Yellow fever claims 172 lives in Nigeria: WHO
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - A yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 172 people so far, the World Health Organization said...
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Latvians arrested for kidnapping turkey to vodka party
RIGA, LATVIA - Police in Latvia have arrested three men for stealing a turkey from a private zoo and then...
Fellowship of stars battles to save Tolkien’s real Bag End
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins and other luminaries have formed a new crowd-funding fellowship to raise $6 million...
Warner Bros to stream 2021 film releases as virus cripples theaters
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES - Warner Bros. will release its entire 2021 slate of movies on HBO Max streaming and...
Hollywood ‘Con Queen’ arrested in Britain: FBI
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES - A suspected con artist who allegedly impersonated top female Hollywood executives to swindle wide-eyed aspiring...
Duterte-critic journalist given second Philippine cyber libel charge
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa asked a court on Friday to quash the second charge of cyber...
Netflix hit ‘The Crown’ blasted for anti-Charles bias
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - The fourth season of Netflix hit "The Crown" has stirred controversy in Britain, where its treatment...
Postponed Tokyo Olympics to cost extra $2.4 billion: organisers
TOKYO, JAPAN - Postponed Tokyo Olympics to cost extra $2.4 billion: organisers © Agence France-Presse Read more articles here.
‘Rubber duck revolution’ takes off in Thailand
BANGKOK, THAILAND - Bangkok has been gripped by a rubber duck frenzy since pro-democracy protesters used giant inflatables to shield...
Eight people killed in shelling in Yemen’s Hodeida
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - At least eight people were killed in the shelling of an industrial compound in Yemen's...
‘Like a drug’: Pigeon racing takes flight in Senegal
DAKAR, SENEGAL - Oumar Johnson ducks to enter his cramped dovecote, built atop a city apartment block, and snatches his...
Surgeon jailed in France’s massive paedophile case
SAINTES, FRANCE - A retired French surgeon has been sentenced to 15 years in jail at the end of his...
Worker killed in Peru as new president faces labor unrest
LIMA, PERU - Police in Peru opened fire Thursday on farm workers blocking a major highway to demand wage increases,...
South Africa fears virus comeback as cluster outbreaks flare
by Sofia CHRISTENSEN and Susan NJANJI JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Localised coronavirus outbreaks in parts of South Africa have raised...
Swedish mum no longer suspected of holding son captive
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Swedish prosecutors said Thursday they no longer suspected a woman of holding her son captive in their...
Namibia to sell 170 live elephants
WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA - Namibia is putting 170 live elephants up for sale to curb rising tusker populations under pressure from...
Michelin-starred Paris chef faces rape inquiry
PARIS, FRANCE - Police have opened a preliminary investigation into a Michelin-starred French chef after a businesswoman accused him of...
18 percent of Olympic tickets sold in Japan to be refunded
TOKYO, JAPAN - About 18 percent of tickets sold in Japan for next year's coronavirus-postponed Olympics will be refunded, Tokyo...
US Jewish doctor tweets on treating Covid patient with Nazi tattoos
LOS ANGELES - A Jewish doctor working with coronavirus patients in California shared his shock about the moment he saw...
Pakistan ex-PM Jamali, who served after military coup, dies
ISLAMBAD, PAKISTAN - Pakistan's former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, who served under military leader Pervez Musharraf, has died,...
Philippine gangs ink over tattoos to combat jail violence
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Heavily tattooed Philippine prisoners wince in pain as fellow inmates use improvised tattooing machines to cover up...
Climate change biggest threat to natural World Heritage sites
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Climate change has become the biggest threat to UN-listed natural world heritage sites like glaciers and wetlands,...
Twitter bans content which ‘dehumanizes’ based on race, ethnicity
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES - Twitter said Wednesday it was expanding its definition of hateful content to ban language which "dehumanizes"...
US blocks imports of Xinjiang ‘slave labor’ cotton
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES - The United States will block imports of cotton it says are harvested with "slave labor" in...
‘Milestone’ anti-ageing treatment restores sight in mice
TOKYO, JAPAN - Scientists said Wednesday they have restored sight in mice using a "milestone" treatment that returns cells to...
Japan set to ban sales of new petrol cars in mid-2030s: reports
TOKYO, JAPAN - Japan wants to ban sales of new petrol cars in around 15 years' time as part of...
Ceramic dildo row puts Kiwi potters in a spin
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - The genteel world of New Zealand pottery has been rocked by a row over plans for a...
Cyclone hits Sri Lanka as southern India hunkers down
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - Cyclone Burevi hit Sri Lanka overnight, rattling the island nation but leaving it relatively unscathed on...
Joshua Wong and two fellow Hong Kong dissidents jailed for protests
HONG KONG, CHINA - Leading Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong was jailed alongside two other young activists on Wednesday for...
Lab-grown meat to go on sale in Singapore in world first
SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - Lab-grown chicken will soon be available in restaurants for the first time after winning the green light...
BlackBerry, Amazon team up on smart car software platform
SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES - BlackBerry and Amazon on Tuesday announced an alliance to create a cloud computing platform that...
Nigeria returns 3,000 displaced after jihadist violence
KANO, NIGERIA - Some 3,000 people began returning to their homes and deserted farms in the northeast Nigerian state of...
US probes ‘bribery’ scheme to seek White House pardon
ADDS Trump tweet WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES - The US Justice Department is investigating an alleged bribery scheme involving campaign donations...