Firefighters searched for survivors amid the burning debris. About 30 buildings in the area were evacuated, according to the French interior minister.
Read More »India’s endangered tiger population is rebounding in triumph for conservationists | CNN
CNN — Tigers once roamed across Asia, their numbers as high as 100,000 at the start of the 20th century, before the species plummeted to the brink of extinction. By 2006, their population in India – home to the majority of the world’s remaining wild tigers – hit a record …
Read More »Reclaim your country after Buhari’s retirement – Kukah urges Nigerians
The highly revered Bishop made this call in a powerful message he issued to commemorate the Easter celebration by Christians in Nigeria and across the world. The outspoken cleric, who is famous for his critical views on national matters, condemned what he described as a deteriorating state of affairs under …
Read More »Ukraine likely to face bloody Crimea fight, satellite images show
An analysis of satellite images by Al Jazeera has revealed that Russian forces are fortifying the Crimean peninsula in anticipation of a Ukrainian attempt to recapture it. Experts say that those defences are likely to make any such effort difficult and bloody. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, eight years before …
Read More »When Mounties Pose as Mobsters, Some Canadians Cry Foul
The police were hot on his trail for two murders and when pressured by the leader of his new gang to explain what he’d done, Trestan Brown confided in her. He figured he could trust her. She was, after all, a fellow criminal. “Be up front with me and I’ll …
Read More »At least 44 killed in Burkina Faso attacks | CNN
CNN — At least 44 civilians were killed in two separate attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso, authorities there said. A local governor, Rodolphe Sorgho, blamed terrorists for the “despicable and barbaic” attacks, without naming a specific group. In a statement Sorgho gave his “sincere condolences to the grieving …
Read More »Wayo man – Keyamo knocks Obi again over ‘leaked audio’ with Oyedepo
This comes exactly a week after the audio conversation purportedly between the former Anambra State governor and the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners’ Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo, surfaced online. The audio captured voices similar to Obi and Oyedepo as the duo discussed how to rally Christian voters …
Read More »Can Lula save the Amazon?
Video Duration 28 minutes 00 seconds 28:00 Deforestation in Brazil is threatening the future of the world’s biggest rainforest. When Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned to power in January, he promised to end deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Logging and desertification surged to a 15-year high under his predecessor, …
Read More »Overlooked No More: Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created a Treatment for Leprosy
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. On New Year’s Day in 1922, a scientific paper in an obscure medical journal described a drug that would help revolutionize the treatment of leprosy in Hawaii …
Read More »China military rehearses ‘encircling’ Taiwan after US Speaker visit | CNN
Taipei CNN — China has started three days of military exercises around Taiwan after the island’s president met the US House Speaker in defiance of repeated threats by Beijing. The exercises, dubbed “United Sharp Sword,” have been denounced by Taiwan. China sees Taiwan as its own territory and has not …
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