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A government official in India who drained a reservoir to retrieve a phone he dropped while taking a selfie has been suspended from his job. More than 2 million liters of water were pumped out of the Paralkot reservoir, over a period of four days, in an effort to retrieve …

Aliko Dangote says the first product of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals “will be in the market before the end of July, beginning of August this year”. The President of Dangote Industries Limited stated this while giving the welcome address at the inauguration of the 650,000 bpd refinery in …

Over 60 countries are at risk of not meeting the maternal, newborn and stillborn targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) if urgent action is not taken, the Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned. While acknowledging progress made in efforts to reduce maternal …

At least nine people have died after a stampede at a football stadium in El Salvador’s capital, San Salvador, officials have said. Police said seven men and two women were among the dead, with all the victims over the age of 18. The crush occurred during a match between local …

Schools told to honour court order as families seek compensation and training for pupils who missed education because of their hair Urunji, 14, and Uhuru, eight, whose father, Ezaius Mkandawire, was one of several Rastafarians who won a court battle over schools banning dreadlocks. Photograph: Benson Kunchezera About 1,200 Rastafarian children …

Kenyan President William Ruto says his visible weight loss is his deliberate effort to keep fit amid concerns by some Kenyans on social media over his health. Speaking during a televised media interview on Sunday, President Ruto explained he had added some weight during the campaign period in 2022. During …

Republican congressman George Santos has admitted to theft and signed a deal with Brazilian authorities to drop the criminal charges in a 2008 case. As part of the deal, Mr Santos has been given 30 days to pay restitution and fines for the case to be dropped. He is still …

Prosecutors in the UK have described the Ekweremadus guilty verdict as “a landmark conviction.” Nigerian MP Ike Ekweremadu will be sentenced in the UK Friday after being found guilty of an organ harvesting plot, but fellow lawmakers in his country have joined growing calls for leniency in his case. Ekweremadu, 60, …

A record number of migrants – more than 10,000 – were recently apprehended at the US-Mexico border in a 24-hour period, fuelling fears over what comes next when a controversial immigration policy expires this week. Nowhere are the realities of what some have termed a border “crisis” more evident than …

Israel says Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired more than 460 rockets at it, and that its military has hit over 130 militant targets in Gaza, in the heaviest fighting in nine months. Six people were killed and 45 injured in Gaza, local medics say. Several were hurt rushing to …