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A tiger tamer was bitten by a tiger at Dreamworld on Monday (September 2) near Brisbane, Australia, according to local hospital services. “The woman suffered a lacerated arm but was in stable condition,” Queensland Ambulance Service said. Queensland Ambulance Service official Justin Payne said the victim was 47 and an …

At least 129 people were killed and 59 injured in an attempted prison break in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an official said. “The incident happened in the country’s largest prison, Makala, in the capital Kinshasa,” Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said. “The provisional death toll is 129, 24 of whom …

The qualifiers for the 2025 African Cup of Nations in Morocco will begin on Wednesday and we propose you the full schedule of the matches of the first day. The matches counting for the qualifiers of the African Cup of Nations begin this Wednesday. The 48 national teams divided into …

The tragic death of a family of four has brought fear and apprehension in Nsukka Local Government Area in Nigeria. The incident, which occurred on Sunday, September 1, 2024, has plunged the entire community into deep mourning. The victims, including a woman, her daughter, mother and sister, died in their …

Ethiopian Airlines said it has suspended flights to neighbouring Eritrea, citing unspecified difficult operating conditions, Reuters reported. Eritrea had previously said it would suspend all Ethiopian Airlines flights at the end of this month. Flights from Ethiopia to Eritrea had resumed in 2018 after two decades, following a peace deal …

A former Australian childcare worker in his 40s has pleaded guilty to raping and sexually assaulting dozens of children in his care for more than 20 years, ABC News Australia reported on Monday (September 2). Originally from the Gold Coast, in the Brisbane region, Ashley Paul Griffith is being tried …

The German car manufacturer Volkswagen is not ruling out closing factories in Germany as it seeks to save billions more in a cost-cutting program at its namesake brand, the automaker and its works council said Monday. The group considers a major vehicle plant and a component manufacturing site in Germany …

A middle-aged market woman was discovered dead in a bush by the roadside at Kumasi Anwomaso-High Tension, in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. “The woman, a food vendor turned gari seller, was well-known in the area,” reports said. Her daily routine involved visiting her daughter, who operates …

Authorities in Guyana announced the seizure on Sunday (September 1) of about 4.4 tons of cocaine worth $200 million buried near a clandestine airstrip intended to be shipped by boat to Europe. “The drugs were found inside underground bunkers in the west, near the border with Venezuela,” said James Singh, …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has announced the deaths of at least 185 people and the displacement of 208,000 people in 28 states as a result of flooding in Nigeria. “The heavy rains have so far destroyed 107,000 hectares of farmland, particularly in the northern states, which are among …