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The famous French actor Alain Delon has died at the age of 88 on Sunday August 18 at his home in Douchy in France as the announcement was made by his three children. Born in Sceaux in 1935, he came to the cinema almost by chance. His Apollonian physique and …

The Central Bank of Libya announced the suspension of all operations, following the kidnapping of one of its senior officials. The bank said that it would not resume work before the official kidnapped earlier Sunday would have been released. It said an unknown party was behind the abduction of Musaab …

China announced on Friday, August 16, that it was strengthening its controls on people and goods likely to have been in contact with mpox (or “monkey pox”), after the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert about the disease. Mpox, formerly known as monkey pox, is a viral disease that …

Belfast City Council in Ireland has launched an investigation on Thursday after an employee at the city’s zoo was locked in an enclosure with lions, Irish newspaper Belfast Telegram reports. The incident happened last week after two zoo employees entered the big cats’ enclosure. One of them reportedly left the …

While many people think that women who play football are not attractive because they end up looking like men, other women footballers are of extraordinary beauty and femininity. Here is for you the relative ranking of the 10 most beautiful female footballers in the world : 10 – Thalea Smidt …

Nigerian government has accused a Chinese company of trying to seize its assets overseas, including presidential jets, a government spokesperson said on Thursday. Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. is using “unorthodox means” to target Nigerian government property, despite having no contractual obligations with the …

After spending nearly half a century in prison for a murder he didn’t commit in Oklahoma, Glynn Simmons, a 71-year-old African-American, will receive $7.15 million in restitution Before he was exonerated last year, Glynn Simmons had become the longest-serving inmate in U.S. history, according to the U.S. National Registry of …

A three-year-old girl has been hospitalized in the United States after being attacked by a female black bear, CNN reported. Around 10 p.m., she was attacked and injured by a female black bear while she was in a tent at a private campsite south of the town of Red Lodge, …

At least 18 persons died in three separate road crashes within five days on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun has said. The accidents have been attributed to speeding, wrongful overtaking, and the lack of adequate rest, leading to fatigue, among other factors.The command’s Spokesperson, Florence …

Tanzanian security forces have announced the release of several members of the opposition party, Chadema and hundreds of their supporters. It comes after they were arrested during a banned youth meeting in the southwest of the country. Human rights organisations have criticised the arrests, with Amnesty International saying, opens new …