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  Shining down a lamp-post, the tiny male gorilla almost seems to be laughing as he dodges past his keeper at an Istanbul zoo, where he has called home since being rescued from traffickers. He was five months old when he was discovered, days before Christmas, crammed into a wooden crate in the cargo section […]

    Liverpool manager Arne Slot on Friday described new signing Alexander Isak as “maybe the best striker in the world” but warned he would be eased into action gradually after a disrupted pre-season. The Premier League champions signed the Sweden forward from Newcastle on transfer deadline day for a British record fee of £125 […]

  Charlie Kirk, a right-wing activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, was fatally shot during an event in the western US state of Utah. Authorities had failed to locate the gunman on Thursday, more than 30 hours later. Here is what we know and some of the main unanswered questions.   The shooting […]

  At least 51 people were killed during violent anti-corruption protests in Nepal this week, police said Friday in an updated toll, as the full scale of chaos that toppled the government emerges. Talks continue between the president, protest representatives, key potential figures who may lead an interim administration and the army — which has […]

  The Emmy Awards, television’s equivalent of the Oscars, will take place this Sunday, and pundits say the race for the highly coveted best drama series prize is too close to call. Apple TV+’s sci-fi office thriller “Severance” and HBO medical procedural “The Pitt” go head-to-head in the night’s most prestigious category, while Hollywood satire […]

  A specially chartered flight carrying hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a US immigration raid last week landed at Incheon International Airport on Friday, AFP reporters saw. South Koreans made up the majority of the 475 people arrested at a Hyundai-LG battery factory site in the state of Georgia, triggering a delicate effort to […]

  Taiwan’s defence ministry plans to seek up to a record $33 billion in special funding to upgrade the island’s defences against a potential Chinese attack, a senior lawmaker told AFP. The ministry is working on a special budget of between NT$800 billion and NT$1 trillion ($26 billion and $33 billion) over seven years, said […]

  Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has approved the immediate suspension of the state’s Commissioner for Health Yunusa Musa Ismail. The decision follows a directive from the governor requesting the Commissioner to provide a detailed explanation for alleged negligence of duty and failure to uphold the responsibilities of his office. This was disclosed in a […]

  The Delta State Government has announced a review of its dress code for public servants, citing the need to uphold decency and curb the growing trend of improper dressing in the state’s public service. In a statement shared on its official X handle on Thursday, the government explained that the step was taken to […]

  The political impasse between the chairman of Otukpo local government, Maxwell Ogiri, and the legislative council is far from over since Governor Hyacinth Alia lifted the one month suspension imposed by the state assembly, with Ogiri issuing a notice to the legislative council to stop sitting forthwith. The legislative council of Otukpo Local Government […]

  Labour Party’s presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, has met with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, in Abuja. Obi, a former governor of Anambra State wrote on his X handle that the meeting was held behind closed-door. Although he did not disclose the full details of their discussion, the LP chieftain posted photos of the meeting […]

  Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted ex-president Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday of coup plotting by a four-to-one vote in a landmark case that could land the far-right leader in prison for years. A majority of four judges found the 70-year-old guilty of plotting to claw back power after his defeat in October 2022 elections by leftist […]