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After winning the 2022 World Cup final, Lionel Messi has surpassed Lothar Matthäus (Germany) for the record of most FIFA...

S Africa’s ANC gathers to vote on new leader

Delegates of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has gathered on Sunday to choose a new party leader, pitting...

Biden admin reverses decades-old decision to revoke security clearance of Robert Oppenheimer

The Biden administration has reversed a decades-old decision to revoke the security clearance of Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist called the...

Virginia bans TikTok, WeChat on state devices

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is following in the footsteps of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and banning TikTok for some government...

Pentagon Deputy Director Scott Bray shows UFO video at first hearing in decades

The deputy director of naval intelligence briefs Congress during the first hearing on UFOs in decades. A new Pentagon office...

Biden administration begins plan to refill US emergency oil services

The Biden administration is making good on a plan to replenish the nation’s emergency oil reserves, starting with a 3-million-barrel...

Saudi Arabia condemns attack on UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon

Saudi Arabia on Friday condemned the attack on a UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, the official Saudi Press Agency...

Iran arrests prominent actor after voicing support for protest movement

Iran arrested a prominent actor Saturday after she voiced support for the three month old protest movement triggered by the...

France, Morocco resolve visa tensions after World Cup clash

France’s foreign minister Catherine Colonna said Paris has restored normal consular relations with Morocco following a year-long dispute linked to...

Gambia rebuts Mayor Lowe, explains funding of KMC, BCC Projects

The Gambia government has explained the funding modalities of the new headquarters, Town Halls and allied facilities of the Banjul...

US government selects Gambia for MCC grant

The Gambia has been selected for the Millennium Challenge Corporation grant. According to a release from the US Embassy in...

EU warns Elon Musk of sanctions against Twitter following suspension of journalists

The European Union on Friday warned Elon Musk that Twitter could be subject to sanctions under a future media law...

Japan reveals biggest military build-up since WW II

Japan on Friday unveiled its biggest military build-up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will buy...

Twitter suspends journalists covering Musk, company

Twitter on Thursday suspended several journalists who have been covering owner Elon Musk and his tumultuous ownership of the social...

World Bank lowers Nigeria’s growth forecast to 3.1%

The World Bank has cut Nigeria’s 2022 growth forecast to 3.1% from a previous forecast of 3.8%. In its latest...

“Allegation leveled against my administration spurious” — Banjul Mayor Malick Lowe

The Mayor of Banjul, Malick Lowe, has strongly condemned the allegation leveled against her administration. Lowe expressed her displeasure via...

Elon Musk fuels concerns among Tesla investors by selling additional $3.6B stock

Elon Musk further fueled concerns among Tesla investors by selling another $3.6 billion of his stock in the electric car...

Former president Donald Trump files lawsuit against Pulitzer Prize Board

Former president Donald Trump reportedly has filed a lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board. In the suit, the 45th president...

German tennis legend Boris Becker returns to Germany after serving 8 months in UK prison

German tennis legend Boris Becker has returned to Germany after serving eight months in prison in Britain, his lawyer said...

US firms pledge billions in African investment

U.S. President Joe Biden has announced an additional $15 billion in new investments for Africa as part of his administration's...

Head of South Africa’s troubled power company, Eskom, quits

South African state power utility's chief executive André de Ruyter has resigned, the country's government-owned public broadcaster SABC and local...

NASA-led international satellite mission to conduct comprehensive global water survey

A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from Southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science...

Authorities find Biden-branded cocaine in NYC bust

Authorities say a hidden trap compartment in the rear passenger cabin of a Queens' man 's car included six kilogram-sized...

Huge fire tears through NYPD warehouse destroying evidence

A huge fire tore through a waterfront warehouse in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning that the NYPD uses as an auto...

US’s $55 bln to Africa ahead of summit

The White House has said ahead of the US-Africa Leaders summit that it was pledging $55 billion in economic, health,...

