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The US and Niger authorities have agreed that US troops will leave the country no later than 15 September, they announced in a joint statement on Sunday. The two countries had “reached a disengagement agreement to effect the withdrawal of U.S. forces, which has already begun”. The statement commended the …

A 14-year-old man died after participating in a very controversial challenge consisting of eating an extremely spicy potato chip, according to an autopsy report consulted this Thursday, May 16. A resident of Massachusetts, in the northeast of the country, Harris Wolobah suffered a “cardioventilatory arrest due to the ingestion of …

The number of deaths from drug overdoses fell in 2023 in the United States, for the first time since 2018, American health authorities announced this Wednesday 15th. The main cause of the overdose crisis currently affecting the country is fentanyl, an extremely powerful and addictive synthetic opioid. The number of …

The US Embassy in Tanzania has closed its doors for two days due to an internet outage affecting several East African countries. “Due to degraded network service nationwide, the embassy will remain closed to the public,” the embassy said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday. It cancelled …

Three women were diagnosed as HIV positive, that is to say infected with HIV, in the United States, after having undergone a “vampire lift” or “vampire facial”, cosmetic injections to the face which would make the skin younger and more smooth. According to a report from the Centers for Disease …

An 80-year-old nun left a suitcase on a Santiago street containing the remains of a friend who had died a year earlier, according to a police investigation. The nun was later identified from video footage of her, wearing a habit, at the scene. According to her,” she and her friend, …

Two people were recently arrested in Nigeria, after being suspected of having blackmailed a young Australian with sexual photos (also called sextortion) who subsequently committed suicide, the BBC reported. The tragedy occurred at the end of 2023, in the south-east of Australia. The victim, whose identity or age has not …

On Saturday March 30, around 9:30 a.m. (local time), an 80-year-old American woman was killed by an elephant during a safari in Kafue National Park in Zambia, Sky News indicates. The woman was accompanied by a guide and five other tourists when a male elephant suddenly attacked their vehicle. The …

Venezuelan Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, who for two years held the title of oldest man in the world according to Guinness World Records, died Tuesday at the age of 114, authorities and his family announced. “Juan Vicente Pérez Mora entered eternity at the age of 114. This native of El …

The searches carried out in the residences of American rapper Sean Combs, alias “P. Diddy”, are the product of a “witch hunt based on unfounded accusations”, his lawyer reacted this Tuesday March 26. Federal agents raided the rapper’s luxurious villas in Los Angeles and Miami at the beginning of the …