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US astronaut Walter Cunningham, the last surviving member of the first NASA mission to ever broadcast live TV from orbit, has died at the age of 90. Apollo 7 was an 11-day manned mission in 1968 that tested the ability to dock and rendezvous in space. But the...
Russia's defense ministry on Wednesday blamed mobile phone use by its soldiers for a deadly Ukrainian missile strike that it said killed 89 servicemen, raising the reported death toll from 63. The New Year's Eve strike, the deadliest single incident Moscow has acknowledged since the start of the...
A former Colorado funeral home owner was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Tuesday for defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting 560 corpses and selling body parts without permission. Megan Hess, 46, pleaded guilty to fraud in July. She operated a funeral home, Sunset Mesa,...
The bodies of 28 people who were shot dead have been discovered in Burkina Faso's north-western town of Nouna, the government has said. A civil society group blamed the killings on armed civilians claiming to be members of a government-backed volunteer force fighting jihadists. The government did not...
Ghana and Morocco have become the first African countries to impose travel restrictions on passengers from China over concerns about coronavirus. From Tuesday, Morocco has banned travelers from China regardless of their nationality until further notice. The foreign ministry says the move is aimed at preventing a spike...
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2023 budget of more than $45bn (£37bn) into law. It is the last budget of his administration. The budget reveals that the government wants to sell some public assets in order to lessen the huge deficit, which amounts to just less...
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a six-year ban on political rallies imposed by her hard-line predecessor, John Magufuli. Her decision is part of her 4Rs initiative - Reconciliation, Resilience, Reforms and Rebuilding. She acknowledged parties had the right to hold rallies but she urged them to...
Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo is at the center of a political storm after endorsing opposition presidential hopeful Peter Obi ahead of the general election due next month. In his endorsement, Mr Obasanjo described Mr Obi of Labor Party as a "mentee" who had an "edge over other...
Police have arrested one more suspect in connection with the Kasoa Mobile Money robbery which occurred on 20th December 2022. The last suspect, Ahmed, (aka ARRESTED), was arrested on 2nd January 2023 at Nyanyano near Kasoa in the Central Region. “He is currently in police custody assisting investigation...
A court in Senegal sentenced two lawmakers on Monday to six months in jail for assaulting a pregnant colleague on Dec. 1 during an acrimonious parliamentary session that degenerated into a full-blown brawl. The men, Amadou Niang and Massata Samb of the opposition PUR party, were also ordered...
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