Kolawole Stephen: “I was in Sokoto today, and after a gruesome hours later, I found myself already in Abuja. “We moved in a convoy of only two Hilux vehicles, each one mounted with an AA gun. When we got to Kwangila Road and stopped for a moment, I looked around and saw a sea of...
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A South African Radio Presenter Is Arrested On Suspicion Of Recruiting Fighters For Russia
A South African radio presenter appeared in court on Monday accused of recruiting men to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine. Nonkululeko Mantula, 39, was arrested alongside four men after a tip off, South African police said. She is accused of recruiting the four men and organizing for them to join the Russian army. South African police...
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Baltimore Landlords Found Liable For Hiring A Sex Offender Who Set Tenants On Fire
Landlords in Baltimore are being held liable for hiring a convicted sex offender with a violent criminal record who then attacked two tenants and set them on fire, with a jury awarding the victims $21.5 million. The same man murdered a tech CEO just days after attacking April Hurley and Jonte Gilmore in their home...
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UK Will Increase Its Spending On Medicine Under A Zero-Tariff Deal With The US
The U.K. has secured a 0% tariff rate for all U.K. medicines exported to the U.S. for at least three years, officials said Monday, in return for the U.K. spending more on new medicines. Under the deal, the U.S. agreed to exempt U.K.-origin pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical ingredients, and medical technology from import taxes. The Trump administration said in return U.K....
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Son Of Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’ Pleads Guilty In US Drug Trafficking Case In A Plea Deal
One of the sons of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty on Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, months after his brother entered a plea deal. Known locally in Mexico as the “Chapitos” — or “little Chapos” — Joaquín Guzmán López and brother Ovidio Guzmán López are accused of running a faction of the Sinaloa cartel. Federal...
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A Controversial Infant Jesus Is Stolen From A Belgian Nativity Scene
Belgian authorities are mystified over a brazen theft over the weekend from a Christmas Nativity scene of an icon of infant Jesus Christ that had been widely scorned online. Snatched from his crib on the Grand Place in historic old Brussels between late Friday night or early Saturday morning, this specific version of infant Jesus...