Musk’s X seeks resumption of Brazil service as fines paid
Reuters SAO PAULO – Elon Musk-owned social media platform X has filed a fresh request to resume services in Brazil after paying some pending fines that had been imposed by…
UN ‘horrified’ as at least 70 killed in Haiti gang attack
AFP The United Nations said Friday it was “horrified” by the killing of at least 70 people, including women and children, in a gang shooting in troubled Haiti. The UN…
English FA slams Preston forward with eight-match ban and £15,000 fine after biting Blackburn’s Rovers defender Owen Beck
Sky Sports Preston North End striker Mulatin Osmajic has been handed an eight-match ban and £15,000 fine for biting Blackburn defender Owen Beck. The incident took place during the Championship…
Afghan women can seek refugee status based on nationality, gender: EU top court
AFP The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Friday that nationality and gender are “sufficient” for an EU country to grant asylum to Afghan women, who have seen their rights…
At least 42 bodies recovered as wooden boat capsizes in Nigeria’s Niger State: official
Sodiq Rabiu NIGER, Nigeria – No fewer than 42 people have died after a wooden canoe carrying nearly 300 person capsized on Tuesday in Nigeria’s Niger State, local media reported.…
Public allowed to see video evidence in France mass rape trial
AFP A court trying a French man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily drugged wife ruled on Friday that the public could be present when video…
Two London police officers reinstated over stop and search of Black athletes
Associated Press London – Two former Metropolitan Police officers in London have been handed their jobs back and will receive back pay after winning an appeal against a ruling that…
At least 14 die as floods sweep through Bosnia and other Balkan states
Associated Press A severe rainstorm struck Bosnia and Herzegovina overnight into Friday, killing at least 14 people and flooding several towns and villages in central and southern parts of the…
British teacher sentenced to three years in prison in UAE’s Abu Dhabi
The Abu Dhabi Court also slapped him with Dh5,000 fine followed by deportation Opeyemi Olamilekan Abu Dhabi, UAE – The United Arab Emirates’ Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal has…
IMF and Ghana reach staff-level deal on $3 bln loan-programme review
Reuters International Monetary Fund staff and officials in Ghana have reached an agreement on their third review of the West African country’s $3 billion IMF loan programme, the fund said…