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15 Jan
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend Donald Trump's inauguration next week, NBC news reported Tuesday, further highlighting the tech moguls' efforts to develop closer ties with the incoming president. The network, citing an unnamed official involved in planning the January 20 ceremony, said the three men will be seated together on…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported an 18.5 per cent Case of Fatality Rate (CFR) for Lassa fever.
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet denied on Monday his government and father, former leader Hun Sen, were involved in the killing of an opposition politician in downtown Bangkok this month. Lim Kimya, a former lawmaker for the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was shot dead on January 7 by a motorcyclist as he arrived…
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The Enugu State Government, says it has earmarked N2 billion in 2025, for farm estates across the 260 wards in the state.
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A Vietnamese court handed a former government spokesperson a suspended prison sentence Monday for graft, state media said, an accusation that has seen dozens of senior officials jailed. Thousands of people, including top officials and senior business leaders, have been caught up in the Southeast Asian country's "blazing furnace" crackdown. On Monday the court in…
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A British teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a crime that caused days of nationwide rioting. Axel Rudakubana, 18, changed his pleas from not guilty to guilty on what was due to be the first day of his trial at…
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Ukraine attacked a Russian-occupied town in the southern Kherson region on Monday, killing two people and wounding more than a dozen others, Russian state media reported. The region's Moscow-installed governor said Ukrainian forces had fired "cluster munitions" near a school in the town of Bekhtery when students and teachers were on their way to lessons…
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For many Israelis yearning for a future free from war and for the release of hostages still held in Gaza, US President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House on Monday is a source of hope. On the eve of his inauguration, three women hostages were released after 15 months in captivity by Hamas militants,…
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A fire broke out early Monday at a retirement home on the outskirts of the Serbian capital Belgrade, killing eight people and injuring seven others. Luka Causic, a police officer overseeing the emergency response, said there were around 30 people inside when the fire broke out at 3:30 am (02:30 GMT). Causic said initial findings…
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Police in South Africa said Monday they had launched a manhunt for the alleged "kingpin" behind an illegal mining operation where scores of bodies have been recovered after he escaped from custody. The suspect, known as Tiger, was among 1,907 clandestine miners who were arrested upon resurfacing at the disused gold shaft in Stilfontein, about…