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Twelve South African students and their minibus driver died in a road accident on Wednesday morning, Gauteng provincial authorities announced. “The minibus carrying pupils from Kokosi-Wedela Primary School, in the local municipality of Merafong, was rear-ended by a pickup truck, causing it to overturn and burst into flames, also injuring …

Six people have died of sunstroke in Tokyo in recent days as Japan suffers a rare heat wave in the middle of the rainy season, media reported. Over the weekend, the Shizuoka department (central) was the first in Japan to see the mercury reach 40°C this year, far exceeding the …

A two-year-old boy lost his life after accidentally shooting himself in the head in a Walmart parking in Georgia, while his parents were buying fireworks. The incident happened while he was left alone in the family car. His parents rushed to the car to discover their son with a serious …

A Spanish tourist was trampled to death by elephants after getting out of his car to take photos in a South African park near Johannesburg, authorities announced on Tuesday. The 43-year-old man was attacked on Sunday morning in the Pilanesberg National Park, which is very busy because its approximately 50,000 …

A Tanzanian portrait artist who was convicted last week of cybercrimes has been released from prison after social media users raised more than $2,000 to pay his fine. Mr Shadrack Chaula was ordered by a court to pay the fine or face two years in prison after he admitted recording …

A 35-year-old railway worker bit a snake that had attacked him, resulting in the snake’s death in Bihar, India. The man was working in a forested region near the city of Nawada in Bihar, India when the incident occurred on Tuesday evening. The reptile suddenly attacked him when he went …

At least 100 people, including students, were kidnapped for ransom last week in Ethiopia’s restive regions that have seen sporadic fighting since the end of the civil war in Tigray, the U.S. ambassador to Addis Ababa said on Monday. “Recent and frequent kidnappings in Oromia and Amhara regions show how …

Four people were confirmed dead when trees fell after a thunderstorm hit the popular Jattu market in Etsako West Local Government Area, Edo, Nigeria. The Chairman of the council, Marvellous Zibiri, confirmed the death of the persons while speaking to journalists at the market. He said, “Between 8:am and 9:am …

A Boeing plane lost a tire during takeoff at Los Angeles airport this Monday, July 8, a new embarrassing episode for the American aircraft manufacturer which is accumulating setbacks and technical failures. The American company United Airlines, which operated the aircraft, confirmed this incident in a press release. “The wheel …

The U.S. military withdrew its personnel from Niger’s Air Base 101 near the airport in the capital Niamey on Sunday, ahead of its exit from a major drone base near the desert city of Agadez in the coming weeks. Niger’s ruling junta in April ordered the U.S. to withdraw its …