Internal and external factors had forced the Tunisian State to use its reserve stock of fuel, said the President and CEO of the Tunisian Company of Refining Industries (STIR), Fakhta Mahouachi on Thurday. According to Ms. Mahouachi, the next 24 hours will see an improvement in the supply of gas …
Read More »EU threatens to “annihilate the Russian army”
Any nuclear attack by Russia against Ukraine will lead to a military response from the West, said the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell, on Thursday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he is not bluffing with the nuclear threat. “He must then understand that the countries that support Ukraine, …
Read More »Tiger captured after being accused of killing 13 people
Indian conservation authorities on Thursday captured a tiger blamed in the deaths of 13 people, an official said. The five-year-old male, dubbed “Conflict Tiger” or “CT-1”, was tranquilized and captured nearly a week after authorities agreed he posed a threat to humans, authorizing his capture. The big cat has been …
Read More »New charges against Chinese boss who ‘slit’ Ghanaian employee’s throat
The prosecution in the case of a Chinese national accused of using a flip knife to slash the neck of a Ghanaian concrete mixture operator, has preferred fresh charges against the accused person. Xue Hui, a manager of Poly Changda Engineering Company, was initially charged with attempted murder but has now been …
Read More »WHO sets trial date for Ebola vaccines
The head of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday that a clinical trial of vaccines against the Sudan strain of Ebola could begin within weeks in Uganda as the disease reaches the capital Kampala, causing concern. The East African country declared an Ebola outbreak on …
Read More »Former US President Donald Trump in court over rape charge
A New York judge on Wednesday rejected a request by former US President Donald Trump to postpone his testimony, scheduled for next week, in a defamation case against a former journalist who accuses him of rape in the years 1990, says a court document. In this case, E. Jean Carroll, …
Read More »Google endorses Donald Trump’s social network
Donald Trump’s social network, Truth Social, can be downloaded from the Google Play Store since Wednesday, while the internet giant refused it this summer, deeming content moderation insufficient on the former US president’s platform. Google told AFP that Truth Social had finally agreed to enforce its own policy on removing …
Read More »Ugandan authorities suspend traditional healers’ work
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has directed traditional healers to stop treating people during the ongoing Ebola outbreak that has so far killed 19 people in the country. The president also directed security officials to arrest people suspected of having contracted the virus if they refuse to go into isolation. In …
Read More »20-year-old lady found dead in her 40-year-old lover’s bedroom
A 40-year-old Ghanaian farmer is in custody after his girlfriend identified as Aboagyewaa, 20, was found dead in his bedroom. Aboagyewaa is said to have traveled from Assin Brasiako in the northern Assin district of the central region to lodge with her boyfriend. She was found dead the next morning …
Read More »Belgium: 21 refugee children spent the night on the streets
At least 21 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have spent the night on the streets in Belgium, for lack of accommodation from the authorities. The federal agency responsible for the reception of asylum seekers (Fedasil) is encountering enormous difficulties in finding accommodation and shelter, aggravating the migrant crisis which has lasted for …
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