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Beauty influencer shot dead during live stream in Mexico

Valeria Marquez was addressing her TikTok followers in a livestream from her beauty salon in Zapopan, Mexico, when someone arrived at her door to deliver a small parcel.

U.S.A: new 5% tax law on remittances sent outside U.S

US lawmakers have introduced a draft bill proposing a 5% excise tax on all remittances sent abroad, potentially affecting African countries heavily dependent on funds sent by their diaspora.

Trump defends plan to use Qatari luxury jet for Air Force One

"They're giving us a gift," Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday, adding that he would be "a stupid person" if he did not accept it

Philippine election: Duterte wins mayor race from jail

Meanwhile his rival, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte who is detained in The Hague over his drug war that killed thousands, has been elected mayor of his family's stronghold

Pope Leo; the first to the 14th-brief history

The latest Pope with the name ‘Pope Leo XIV’ tells the story of 13 other papacy leaders with the same name. It’s not out of place to assume a particular name title is selected among many to reflect the inspirations and ideology of the new pope.

More restrictions for Nigerians and other nationals to enter UK for work and study-UK officials

Visa applications from nationalities thought most likely to overstay and claim asylum in the UK could be restricted under a new government crackdown. Under Home Office plans, first reported in the Times, people from countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka may find it more difficult to come to the UK to work and […]

A long-lost Klimt painting of an African prince goes on show

An early painting by the famed Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, thought lost since the 1930s, is on view for the first time since its recent rediscovery. The portrait of Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona — a representative of the Ga people in West Africa, in what is Ghana today — was painted in 1897 and […]

UN judge from Uganda jailed for keeping housekeeper as slave in UK

A United Nations judge has been jailed for six years and four months for forcing a woman to work as a domestic slave. Lydia Mugambe, 50, was studying for a doctorate in law at the University of Oxford when police discovered she had a young Ugandan woman at her home carrying out unpaid work as […]

27-year-old American moved to Germany for medical school and pays $97 a semester: ‘I feel really happy here’

While Erika Roberts was a high school student growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, she participated in a two-week exchange program that took her to Munich, Germany. She didn’t know it at the time, but that experience would shape the rest of her life. Fast forward to 2016, when Roberts was a freshman in college, […]

Scientists crack how aspirin might stop cancers from spreading

Scientists believe they have discovered how the cheap painkiller aspirin can stop cancers spreading.

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Man who stored human faeces in his house and sold it to farmers as fertilizer jailed after neighbours complained

A court in Kano, Nigeria, has sentenced a man to two weeks in prison and imposed a fine after neighbours reported that he was storing dozens of bags of human faeces outside his home, creating a severe health hazard and unbearable stench.

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US drops fraud charges after billionaire Adani pledges $10bn investment

The case was dropped by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) after Adani pledged a $10bn investment in the US.

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A man carries his sister’s skeleton to a bank to prove her death over $203

A video from Odisha state of Jitu Munda, 52, taking the remains to the bank went viral this week, sparking outrage. He said he acted in frustration after repeated attempts to access

May 2, 2026|2:06 pm

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