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On Wednesday, nurses throughout England started two days of walkouts over salary, causing more disruptions for patients in the ailing public health system as recent data revealed that inflation was still on the rise. After nurses staged their union’s first stoppage in more than a century last month, leading a wave of industrial action by […]
Rio Ferdinand, a former captain of Manchester United, has claimed that Casemiro, the defensive midfielder for the Red Devils, is better than Arsenal’s Thomas Partey. Using statistics as a major differentiator between the key players, Ferdinand insisted that the Ghanaian is far behind the Brazilian. Partey isn’t a strong enough defensive player in my opinion […]
At Chatham House in the UK, Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi discussed his ideas for Nigeria should he be elected president the following month.
At least five people are dead and eight are missing after a chemical plant explosion in China, according to official media on Monday. State broadcaster CCTV stated that the explosion occurred on Sunday afternoon at a plant in Panshan County, northeastern Liaoning province, and that the fire at the building was under control. Two people […]
Firefighters reported that 19 people were murdered on Monday, eight days after 40 people were killed in a collision involving two buses in northern Senegal. According to experts, inadequate roads, outdated cars, and driver error are the main causes of Senegal’s frequent traffic accidents. After two buses collided early on January 8 in the central […]
Sunday in Saudi Arabia, Barcelona easily defeated Real Madrid 3-1 to claim the Spanish Super Cup, their first victory under head coach Xavi Hernandez. The Catalans put up one of their best displays in years against their fierce Clasico opponents, Gavi, a young player who scored himself and assisted goals for Robert Lewandowski and Pedri […]
After declining a new contract offer, Francis Ngannou, the UFC heavyweight champion, had his title and contract terminated. The association’s president, Dana White, announced this and expressed displeasure that Ngannou had declined a lucrative offer that would have made him the highest-paid heavyweight of all time. “We offered Ngannou a deal that would make him […]
The 30-year quest for Italy’s most wanted fugitive came to an end on Monday when anti-mafia police in Italy apprehended Sicilian godfather Matteo Messina Denaro. Messina Denaro, 60, was a key player in Cosa Nostra, the actual Sicilian crime syndicate that inspired the Godfather films. He was a trigger man who allegedly once boasted […]
FIFA chief Gianni Infantino came under fire over a photo call at the Brazilian legend Pele’s wake. Infantino took a selfie with some of Pele’s old teammates on Monday right beside the open coffin of the three-time World Cup winner. The Swiss said he took the photo as Pele’s friends seemed unable to […]
Almost 3 years since the first outbreak of COVID which started in Wuhan, reports emerging from the Chinese state Media indicates that more than 800,000 people have gone into lockdown in the city of Wuhan, China. Chinese cities from Wuhan in central China to Xining in the north-west are doubling down on Covid-19 curbs, sealing up […]
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