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Israel shelled Rafah on Thursday as US President Joe Biden offered his starkest warning yet over the conduct of its war against Hamas, vowing to cut off arms transfers if an offensive into the southern Gaza city goes ahead Israel has defied international…

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Binance, a popular cryptocurrency trading platform, Richard Teng, has claimed that some unknown persons sought a bribe of cryptocurrency from its executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, before their detention on February 28, 2024. Teng made the…

The Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is being withdrawn worldwide months after the pharmaceutical giant, admitted for the first time in court documents, that it can cause a rare and dangerous side effect. The vaccine can no longer be used in the European Union after…

Russian President Vladimir Putin was Tuesday sworn into office at a lavish Kremlin ceremony for a record-breaking fifth term with more power than ever before. The 71-year-old has ruled Russia since the turn of the century, securing a fresh six-year mandate in March…

Juventus have been ordered to pay Cristiano Ronaldo £8.3m in owed wages by an Italian court. Ronaldo, 39, agreed to defer wages when football in Italy was halted by the Covid pandemic in the 2020-21 season. The Portuguese had claimed he was owed…

Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new meningitis vaccine (called Men5CV) recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in a historic move. According to WHO, this is especially important for countries like Nigeria where multiple serogroups…

Israel was coming under direct attack from Iran Saturday, the army announced, in a major escalation of the long-running covert war between the regional foes that threatened to overshadow the conflict in Gaza. Iran had repeatedly threatened to strike Israel in retaliation for…

The UK on Thursday increased the income required to sponsor someone coming to the country on a family visa as part of the government’s plan to cut immigration. This was revealed by the UK home office via its official X (formerly Twitter)…

Truong My Lan, a Vietnamese real estate tycoon, was sentenced to death on Thursday for her role in a financial fraud case, in a major display of the ruling Communist Party’s resolve to crack down on corruption. A court in Ho Chi…

Oluwafemi Tijion Esho, a British-Nigerian celebrity doctor, has been found guilty of having an improper emotional relationship that included sexual intercourse with one of his patients by a medical tribunal in Manchester, United Kingdom. According to the BBC, Esho, 42, a cosmetic doctor who…