Ningaloo Reef: Woman injured by humpback whale at Australian tourist spot
A woman has suffered serious injuries after being struck and injured while swimming with humpback whales off the coast of Western Australia.…
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Bill English: Computer mouse co-creator dies at 91
The co-creator of the computer mouse, William English, has died aged 91. The engineer and inventor was born in 1929 in Kentucky…
Moroccan Navy rescues 183 illegal migrants
The Moroccan Navy has rescued 183 illegal sub-Saharan African migrants off the kingdom’s Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, official news agency MAP reported…
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 Alaska, killing seven…
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 the Indian state…
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 against claims they…
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 pleaded guilty to…
Coronavirus: Trump defends hydroxychloroquine again
US President Donald Trump has again defended the use of hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus, contradicting his own public health officials. He…
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, Catalonia and Navarra…
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 on all seven…
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 giant says it…
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 district attorney from…
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 penalised over a…
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 Taliban militants who…
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 coup that brought…
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 revived his coronavirus…