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NFL star Tom Brady, supermodel Gisele Bundchen confirm divorce
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» LOS ANGELES - NFL star Tom Brady and Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen announced Friday they were divorcing after 13 years of marriage.
Nigeria beefs up security after US, UK 'terror' warning
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» ABUJA - Nigeria on Friday said it had beefed up security and called for the public to be vigilant but calm after the United States and Britain warned of a high "terror" threat in the capital Abuja.
Kenya charges police with crimes against humanity over 2017 violence
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» NAIROBI - In a landmark decision, Kenyan prosecutors said on Friday they would charge police officers with crimes against humanity over a deadly crackdown on post-election protests in 2017.
Trump: Twitter ‘now in sane hands’
Published on 28/10/2022
» Former US president Donald Trump on Friday hailed the sale of Twitter to tech billionaire Elon Musk, saying he was pleased it was “now in sane hands”.
Dissident Russian writer vows to keep speaking out
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» FRANKFURT: Dissident Russian writer Dmitry Glukhovsky insists he will not stop speaking out against Moscow, despite facing years in jail after being charged over criticism of the war in Ukraine.
UK govt expected to call N. Ireland poll
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» BELFAST: The British government was on Friday expected to call the second election this year in Northern Ireland after UK and regional lawmakers failed to resolve a standoff over post-Brexit trade rules.
Police gun welfare scheme frozen
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/10/2022
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) will postpone indefinitely its gun welfare scheme in order to prevent unscrupulous officers from selling guns online.
Moscow says movement of Kherson civilians complete
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Moscow has announced the end of the movement of civilians within occupied Kherson, organised by Russia-installed authorities in the southern Ukrainian region in the face of a counter-offensive from Kyiv.
Take your pick: Aye-aye joins ranks of snot-eaters
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» PARIS - When scientists caught the aye-aye on video using its strangely thin, eight-centimetre-long middle finger to deeply pick its nose, it pointed towards a larger mystery: why exactly do some animals eat their own snot?
At least 42 killed as storm lashes southern Philippines
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» COTABATO (PHILIPPINES) - Landslides and flooding killed at least 42 people as heavy rain from an approaching storm lashed the southern Philippines, a disaster official said Friday.