Canada has announced a five-fold increase in visas for Palestinians seeking to join their family members in the country.Minister of Immigration Marc Miller said on Monday that Ottawa would raise to 5,000 the number of visas offered to residents in Gaza under a special programme announced in December. “We remain deeply concerned about the humanitarian…
The family of a 16-year-old South African girl who died after drinking rat poison has revealed that she committed suicide after finding out she was born out of rape. Musa Tshabalala, a grade 10 learner at East Bank High School in Alexandra in Johannesburg, committed suicide on 17 April 2024 and her 78-year-old grandmother is…
Peru’s attorney general on Monday accused President Dina Boluarte of accepting bribes in the form of Rolex watches, in the latest twist of a corruption scandal shaking her unpopular government. Attorney General Juan Carlos Villena said that her receiving the luxury items from a governor amounted to accepting bribes. Villena “presented a constitutional complaint against…
34 years old man allegedly engages girl,13, in sex romp, faces life jail A 34-year old man, Emeka Onwuachimba, has landed in trouble for allegedly tricking a 13-year old girl and engaging her in sex romp in Lagos State. The incident happened at Pere Street, Orile Iganmu area of Lagos State, where the suspect resides….
Eleven people including three foreigners were killed in an accident on Thursday at a major sugar factory in Tanzania, police said.The incident occurred in the pre-dawn hours as technical workers at the privately owned Mtibwa Sugar plant in the east of the country were preparing to restart production after a break, Alex Mkama, police commander…
The wreck of a U.S. Navy submarine that “sank the most Japanese warships” during World War II has been found in the South China Sea after being missing for nearly 80 years. The USS Harder, which vanished on Aug. 24, 1944, with 79 sailors onboard, has been discovered off Luzon island in the Philippines with…
Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president, dies in helicopter crash aged 63Iranian president was travelling by helicopter in the country’s East Azerbaijan province when it came down in a forested area. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has died after a helicopter carrying him and other officials crashed in a mountainous and forested area of the country in poor…
Richard “Rick” Slayman, the first human to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant, has died almost two months after the procedure. Slayman, who had end-stage kidney disease, underwent the transplant in March at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston at age 62. The hospital said in a statement on Saturday that there was “no indication”…
A woman has been shot by her stepson after she tried to hug him during a high school graduation ceremony. The incident happened on Wednesday at Albuquerque in New Mexico, United States of America. The man identified as Christian Bencomo, 21, is currently being held with no bail. According to Fox News, Albuquerque Police Department…
Mr. Khan defeated a right-wing rival who focused on crime and cars, his victory another ominous sign for Britain’s ruling Conservatives ahead of a general election.Sadiq Khan, the two-term center-left mayor of London, on Saturday became the first three-time winner of the job by a comfortable margin delivering a new setback to Britain’s governing Conservative…
