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Israel re-establishes closed West Bank settlement, defying growing international protests
A new generation of Israeli settlers has returned to the settlement of Kadim, in the occupied West Bank, two decades after it was closed by a previous Israeli government. Thirty “pioneer families” had arrived in the settlement on Thursday from Tel Aviv, according to the regional settlers’ council, riding a wave of Jewi...
University suspends academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism
An academic who accused the late Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism has been suspended from his post at a Belgian university. Nathan Cofnas, a self-defined “race realist”, was among those to question Arday’s work and achievements – prompting a weeks-long plagiarism row prior to his death on 14 August. Discov...
US judge allows Trump to end thousands of Ethiopians’ deportation protections
A federal judge allowed U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday to end legal protections granted to over 5,000 Ethiopians that have allowed them to live and work in the United States. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston lifted, opens new tab, the last judicial block on the U.S. Department of Hom...
Man breaks into woman’s house, steals 22 pants for ritual purposes
A 27-year-old man has been remanded at a correctional facility in Yola, Adamawa State, after he was accused of breaking into a woman’s home and stealing 22 pairs of pants for alleged ritual purposes. The suspect, identified as Muktar Shehu of Zango Ward in Jimeta was brought before the court by the Police Command on […...
Canada’s PM calls for Andrew to be removed from line of succession
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has called for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be removed from the royal line of succession. Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office last month after being accused of sharing confidential material with the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein....
My tribute to Jason Arday
I have always wondered why you spell your name Arday. Because here in Ghana, many of my uncles who carry that name spell it Addy. But today, I realise that perhaps the spelling was the least important thing about you. What mattered was the life you lived. When I first read that you were autistic and that you were a pro...
Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop
Newly released body camera footage shows the chaotic moments leading up to the fatal shooting of a US citizen by an immigration officer in Texas last year, which only recently came to light. Gunfire rings out in the nighttime footage when Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, pulls his car forwards as law enforcement try to stop […]
Air India pilot’s reported cannabis test: What it can and can’t tell investigators
Reports that an Air India pilot tested positive for cannabis after a flight sound like the sort of finding that should make an aviation investigator sit up. But the reported result has not been officially confirmed, and even a confirmed positive would not necessarily be the smoking gun it might appear to be. On 4 […]
Rwanda, DRC border close over fears of Ebola outbreak
The borders connecting Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Rubavu District were closed on Sunday following the Ebola outbreak in DRC. The Mayor of Rubavu District in Rwanda’s Western Province, Prosper Mulindwa, told local media that the closure of the borders linking Goma and Rubavu-Gisenyi border...
Trump participates in marathon Bible reading
US President Donald Trump has participated in a marathon Bible reading session organised by Christian conservatives, against the backdrop of his rift with the Pope and his recent posting of an image that appeared to depict him as a Jesus-like figure. Trump read from 2 Chronicles on Tuesday night, as part of the “Americ...
World’s top condom maker to raise prices by 20-30% due to Iran war
Safe sex could get more expensive if the Iran war continues to disrupt global supply chains, according to a new interview with the CEO of the world’s largest condom manufacturer. Karex CEO Goh Miah Kiat told Reuters on Tuesday that the company may be forced to raise prices at least 20% to 30%, depending on […]
Nigeria’s president names Taiwo Oyedele as new finance minister
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has approved a minor cabinet shuffle that removed two ministers and promoted a junior official to the key post of finance minister, his office said in a statement on Tuesday. Taiwo Oyedele, previously minister of state for finance, replaced Wale Edun as minister of finance and ...