2 aircraft collide in U.S. Alaska, state legislator among 7 killed
Two aircraft collided in mid-air on Friday near the Soldotna Airport on Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of...
10 die drinking sanitizer after ban on liquor
At least 10 people have died after drinking alcohol-based sanitiser after liquor shops were closed in a village in...
Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google grilled over ‘harmful power’ claim
The heads of some of the world’s biggest tech companies have appeared before Washington lawmakers to defend their firms...
Man bags 11 years jail term for killing rare gorilla Rafiki
The killer of one of Uganda’s best known mountain gorillas, Rafiki, has been jailed for 11 years. Felix Byamukama...
Coronavirus: Trump defends hydroxychloroquine again
US President Donald Trump has again defended the use of hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus, contradicting his own public...
Germany warns against travel to parts of Spain
Germany’s foreign ministry has warned against unnecessary visits to three regions of Spain. In a statement, it flagged Aragon,...
Najib Razak: Malaysian ex-PM gets 12-year jail term in 1MDB corruption trial
A court in Malaysia has sentenced former PM Najib Razak to 12 years in jail after finding him guilty...
Google to connect US, UK, Spain with undersea cable
Google has announced plans to build a new undersea network cable connecting the US, UK and Spain. The tech...
Trump launches fresh bid to secure tax returns
By Harrison Arubu U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday launched a fresh legal bid to stop a New York...
Call for Catholic Church to be penalised over mass
The head of the regional government of Catalonia, in north-eastern Spain, has called for the Catholic Church to be...
Afghan girl kills two Taliban militants in fightback
A teenage Afghan girl has been hailed on social media for her “heroism” after fighting back last week against...
Omar al-Bashir: Sudan’s ex-president on trial for 1989 coup
Sudan’s ousted long-serving leader Omar al-Bashir has gone on trial in the capital, Khartoum, in connection with the military...
Trump predicts pandemic will ‘get worse before it gets better’
President Donald Trump has warned that the US pandemic will probably “get worse before it gets better”, as he...
Coronavirus: Protein treatment trial ‘a breakthrough’
The preliminary results of a clinical trial suggest a new treatment for Covid-19 dramatically reduces the number of patients...
Global Covid-19 deaths pass 600,000, Africa – 14,937, Nigeria – 778
With the second wave of Covid-19 hitting many countries of the world, more than 600,000 persons have now died...
Twitter says hackers downloaded private account data
Twitter has confirmed hackers made use of tools that were supposed to have only been available to its own...