Religious, local leaders attend community human rights breakfast in Rockland

Over one hundred non-profit, religious and local leaders attended the community human rights breakfast organised by County Executive Ed Day...

Drug stores across NYC struggle to keep children’s Tylenol, other medicines amid tripledemic

Drug stores across New York City are struggling to keep Children’s Tylenol and other medicines on their shelves as a...

Remains of soccer journalist Wahl arrives in US as second journalist dies covering World Cup

The remains of soccer journalist Grant Wahl arrived back in the United States on Monday after he died last week...

Twitter owner Musk disbands platform’s Trust and Safety Council

Twitter owner Elon Musk on Monday disbanded the platform’s Trust and Safety Council, an advisory body of about 100 independent...

Africa Institute based in Sharjah announces meet covering Indian Ocean region

The Africa Institute based in Sharjah has announced the Indian Ocean region to be the third edition of its ‘country-focused...

US court begins hearing testimony from Venezuelan officials on diplomatic status of Alex Saab

A US court on Monday began hearing testimony from Venezuelan officials on the diplomatic status of Alex Saab, an ally...

Iran sanctions heads of UK domestic spy agency, other German political figures

Iran on Monday sanctioned the heads of the UK’s domestic spy agency and military along with British and German political...

South Africa’s Aspen gets $30 mln grant to make vaccines

Aspen Pharmacare APNJ.J has wrapped up pacts to secure funding of $30 million from the Gates Foundation and the Coalition...

GPF joins KOTU SNR Secondary School to Commemorate Human Rights Day

The Gambia Police Force joined Human Rights Club of Kotu Senior Secondary School to celebrate Human Rights Day. The theme...

US president Biden to announce support for African Union joining G20

President Joe Biden next week has planned to announce U.S. support for the African Union's admission to the G20 group...

NASA Orion capsule on final return leg of voyage around moon

NASA’s uncrewed Orion capsule hurtled through space on Sunday on the final return leg of its voyage around the moon...

Missing South Carolina girl found alive in Virginia, father arrested for murder of mother

A missing 5-year-old South Carolina girl has been found alive in Virginia and her father has been arrested in the...

Elon Musk vows Twitter staffers leaking internal information to media will face legal action

Elon Musk took aim at Twitter staffers leaking internal information to the media, vowing that those who continue to do...

President Barrow urges Gambian youth to acquire skills for “decent livelihood”

The Gambian President, Adama Barrow, has urged the country's youth to capitalise on the opportunities his government provides to acquire...

UAE Public Prosecution announces investigation into private sector CEO

The United Arab Emirate’s Public Prosecution announced Saturday that it is investigating the CEO of a private sector company for...

World Cup 2022: Morocco emerges as first African country to reach tournament’s semifinals

Morocco wrote World Cup history on Saturday night as the first African and Arab country to reach the tournament’s semifinals,...

At least 2 young men at risk of execution in Iran following anti-regime protests

At least two young men arrested during anti-regime protests in Iran are at imminent risk of execution, activists warned on...

Tunisians protest against president a week before parliamentary elections

Hundreds of Tunisians have taken to the streets to protest against President Kais Saied a week before parliamentary elections are...

United States soccer journalist Grant Wahl dies at World Cup

American sportswriter Grant Wahl has died while covering the Netherlands and Argentina World Cup match in Qatar on Friday night....

Italy, Japan, UK to merge projects for new fighter jet by 2035

Japan, Britain and Italy have said they would jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet in a project that held scope...

President Barrow presents eight million Dalasi to 20 women to boost socioeconomic status

The Gambian President, Adama Barrow, has presented over eight million Dalasi to 20 women groups in the West Coast Region....

Ex-NYPD cop sentenced to 25 years to life in abuse death of autistic 8-year-old son

A former NYPD officer has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering...

NYC paramedic says city’s mental health crisis worse than ever

A New York City paramedic says that the city's mental health crisis is worse than he's ever seen it before....

Former “Grey’s Anatomy” writer Elisabeth Finch comes clean about lying about terminal illness