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Police in Nigeria say gunmen have attacked a US convoy, killing four people, including two personnel from the US consulate and two police officers. Three others were kidnapped before their vehicle was set on fire. The attack took place in south-eastern Anambra state. A rescue and recovery operation is under …

A 78-year-old American, a permanent resident of Hong Kong, has been sentenced in China to life in prison for “espionage”, a local court announced on Monday. John Shing-wan Leung, also known as Liang Chengyun, “was guilty of espionage and was sentenced to life imprisonment as well as lifetime deprivation of …

A federal judge has struck down a law that for more than half a century has banned licensed gunsmiths from selling guns to young people under 21. The decision, dated Wednesday, represents a major setback for advocates of better gun control as they try to convince Congress to ban younger …

The US ambassador to Pretoria has made a damning accusation against the South African government – and it seems to have caught South African officials off-guard. Ambassador Reuben Brigety says that the US has reliable intelligence that South Africa supplied arms and ammunition to a Russian ship which had docked, …

A New York court on Tuesday found former US President Donald Trump responsible for sexual assault, for acts dating back to 1996 on a former journalist. He will have to pay 5 million dollars in compensation for sexual assault and defamation. Deliberations by the nine-member jury began after Judge Lewis …

In the valley town of Buckeye, Arizona, in the United states, a woman and her children experienced an apiphobic nightmare during an outdoor outing. With her family, this woman stopped in a parking lot in the middle of the Arizona countryside in order to take souvenir photos, as told by …

The United States will lift the obligation to be vaccinated against Covid-19 on the evening of May 11, which concerns federal civil servants and international travelers arriving by air, the White House announced on Monday. The United States is officially the country that has paid the highest price for the …

Only 11.3% of Americans are registered smokers in 2022, the lowest number ever recorded, according to preliminary results of a study, released Thursday by US authorities. Only one in nine adults smoked in 2022, according to a 2022 survey of more than 27,000 Americans by the Centers for Disease Control …

Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and deputy chairman of Putin’s powerful security council, has once again warned Westerners about a potential “world war”. According to Vladimir Putin’s relative, “the world is sick and is most likely on the verge of a new world war” against the backdrop of the conflict …

US president Joe Biden, now 80, has announced he is “a candidate for re-election” in a bid to “finish the job”. Joe Biden announced his candidacy for re-election in 2024 on Tuesday in a message and a video posted on his social networks. “Every generation has a time when they …