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A Singapore court has sentenced a Japanese man to jail and caning for the “brutal and cruel” rape of a university student in 2019. The 38-year-old hairdresser, Ikko Kita, is set to be the first Japanese national to be caned in the city state, the Japanese embassy in Singapore told

Since the start of the war, Ukraine has lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers who have been killed or wounded, according to German newspaper Welt. The prominent newspaper reports the seriousness of the situation is shown by the fact that the Ukrainian army is already recruiting in prisons, as it

With just four months left until the 2024 presidential election, most national polls show Donald Trump slightly ahead of President Joe Biden. Since Biden’s disastrous performance in the June 27 presidential debate, Trump has been pulling ahead slightly in national polls, according to FiveThirtyEight’s aggregator. The pair have generally been polling neck-and-neck,

A candidate for France’s far-right National Rally party will not run in the second round of the legislative election after a photo showing her wearing Nazi regalia circulated online, a party official said Tuesday. Ludivine Daoudi, a candidate in the 1st constituency of Calvados in northwestern France, received nearly 20

Kenya was bracing today for fresh protest action against the government after anti-tax hike demonstrations last month descended into violence that left dozens of people dead. Activists have stepped up their campaign against President William Ruto despite his announcement last week that he would not sign into law a controversial

North Korea said on Tuesday it had test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying “a super-large warhead”, a claim quickly disputed by South Korean officials and experts who speculate the North likely fabricated a successful test to conceal a botched launch. It is the second time that South

US President Joe Biden has slammed the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity, warning it will mean “virtually no limits” on what a president can do. In a 6-3 divided decision, the court ruled on Tuesday (AEST) that ex-presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, which has direct implications for the

Explosions were heard on Wednesday after a major Fire Reportedly Razes Dangote Refinery located at Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State. As of the time of filing this report, the Dangote group is yet to react to the fire outbreak. Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote had disclosed that he fought and

PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, a consulting firm, has projected a marginal decline in Nigeria’s inflation to 29.5 percent by the end of this year from 33.95 in May 2024. The firm disclosed this in its latest economic outlook report on Nigeria, released on Monday. PwC said the decline would be achieved as

Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, is basking in excitement ahead of his wedding with his fiancée, Chioma Rowland, in Lagos today. A video has emerged showing the singer gushing while having a haircut as he prepares to walk down the aisle with Chioma later today. The singer, who couldn’t