Two police officers were among four people killed Friday in a shooting that sparked panic and a police lockdown in a sleepy eastern Canadian city, as the nation grapples with rising gun violence. Residents of the Brookside neighbourhood of Fredericton, New Brunswick woke to the sounds of multiple gunshots. Witnesses told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation […]
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NASA will launch today a $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe spacecraft that aims to plunge into the Sun’s sizzling atmosphere and become humanity’s first mission to explore a star. The car-sized spacecraft is scheduled to blast off on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida early Saturday. The 65-minute launch window opens at […]
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Germany’s luxury automaker BMW is going to recall 23,700 diesel cars in Europe over an engine fire danger, following a similar action in South Korea, a German media newspaper reported Tuesday. The recall is to fix a faulty component that was aimed at reducing emissions from diesel engines, the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said in […]
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Hundreds of Portuguese firefighters and soldiers battled ferocious forest fires that threatened to engulf an Algarve resort town on Tuesday as meteorologists warned of “significant winds” to come. Sweltering temperatures kindled blazes that have whipped across the region as the Europe-wide heatwave sent the mercury above 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in some areas of […]
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A major earthquake on the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok killed at least 37 people and injured dozens, officials said Sunday, damaging homes and triggering panic among tourists and locals. The powerful quake was also felt on the neighbouring island of Bali, one of Indonesia’s most popular attractions, where people ran onto the streets in […]
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Hamida al-Attas born A’alia Ghanem, mother of Osama bin Laden, deceased al-Qaeda leader, says her son was radicalised in the university. Speaking in an interview with UK Guardian, she said her eldest son was brainwashed into extremist ideology. Ghanem said bin Laden was a shy, academically capable boy, who turned into a strong, pious figure […]
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A 10-year-old boy Clark Kent Apuada has surpassed a record set by Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps in 1995. Apuada swam at the Far West International Swimming Championship in California, U.S., on Sunday where he swam the 100-meter butterfly to break the record. He finished the event with a time of 1:09:38 — just barely […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has been elected as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS). He was elected at the 53rd ordinary session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Lome, Togo. A diplomatic source had said at a dinner on Monday night, some of the West African […]
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A South African High Court on Monday overturned a decision by the government to grant Zimbabwe’s former first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity after she was accused of whipping Gabriella Engels with an electric cord. Delivering his judgement on Monday, Judge Bashier Vally stated that the decision by the former Minister of International Relations and […]
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The longest “blood moon” eclipse this century began on Friday, coinciding with Mars’ closest approach in 15 years to treat skygazers across the globe to a thrilling celestial spectacle. In Abuja, the Nigerian capital, the spectacle was witnessed at 8.18p.m. Unlike with a solar eclipse, viewers do not need protective eye gear to observe the […]
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