The main event of Australia’s next major UFC event has been confirmed, with Israel Adesanya confirming he will challenge middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis. With dramas circling throughout the promotion over the past week relating to Conor McGregor and Robert Whittaker, there now appears to be some clarity over UFC …
Read More »Newborn buried alive by mother, 23, miraculously survives after spending 6 hours trapped beneath soil
A newborn baby miraculously survived spending six hours beneath soil after being buried alive by her mother. According to reports, the child’s mother, 23, from Uganda, buried her baby in a garden just moments after giving birth with no medical assistance. A case report from January states the …
Read More »First Person: ‘A handful of soil’ – refugee stories from Armenia
Some 100,000 refugees have arrived in Armenia since the end of September and many have received support from the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM). Here are some of their stories. © IOM/Joe Lowry Ophelia Aghajanyan Ophelia Aghajanyan: We are pensioners. My husband, who used to be a soldier, is …
Read More »US soldier Travis King back on American soil after spending months in North Korea detention
American soldier Travis King returned to United States soil on Thursday, September 28, for the first time since being detained by North Korean authorities in July, U.S. officials said. King has been held by North Korean authorities since July 18, when he intentionally crossed into the Demilitarized Zone …
Read More »After 34 years, US says Libyan man who built deadly Lockerbie plane bomb that killed 270 people on Scottish soil now in custody
A Libyan man accused of being involved in making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over the town of Lockerbie, Scotland in December 1988 is now in US custody, authorities in the United States and Scotland have said. Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi was accused along with Al …
Read More »Soil Microbes Derived Products Could Be an Alternative to Expensive Agricultural Fertilizers
Derived from naturally occurring microorganisms, microbial inoculants offer the same benefits as chemical fertilizers while reducing agricultural systems environmental footprint, according to the author. CREDIT: Jorge Luis Baños/IPS Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, usa) Monday, May 09, 2022 Inter Press Service To avert the ongoing fertilizer crisis, farmers in developed …
Read More »Oba of Benin describes Osinbajo as son of the soil, says he admires his eloquence
The Oba made the statement when he received the Vice President at his palace in Benin City, Edo State. Osinbajo visited the monarch to inform him of his intention to run for president in the coming election. Speaking, the Oba of Benin explained that he was supposed to be at …
Read More »95% Lagos houses constructed without soil test – Expert
Olufemi, Director, Applied Research and Technology Innovation (ARTI), Yaba College of Science and Technology (Yabatech), gave the warning during a hybrid 2022 Builders’ Business Conference in Ikeja. The theme for the event was “Effective Building Production Management Services: Integration of Construction Programme of Works and Building Construction Methodology in Building …
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