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‘Gifts’ from a lover and ‘botched’ cocaine raids: Police inquiry grips South Africa
An investigation into alleged police corruption in South Africa has had the nation captivated – much like the second season of a successful Netflix crime drama. What could be regarded as the first season of this real-life inquiry into allegations made by a senior officer last July – that organised crime groups had infi...
Jury orders Cosby to pay $19m to ex-waitress after finding he abused her in 1972
A jury in California has ordered Bill Cosby to pay $19.25m (£14.3m) in damages to a former waitress after finding he drugged and sexually assaulted her while taking her to one of his shows more than five decades ago. Donna Motsinger said the former star gave her wine and a pill that left her incapacitated […]
Attack kills 20 in Nigeria’s central Plateau attack
Police in Nigeria’s central Plateau state said on Tuesday that 20 people had been killed in a weekend attack on a community in Bokkos district, the latest in a region plagued by communal attacks, despite repeated security deployments and government vows to stem the attacks.
Militia attack kills at least 69 people in northeastern DR Congo, local sources say
A wave of coordinated attacks by rebel fighters has killed at least 69 people in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Security officials confirmed the CODECO militia carried out the late April assault in the country’s restive northeast. This mineral-rich region remains a primary battleground for...
Stop blaming young people for being unemployed, says Amazon’s UK boss
Record levels of young people are out of work – but it is not their fault, Amazon’s UK boss has said. “We have to stop blaming young people,” John Boumphrey told the BBC, adding the education system isn’t “producing young people who are ready for work”. Nearly a million young Britons are not in education, employment [....
When Hormuz Fails: The day a waterway stops the world
The Strait of Hormuz is not just a stretch of water it is the world’s most critical economic artery. Barely 167 kilometres long and just 39 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, this narrow corridor quietly carries the weight of the global economy.
DR Congo governor warns Ebola outbreak is becoming “second war”
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) are struggling to contain a worsening Ebola outbreak in the eastern Ituri province, where officials say rising infections and limited resources are pushing the health system toward crisis point. The military governor of Ituri province, Johnny Luboya Nkashama, h...
China executes man for murdering prominent gaming tycoon
Chinese authorities have executed a man for murdering his associate, billionaire gaming tycoon Lin Qi. In 2020, a disgruntled Xu Yao poisoned Lin for sidelining him shortly after he helped him land a Netflix deal, local media reported. Lin’s Yoozoo Games holds the film adaptation rights for the Chinese science fiction...
The WTO is debating trade: The world runs on investment
At the 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Yaoundé, 165 countries were ready to advance the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement. One objection brought the effort to a halt. The count itself is straightforward; the meaning is not.
US and Iran exchange fresh strikes as fragile ceasefire collapses into renewed conflict
The US and Iran have exchanged strikes across the Middle East for a second consecutive day, further straining a shaky ceasefire agreed between the two countries in April. US Central Command (Centcom) said it had completed a wave of “self-defence strikes” targeting military, surveillance and radar sites in southern Iran...
Putin vows retaliation after accusing Ukraine of hitting student dormitory
Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised retaliation after accusing Ukraine of carrying out a deadly attack on a student dormitory in an occupied part of eastern Ukraine. Six people were killed and 39 injured in the overnight strike in the town of Starobilsk, Luhansk region, Putin said. Another 15 people were miss...
Supreme Court to hear Trump’s appeal involving lengthy detention of certain immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal by President Donald Trump‘s administration in a case involving the legality of subjecting certain convicted immigrants with pending deportation proceedings to lengthy detention without bond hearings allowing them to seek a release on bail. The administration ap...