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One of eight cheetahs flown to India from Namibia in September last year died on Monday, local media reported. Namibia’s environment ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said the cheetah, aged five, died of kidney failure. He said the cheetah, named Sasha, was under medical care for the past three months. “The …

Air pollution reached very high levels on Wednesday in the Chinese capital, Beijing due to a sandstorm, which covered other parts of the country with an orange haze and harmful to health. In parts of northern and northwest China, including the semi-desert region of Inner Mongolia, high winds and dust …

Five young Iranian ladies have been arrested for dancing to Nigerian Afrobeat singer and rapper, Rema’s song ‘Calm Down’ . The video of the five girls went viral for dancing to Rema’s hit song without headscarves. The footage showed the women were dancing and slightly showing their stomachs. It spread …

Two pilots from the Indian aviation company SpiceJet have been suspended after drinking coffee and eating sweets in the cockpit of an airliner, Times of India reported on Thursday. “Both pilots have been suspended pending an investigation,” an airline spokesperson said. The incident occurred on March 8 when the flight …

China will relaunch from Wednesday its issuance of virtually all its visas for foreigners, very restricted since the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese Embassy in Washington announced on Monday, a new step towards a return to normal wanted by Beijing. “In addition, visas issued by Beijing before March 28, 2020 and …

Xi Jinping secured a historic third term as Chinese president on Friday after a formal vote in parliament, the culmination of a rise that has seen him become the country’s most powerful leader for generations. The result of the deputies’ vote, announced shortly before 11 a.m., is final: 2,952 votes …

A 37-year-old man hacked his 100-year-old grandmother to death using an axe in Hamburg, Germany, according to report. “A cervical cord severing caused by sharp and blunt force was the cause of death,” according to the preliminary autopsy. An axe was found at the crime scene as an element of …

Two Nigerians were arrested for concealing 167 capsules of cocaine in their stomach at the Mumbai airport in India, according to the India TV. The two passengers were arrested by police after arriving at the Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport from Lagos via Addis Ababa. They were taking to court …

Since the end of November, the official Iranian media have counted several hundred cases of mysterious diseases, from which hundreds of schoolgirls suffer, in particular in the holy city of Qom. On Wednesday, dozens of girls’ establishments in the same city, Ardabil, in the north-west of the country, were victims …

Beijing said on Wednesday that the FBI was undermining its credibility after comments by its director saying that a laboratory accident in the Chinese city of Wuhan is “very likely” at the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic. FBI boss Christopher Wray’s statements to Fox News on Tuesday came two days …