Paraguay investigates mass prison escape in Pedro Juan Cabal …

By Frank Aboagye Jackson January 19, 2020 9 No comment

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Seventy-five prisoners have escaped from a jail in eastern Paraguay near the border with Brazil, officials say. Authorities suspect they were allowed to walk free through the main gates by jail guards. A tunnel has been discovered but officials say this could be a cover-up for the operation. Read More

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Czech fire: Eight killed at disabled people’s home

By Frank Aboagye Jackson January 19, 2020 5 0

At least eight people have been killed after a fire broke out at a disabled people’s home in the Czech Republic. Thirty others were injured in the incident in the western town of Vejprty, on the border with Germany. The cause of the fire is unclear. German rescuers had joined Czech crews, local officials said, […]Read More

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Harry and Meghan: PM says the country wishes them well for t …

By Frank Aboagye Jackson January 19, 2020 5 0

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the whole country will want to wish the Duke and Duchess of Sussex well for the future as they give up royal duties. It came as the Queen went to church near Sandringham in her first public appearance since it was announced the couple were giving up their HRH titles. […]Read More

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Libya Civil War: UN Envoy Salamé Says Foreign Intervention …

By Frank Aboagye Jackson January 18, 2020 40 0

The UN’s Libya envoy Ghassan Salamé has called on foreign powers to stop interfering in Libya’s civil war. On the eve of peace talks in Berlin, Mr Salamé said foreign support of proxy groups in the conflict had created a “vicious cycle” of violence. But Mr Salamé told the BBC that he was optimistic about […]Read More

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Trump Impeachment: House Lawmakers Appointed To Prosecute Ca …

By Frank Aboagye Jackson January 15, 2020 126 0

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named the lawmakers who will prosecute the impeachment case against President Donald Trump. She appeared at a news conference with the “managers”, including Adam Schiff and Jerrold Nadler, heads of the House intelligence and judiciary committees. The House will vote later on Wednesday to send the impeachment Read More

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Flights delayed, cancelled as flooding wreaks havoc at Dubai …

By Frank Aboagye Jackson January 14, 2020 459 0

The Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the world’s third busiest airport, has had to deal with delayed, diverted and canceled flights as heavy rains have led to intense flooding. The famous and expansive airport is scrambling to cope with the extreme weather, and working round the clock to get its operations […]Read More

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Iran Nuclear Deal: European Powers Triggered Dispute Mechani …

By Frank Aboagye Jackson January 14, 2020 41 0

European powers have triggered a dispute mechanism over the nuclear deal with Iran, after the country took a further step back from its commitments. Iran has suspended all limits on its production of enriched uranium, which can be used to make reactor fuel but also nuclear weapons. It has said it is responding to sanctions […]Read More

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Ugandan Imam Who ‘Married Man Suspended’

By Richard Obeng Bediako January 13, 2020 389 0

A Ugandan imam who married a man thinking she was a woman has been suspended from his post, the Daily Monitor newspaper reports. Sheikh Mohammed Mutumba was shocked to discover some two weeks into his marriage that his hijab-wearing wife Swabullah Nabukeera was a man named Richard Tumushabe, the newspaper reports. The discovery was made […]Read More

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Retired Pope Benedict Warns Francis Against Relaxing Priestl …

By Frank Aboagye Jackson January 13, 2020 124 0

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has issued a defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church as his successor considers easing a ban on married men serving as priests. Pope Benedict made the appeal in a book co-authored with Cardinal Robert Sarah. It comes in response to a proposal to allow married men to be ordained […]Read More

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Heavy Rains, Snowfall Leave Dozens Dead In Pakistan, Afghani …

By Frank Aboagye Jackson January 13, 2020 23 0

Severe winter weather has struck parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, with heavy snowfall, rains and flash floods that killed at least 43 people, officials said as authorities struggled to clear and reopen highways and evacuate people to safer places. In Pakistan, where 25 people were reported killed, the southwestern Balochistan province was the worst affected. Imran Read More