18 Nov, 2024
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Mass Evacuations As Second Cyclone Forms Off India

Waves lash over onto a shoreline in Mumbai on May 17, 2021, as Cyclone Tauktae, packing ferocious winds and threatening a destructive storm, surge bore down on India, disrupting the country’s response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak.Sujit Jaiswal / AFP   Indian authorities on Monday ordered the evacuation of nearly half a million people out […]

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UK PM Boris Johnson Picks Wedding Date

. Frank Augstein / POOL / AFP   British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have set a wedding date for next year after delaying plans due to the pandemic, The Sun tabloid reported Monday. Known for his colourful love life, Johnson will be only the second prime minister ever to marry […]

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Protesters Block Abuja-Kaduna Highway Demand End To Kidnapping, Banditry

Residents of Gauraka community burn tyres on Kaduna-Abuja highway in protest against kidnapping. PHOTO: Sodiq Adelakun/Channels Television   Residents of Gauraka community in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State have blocked the Abuja-Kaduna highway to protest the incessant cases of kidnapping in the community. The protesters burnt tyres and halted vehicular movement on the […]