Equatorial Guinea scraps death penalty 8 years after last execution
Equatorial Guinea has abolished the death penalty, citing a new law signed by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. The president’s...
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Man reclaims lost bag from police but is busted for drugs inside
After forgetting his rucksack at Braunschweig train station in Germany at the weekend, a 22-year-old man turned to the police...
Germany calls for Belarus exclusion from Euro 2024 qualifiers
Germany’s Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, has sent a letter to UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin asking for the exclusion...
10 dead, two children missing after devastating storms in Italy
At least 10 people have died and four were missing in heavy rains and flooding that swept across towns and...
Aussie researchers discover 380-million-year-old heart of ancient fish
Aussie researchers have discovered a 380-million-year-old heart, the oldest ever found in an ancient jawed fish, alongside a separate fossilised...
Dozen of child deaths prompts Gambia to suspend paracetamol syrup sales
Gambia has ordered importers and shops to suspend sales of all brands of paracetamol syrup while the government investigates a...
Americans to pay for COVID-19 vaccines, treatments
Americans will have to pay for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments as soon as January 2023, as U.S. Congress has nearly...
French mayor allegedly blackmailed rival with sex video
The mayor of the French city of Saint-Étienne, has been taken into police custody on charges of blackmailing a municipal...
Manager in Russian aerospace industry arrested for treason
The Russian domestic intelligence agency, FSB on Tuesday said it had arrested a high-ranking manager in the aerospace industry, who...
Al-Qaeda release book on planning for the Sept. 11 attacks
The Al-Qaeda terrorist network on Sunday released a book written by a senior member including a detailed timeline leading up...
Russia gaining from conflict in Ukraine – Putin
President Vladimir Putin said Russia had gained, not lost, from the conflict in Ukraine because it was embarking on a...
China advocates rule of law to tackle substandard products in Africa
Wu Peng, Director-General of the Department of African Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, has stressed the...
UN rights office condemns execution of Gaza prisoners
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has condemned the execution of five prisoners by Hamas,...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi gets jail with hard labour for election fraud
Myanmar’s deposed former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of electoral fraud on Friday and sentenced to three...
Malaysia’s former first lady Rosmah sentence to 10 years in jail for graft
A Malaysian court on Thursday sentenced Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, to ten years in...
Malaysia marks 65th anniversary of independence
Malaysia marked the 65th anniversary of its independence on Wednesday with large-scale celebrations following two years of muted celebrations due...
Australian scientists to develop technology to harvest resources from wastewater
A team of Australian scientists has been awarded funding on Wednesday to develop technology that harvests resources from wastewater. The...
Gibraltar recognised as a British city, 180 years late
Gibraltar has finally joined the official list of British cities, after 180 years in which its status, granted by Queen...
World `loneliest’ person dies in Brazil
An indigenous man who lived in complete isolation in the Brazilian Amazon for over 25 years has died, the indigenous...
Moderna files patent suit against BioNTech, Pfizer for COVID vaccine
U.S. biotech company Moderna dragged German rival BioNTech and its partner pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to court over alleged patent infringements...
