Colombian authorities were believed to have found three children and a baby alive 17 days after a plane crashed with them on board in the jungle in the south of the country. President Gustavo Petro made this known on Wednesday evening. “After arduous search efforts by our Military Forces,...
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A book believed to be the earliest and most complete copy of the Hebrew Bible was sold for 38.1 million dollars on Wednesday in New York, auction house Sotheby’s said. The Codex Sassoon “contains all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible missing only 12 leaves and precedes the earliest...
Montana has become the first U.S. state to ban the Chinese-developed social media app TikTok, as its Republican Governor Greg Gianforte signed a bill into law. “To protect Montanans’ personal and private data from the Chinese Communist Party, I have banned Tiktok in Montana,” Gianforte tweeted after signing the...
The death toll in the armed clashes between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has climbed to 822, the Sudanese Doctors Union said Tuesday. “The number of civilian deaths since the beginning of the clashes has climbed to 822 with 3,215 injuries,” the nongovernmental organisation said...
Hours after Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, visited Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron said the country would train Ukrainian fighter jet pilots, but he would not send the planes. “We have opened the door to train Ukrainian pilots. “The trainings can start from now. ”Several European countries had decided it...
Anti-corruption campaigners in Ukraine alleged that Supreme Court president, Vsevolod Knyazev was caught receiving three million dollars in bribes. Local media in Kiev reported that other Judges of the top judicial body were being raided. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) published a photo of bundles of banknotes...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Pope Francis and Italy’s prime minister on Saturday as part of a diplomatic tour also involving Germany, as Berlin unveiled a huge new weapons package ahead of an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive. “An important visit for (the) approaching victory of Ukraine!” Zelensky tweeted as he...
UN human rights office (OHCHR) has said there are “strong indications” that more than 500 people were killed – the vast majority summarily executed – by Malian anti-terrorist troops and foreign military personnel in March 2022. OHCHR in a fact-finding report released on Friday stated that the troops executed...
No fewer than passengers have been killed after being stung to death by bees after their bus crashed on a road in Nicaragua. The bus carrying 60 passengers was making the hour-long journey from Jinotega to San Sebastián de Yalí in Nicaragua on Monday when the vehicle lost control...
Twenty-seven people were injured in Finland when a pedestrian bridge collapsed near Helsinki on Thursday. Most of those hurt were children after the accident involving a temporary bridge, near a construction site in Espoo next to Helsinki, the emergency service said in a tweet. Broadcaster Yle said a group...
The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS), on Monday in Abuja emphasised the need for urgent actions against the increased terrorist activities in the Central Sahel. The ECOWAS Commissioner in charge of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Amb. AbdelFateh Moussa, made the call at a five-day training. It...
Japanese Kyodo News on Monday reported that over 50 students were hospitalised after a gas smell was detected at Kamei Elementary School in Yao. According to the news source, around 09:00 a.m. local time (00:00 GMT), a gas smell was reported at elementary school in Osaka prefecture. As of...
London’s Metropolitan police on Monday confirmed that at least 64 people were arrested in UK’s capital during the coronation of Charles III on May 6. Earlier, the police said that over 50 people were detained during the event. The police’s statement said “as part of the policing operation in...
Prince Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, attended his father’s coronation in Westminster Abbey on Saturday although he had to settle for a third-row seat behind other members of the royal family. It had been unclear until early April whether Harry, who now lives in California, would...
The King and Queen set the seal on their historic coronation day with a Buckingham Palace balcony appearance to acknowledge the nation. Charles and Camilla in lavish robes and wearing their crowns returned with a wave the cheers of the crowds, who filled The Mall after braving downpours to...
Charles III will be crowned king on Saturday in a solemn Christian ceremony steeped in 1,000 years of history and tradition, but adapted to reflect 21st-century Britain. St Edward’s Crown — a solid gold, sacred symbol of the monarch’s authority used only once in their reign — will be...
Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday appointed a commission of inquiry into the death of 111 people believed to have starved themselves to death. A court had ordered that their alleged cult leader remain in prison. Kenyan authorities say the dead were members of the Good News International Church...
World leaders on Friday gathered in London in preparation for King Charles IIIcoronation reception which would be the biggest ceremonial event to be staged in Britain for 70 years. Charles, 74, and his wife Camilla will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey in a glittering but solemn religious ceremony...
A ceasefire in Sudan that came into force on Thursday has already been broken, with airstrikes and heavy shelling reported near the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum in the morning, according to Al-Jazeera. Artillery fire was also heard in the neighbouring town of Omdurman, according to eyewitness reports...
Leaders of the indigenous peoples of the Commonwealth on Thursday signed a letter urging King Charles III of the United Kingdom to apologise for the “horrific impacts” of colonisation. They also urged the king to launch a compensation mechanism for the indigenous peoples of the Commonwealth. The letter, titled...