Category: World
Bangladesh’s top chess grandmaster Ziaur Rahman dies mid-match
Bangladesh's top chess grandmaster Ziaur Rahman passed away on Friday (July 5) while playing a National Chess Championship 2024 in Dhaka, an offic [...]
Liberian President cuts his salary by 40%
Liberia’s President, Joseph Boakai has announced that he will slash his salary by 40 percent.
His office said he hoped to set a precedent for “resp [...]
Ghana chef accused of faking Guinness World Records award
A Ghanaian chef who claimed to have broken the world record for the longest non-stop cooking by an individual has been arrested over a dispute with [...]
Four die after drinking from bottles found in sea
Four Sri Lankan fishermen have died and another two are critically ill after consuming an unknown liquid from bottles they found while at sea, accord [...]
Trump has some immunity from prosecution, Supreme Court rules
The US Supreme Court rules former presidents are entitled to absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts taken while in office but have no im [...]
Police fire tear gas at renewed Kenya protests
Kenyan police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital, Nairobi, who have turned up to express their anger against the government a [...]
US couple ‘walked for hours’ before dying in Hajj heat
A US couple who died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were walking for over two hours in scorching temperatures before they succumbed to hea [...]
South Africa MP suspended for racist language
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has suspended an MP after an old video resurfaced online of him spewing violent racist language against black people.
Re [...]
UN Security Council demands halt to siege of Sudan city of 1.8 million people
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday demanded a halt to the siege of al-Fashir - a city of 1.8 million people in Sudan's North Darfur regio [...]
Malawi’s Vice President killed in plane crash
Vice President of Malawi, has been killed in a plane crash.
The wreck of a plane carrying Saulos Chilima has been found with no survivors, Presiden [...]