Sea
A US nuclear-powered submarine hit an “object” while submerged in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region, injuring some of the crew, the United States Navy has said. None of…
Pope receives Merkel on farewell visit to Rome
The Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Pope Francis on Thursday received the outgoing German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in the Vatican as she paid a…
French tycoon Bernard Tapie dies aged 78
Bernard Tapie, the French business magnate, actor and politician whose swashbuckling career earned him millions of fans despite a series of legal convictions, died aged 78 on…
Merck’s Covid pill hailed after cutting hospitalizations by 50%
US pharmaceutical company Merck said it will seek the authorization of its oral drug molnupiravir for Covid-19 after it was shown to reduce the chance newly infected patients…
World leaders scramble to limit Pandora Papers’ damage
Governments moved Monday to limit the fallout from a release of millions of documents detailing how leaders have used offshore tax havens to stash assets worth hundreds of…
Taliban hold victory rally outside Kabul as they consolidate rule
More than 1,500 Taliban supporters attended a rally on Sunday in a vast field to the north of Kabul, in a show of strength as they consolidate their rule of…
In Portugal, There Is Virtually No One Left to Vaccinate
Portugal’s health care system was on the verge of collapse. Hospitals in the capital, Lisbon, were overflowing and authorities were asking people to treat themselves at home.…
UK may ease visa restrictions for foreign butchers amid labour shortage – Report
The United Kingdom may ease visa restrictions for hundreds of foreign butchers as the country is facing a significant shortage of butchers. Last weekend, the government announced an…
US surpasses 700,000 COVID-19 deaths
US fatalities from Covid-19 surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a toll roughly equivalent to the population of the nation’s capital…
France’s ex-President Sarkozy sentenced to jail
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced on Thursday to one year in prison for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid. The judge said…
Prison clash between gangs ‘armed with explosives’ leaves 35 dead, with 8 beheaded
At least 35 people have been killed and 50 more injured after gang warfare sparked a riot in an Ecuadorian prison. The death toll continues to rise as police check…
US government will run out of money by October 18, Treasury secretary says
US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen has warned lawmakers that the country's government will likely run out of cash by October 18 as Senate Republicans blocked attempts to increase the…
UK invites 10,500 truck drivers, poultry workers for short term visa
The United Kingdom (UK) says it will grant 10,500 short-term work visas to foreign truck drivers and poultry workers until Christmas 2021. According to a statement…
UK puts army on standby as fuel pumps run dry
Britain on Monday put the army on standby to help with the ongoing fuel crisis as fears over tanker driver shortages led to panic buying, leaving many of the country’s pumps dry.…
Taliban ban barbers from trimming beards in Afghanistan province
The Taliban have banned barbers in Helmand province in Afghanistan from shaving or trimming beards. The Taliban said shaving off beards breaches their interpretation of Islamic law.…
UK fuel scarcity worsens: BP says over 400 stations out of petrol
BP said nearly a third of its British petrol stations had run out of the two main grades of fuel on Sunday as panic buying forced the government to suspend competition laws and…
15-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Gang-Raped By 33 Men In India
A 15-year-old girl (name withheld) was allegedly gang-raped on several occasions by up to 33 men in the latest horrifying sex attack case in India. A senior police official…
German millionaires move assets to Switzerland ahead of election
A potential lurch to the left in Germany’s election on Sunday is scaring millionaires into moving assets into Switzerland, bankers and tax lawyers said. The rich are scared…