Diasporas

A Brazilian teenager killed his parents and sister at the family home, using his father’s service weapon, after feeling “very frustrated” at being deprived of his phone, according to details from the survey delivered this Wednesday, May 22. This triple homicide which shocked Brazil took place on Friday May 17, …

Thailand’s National Museum hosted a welcome-home ceremony for two ancient statues that were illegally trafficked from the country by a British collector of antiquities. A tall bronze figure called the Standing Shiva or Golden Boy and a smaller sculpture called Kneeling Female are thought to be around 1,000 years old. …

Nigerian students have been expelled from university courses and ordered to leave the UK after a currency crisis left them struggling to pay tuition fees on time. Teesside University students were blocked from their studies and reported to the Home Office after the value of Nigeria’s naira plummeted, wiping out …

This Wednesday, May 22, several European states announced that they wanted to recognize the existence of a Palestinian state as of Tuesday, May 28. Initially, it was Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre who made the announcement, before being joined by the Irish and Spanish Prime Ministers, Simon Harris and …

France’s sports minister has called for the “the strongest sanctions” to be taken against Mohamed Camara and Monaco after the midfielder covered up anti-homophobia messages on his shirt. All Ligue 1 clubs wore the campaign logo on their kits at the weekend, while the competition’s emblem displayed rainbow colours as …

At the age of 90, Ed Dwight has finally successfully completed his journey into space aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft since his journey began in 1961. After more than six decades of waiting, he became the oldest person to journey to space aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft. Dwight’s journey began …

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 …