Mexico mayor murdered days after taking office

The mayor of a city in southern Mexico has been murdered less than a week after taking office, authorities said on Sunday, marking the latest in a series of attacks on politicians in the violence-plagued Latin American country. The killing of Chilpancingo mayor, Alejandro Arcos, “fills us with indignation,” Guerrero State governor, Evelyn Salgado, wrote […]

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Flood kills 192 in Nepal

Search and rescue teams in Nepal’s capital picked through wrecked homes on Monday after waters receded from monsoon floods that killed at least 192 people around the Himalayan republic. Deadly floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the monsoon season from June to September, but experts say climate change is making them worse. […]

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German grandmother, baby missing in Italy floods

A German grandmother and her five-month-old grandson are missing after a flash flood swept through their holiday home near Pisa, Tuscany. The tragedy unfolded when the nearby River Sterza overflowed its banks, inundating the house where the family was staying. The family, on vacation in Italy, called emergency services on Monday evening as floodwaters began […]

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Meek Mill to hire investigative team over his link to Diddy

American rapper, Meek Mill has revealed that he wants to hire an investigative team to find out why he is being linked to disgraced music executive, Sean Combs, aka Diddy. Recall that Diddy was recently arrested by Homeland Security on suspicion of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and interstate transportation for prostitution. Following his arrest, Diddy’s […]

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China urges citizens in Israel to leave

China has urged its citizens in Israel to leave “as soon as possible”, as tensions between Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah escalate. “Currently, the situation along the Israel-Lebanon border is extremely tense, with frequent military conflicts,” China’s embassy in Israel said in a statement on Sunday. “The security situation in Israel remains severe, […]

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UK plans $5m first lithium battery recycling plant in Ogun

A British investor and the Chief Executive Officer of Hinckley E-Waste Recycling Ltd, Adrian Clews on Wednesday said that Nigeria, coming after South Africa is the second highest producer of electronic waste in Africa. Clews said that the country is responsible for churning out 200,000 metric tonnes of electronic waste which is one of the […]

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JUST IN: Trump unveils new cryptocurrency platform 

Former US president Donald Trump along with his sons and entrepreneurs late Monday launched a cryptocurrency platform but provided few details. Little was revealed about the Trump family crypto project during a two-hour online presentation other than an offer to let people buy digital “tokens” giving them a vote in platform decisions. The event went […]

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China frees US pastor detained for 18 years

An American pastor detained by China since 2006 on what the United States has called spurious charges has been freed, the State Department said Sunday. David Lin “has returned to the United States and now gets to see his family for the first time in nearly 20 years,” a State Department spokesperson told AFP. “We […]

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