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The bodies of two white gay couples aged 62 and 71 have been found in suitcases in London, according to police reports. The two victims were formerly a couple and still lived together in Shepherd’s Bush. Police received notification of suspicious activity on Clifton Suspension Bridge. When they arrived, they …

Abortion is now decriminalized in 14 of the 32 states of Mexico, after the vote this Monday, July 15, by the Parliament of the State of Puebla (center), which follows two decisions by the Supreme Court. By 29 votes for and 7 against, local deputies approved a reform of the …

A man suspected of being a serial killer has been arrested in Kenya following the discovery of several bodies in a quarry in Nairobi, police said Monday. Collins Jumaisi, a 33-year-old man living near the quarry in Mukuru neighbourhood in the south of the capital, was arrested early on Monday. …

Legendary rapper Wiz Khalifa has been apprehended by police following his recent performance at the Beach, Please festival in Romania, the Romanian public prosecutor’s office announced on Sunday, July 14, 2024. Early on Sunday, Khalifa, who was the main attraction at the festival in Costinesti, a village on the Black …

Assailants have killed a maize farmer at his farm in the Odomosibi area of Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. The victim’s family grew worried when the victim did not return from his farm after leaving early morning. The search party was shocked to find his lifeless body on …

At least 22 children have died and 132 others have been injured after a school building collapsed in Nigeria’s central Plateau state, local officials say. Saint Academy in the state capital Jos caved in while students were in class on Friday morning. Children were left trapped under the debris. Volunteers …

Child vaccination rates around the world are stagnating and have still not returned to their pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels, the UN warned on Monday July 15. “Compared to the level of 2019, before the pandemic, 2.7 million more children were still not vaccinated, or incompletely, in 2023,” said the United Nations …

Apart from cataracts, which are often associated with adulthood, myopia, hyperopia and presbyopia can begin at an early age. While some of these conditions may seem unavoidable, their impact could be mitigated by regular consumption of fruit. A study by Singaporean researchers reveals that eating grapes significantly improves eye health …

At least five people were killed and 20 others injured when a car bomb exploded outside a restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday evening. “It comes as they were watching the final of the Euro 2024 football tournament on TV,” police said, blaming Islamist insurgents. The bomb destroyed …

Kenya’s police chief Japhet Koome has resigned, following weeks of violent protests against proposed tax hikes in which at least 40 people died. Human rights groups have accused police of shooting dozens of protestors, some of them fatally, and abducting or arbitrarily arresting hundreds more. The resignation comes a day …