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A second lion at India’s Valandur zoo died Wednesday after a COVID-19 infection, zoo authorities announced, while 10 other lions continue to be treated for the disease. The development suggests that big cats in zoological facilities may…

Zambia’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda, known as the father of Zambia’s independence who led the country for 27 years, has died at 97. Kaunda ruled Zambia for 27 years — starting from 1964 after the country gained independence from…

A 26-year-old man has been put to death in Saudi Arabia for taking part in anti-government protests as a teenager. Mustafa al-Darwish was executed on Tuesday following the discovery of an “offensive” photograph that showed him in…

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson on Monday announced a four-week delay to the full lifting of coronavirus restrictions in England due to a surge in infections caused by Delta variant. The delay comes as a blow to Johnson’s plans…

Zambian President,  Edgar Lungu on Sunday suffered an attack of dizziness that prompted a sudden halt to television coverage of an official ceremony in the southern African nation, the cabinet secretary said. Lungu, who is campaigning…

El Salvador led by President Nayib Bukele has on Wednesday become the first country in the world to formally adopt cryptocurrency - Bitcoin - as a legal tender. Lawmakers in the Central American country's Congress today voted by a…

United States has recovered most of $4.4m (£3.1m) ransom paid to a cyber-criminal gang responsible for taking Colonial Pipeline offline last month. DarkSide - which US authorities said operates from eastern Europe and possibly Russia -…

World Health Organization have approved Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use — the second Chinese jab to receive the WHO’s green light. The UN health agency signed off on the two-dose vaccine on Tuesday, which is already being…

China has on Tuesday, June 1 reported the world’s first human infection of H10N3 bird flu strain on Tuesday but said the risk of it spreading widely among people was low. A 41-year-old man was admitted to hospital with fever symptoms in…

Leaders of 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have suspended Mali from their regional bloc in response to last week’s coup, the second coup in nine months by the poor Sahel country's military. The group which…

Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of the post-coup junta in Mali has been named as the country's transitional President by the constitutional court. The ruling issued late on Friday May 28, said Assimi Goita would “lead the transition process…

European Union’s drug watchdog on Friday approved Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus jab for 12 to 15-year-olds, the first vaccine to get the green light for children in the bloc. The vaccine was “well tolerated” in adolescents and there were…

Mali's transitional president, Bah Ndaw and prime minister, Moctar Ouane have tendered their resignation following their arrest on Monday by the military in what amounts to a second coup in nine months. Agence France-Presse reported…

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have met with the family of George Floyd exactly one year after he was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, sparking nationwide protests against racism and police brutality.…

William Shakespeare, first man in the world to received approved COVID-19 vaccine, has passed away at 81. Bill, as he was known, made global headlines on so-called V-Day on December 8 when he received Pfizer/BioNTech jab at the…