Fatal India Train Crash Claims 288 Lives, 850 Others Injured (PHOTOS)
At least 288 people were killed and more than 850 injured in a horrific three-train collision in India, officials said on Saturday. The accident is the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Images from the crash site showed smashed train compartments torn open with blood-stained holes near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha. Carriages had flipped over entirely...
Senegal: Nine Feared Dead As Protesters Clash With Police After Sonko’s Conviction
No fewer than nine persons have been confirmed dead in the violent clashes that erupted between supporters of Ousmane Sonko, the opposition leader convicted of "corrupting youth" and the police, the Interior Ministry has announced on Friday. Clashes broke on Thursday shortly after the court verdict which sentenced him to two years Imprisonment. There are fears among his supporters that he...
Police Discover 45 Bags Of Body Parts In Bush
Mexican authorities have found 45 bags containing human body parts which they said could be the ones of the missing call centre staff. The bags were discovered in a ravine in a suburb of Guadalajara on Wednesday night, according to the state prosecutor’s office in Jalisco. CNN said the Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office investigating the deaths said it has initial information...
80-Year-Old American President, Joe Biden, Falls On Stage While On Official Duty
The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, fell on stage while on official duty at the graduation ceremony of the Air Force Academy in Colorado. Biden, 80, stumbled and fell to his knees after handing out Diploma Certificates to the graduates. The president walked away without help and appeared to point to a sandbag on the stage that...
Elon Musk Reclaims The World’s Richest Man Tittle
After ousting French multi-billionaire Bernard Arnault from the top spot, Elon Musk has restored his title as the richest man in the world. Elon Musk’s net worth is currently about $192 billion, according to a Bloomberg Billionaires list, versus Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH (LVMHF), who has a $187 billion net worth. After shares of Mr. Arnault’s LVMH slid 2.6% in...
Ghana’s Famous Author And Feminist Ama Ata Aidoo Dies At 81
One of Africa's most celebrated authors and playwrights, Ghanaian Ama Ata Aidoo, has died aged 81. A renowned feminist, she depicted and celebrated the condition of African women in works such as The Dilemma of a Ghost, Our Sister Killjoy, and Changes. She opposed what she described as a "Western perception that the African female is a downtrodden wretch". She also served...
US Considers Visa Ban On Uganda Over Anti-Gay Legislation
United States says it's contemplating visa restrictions against officials of Ugandan government and others for what it called abuse of human rights following the signing into law by the country's President, Yoweri Museveni anti-gay laws passed by the parliament, considered as one of the harshest in the world. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he has instructed the State...
Fresh Clashes As NATO Troops Called InTo Northern Kosovo Towns
Nato has condemned as "totally unacceptable" attacks by demonstrators in Kosovo that left at least 30 of its peacekeepers injured. Police and Nato troops clashed with Serb protesters in the north where there has been unrest over the installation of ethnic Albanian mayors. Tear gas and stun grenades were used to deter protesters in Zvecan after they tried to invade a...
Police Arrest Man For Killing Four In Japan Gun Attack
Japanese police on Friday detained a suspect who had holed up in a building after allegedly killing four people, including two police officers, in a gun and knife attack. The man was taken into custody outside a farm near the city of Nakano in the Nagano region, with police confirming a fourth fatality overnight — an elderly woman who was found...
Vietnam Noodle Vendor Jailed For Five Years
A noodle vendor in Vietnam who parodied one of the country's most powerful ministers has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for anti-state propaganda. Bui Tuan Lam became famous when he posted a video in 2021 mimicking the trademark gestures of the high-end London-based restaurateur Salt Bae. A minister had been previously filmed eating a gold-leaf-covered steak in a Salt Bae video,...
