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A factory fire in central China has left at least 36 people dead and two missing, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday, citing local authorities. The fire was under control as of 8 p.m. local time and at least 60 firefighters were mobilized, news agencies reported. “After receiving …

Adamawa Police Command arrested a 52-year-old man for raping a 13-year-old girl in Sangere Jabbi Lamba, Girei Local Government Area of State, Nigeria. The suspect, a Vice Principal of Government Girl’s Secondary School in Abba Murke in the Song Local Government Area, lured the victim to an uncompleted building and …

A 16-year-old girl has died while in labour at a native nurse’s house at New Ebu in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of the Central Region, Ghana. The grandmother of the deceased sent her to a native nurse in the community for delivery and in the process, she bled profusely …

A 45-year-old carpenter has beaten his wife to death during an argument bordering on the owner of a private school in Nigeria’s Ogun state. The deceased and her husband were at home arguing over the owner of the property. The argument degenerated and the carpenter hit his wife with an …

The health ministry in Uganda has denied in a press release, allegations that a running event held last weekend at the capital, Kampala, was an Ebola super-spreading event. In the statement, the ministry said no participant at the marathon presented any symptom of the deadly virus. “No Ebola case had …

Three pit bulldogs who had attacked a young girl were stoned to death and then burnt by members of a community in Cape Town, South Africa. The incident comes amidst growing calls for a ban on the breed in South Africa. A local animal welfare organization said the child was …

A lady was arrested by the Lagos State police Command for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death at Agungi, in the Lekki area of the state, Nigeria. His stepfather reported the incident to the police after being briefed that his stepson had been stabbed by his girlfriend. He was rushed …

One of the creators of the famous video game character Sonic the Blue Hedgehog was arrested in Japan for insider trading, accused of using information that was not yet public to speculate on the stock market, AFP reported. The charges against Yuji Naka, 57, by the prosecution date back to …

Several students have been injured at a primary school in the Australian city of Sydney after a classroom science experiment involving baking soda and rubbing alcohol went wrong. At least two students were taken by ambulance to hospital with serious burns and nine others reportedly suffered superficial burns. One teacher …

South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has ordered former President Jacob Zuma to return to prison after upholding an earlier ruling that his medical parole had been unlawful, media reported. But it is not clear if he will spend any more time in jail. The 80-year-old was given a 15-month …