Category: Foreign

Man slits open pregnant wife’s belly to check baby’s gender

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  Pannalal, a 43- year-old Indian father of five girls, sliced open his pregnant wife’s stomach hoping to confirm she was having a boy. He attacked his wife, Anita Devi, on Saturday night at their home in UP’s Budaun district, leaving her in a pool of blood. Anita’s family told investigators that the husband attacked and cut open her stomach to “know the gender” of the child. Though the baby in the womb was unhurt, Anita’s condition deteriorated due to severe damage to her insides and excessive bleeding. The woman…

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Cardi B Files For Divorce From Offset After 3 Years Of Marriage

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After three years of marriage, American rapper,Cardi B, has had enough of her rapper husband Offset, as the “WAP” rapper has filed for divorce. Cardi B (née Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar), 27, on Tuesday filed for divorce at an Atlanta courthouse, reportedly after finding out that Offset, 28, had been unfaithful yet again. According to the court documents, Cardi B is seeking primary physical custody as well as legal custody of their 2-year-old daughter, Kulture. She also wants Offset to pay child support. It was revealed that the couple are currently separated. The pairs’…

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Lawmakers move to consider reparations for slavery in California

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Following the latest shooting of a Black man by police, California lawmakers are setting up a task force to study and make recommendations for reparations to African Americans, particularly the descendants of slaves, as the nation struggles again with civil rights and unrest. The state Senate supported creating the nine-member commission on a bipartisan 33-3 vote Saturday. The measure returns to the Assembly for a final vote before lawmakers adjourn for the year on Monday, though Assembly members overwhelmingly already approved an earlier version of the bill. “Let’s be clear:…

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Black Panther star, Chadwick Boseman, dies of colon cancer

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‌ Chadwick Boseman, star of the ground-breaking superhero movie “Black Panther,” has died from colon cancer. This was made known via his verified Twitter handle @chadwickboseman. The tweet reads: As also reported by the AFP, Boseman, who was in his 40s, had not publicly discussed his condition — which was first diagnosed in 2016 — and continued to work on major Hollywood films. “It was the honor of his career to bring King T’Challa to life in Black Panther,” said a statement posted to Boseman’s social media accounts. “He died…

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Man mauled to death by lions in front of his wife

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A South African man, West Mathewson has been mauled to death by two white lions while his wife watched on “helplessly,” says police in northern Limpopo province. Mathewson, 69 was killed by two of his lions during a walk on Wednesday morning around the game lodge that he operates, police said. When police and emergency services arrived Mathewson was dead with multiple injuries. West Mathewson was mauled by two white lions at his game reserve in South Africa. “The deceased used to walk about with these lions on the game…

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Covid-19: Usain Bolt quarantines after virus test as global deaths pass 800,000

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World’s fastest man, sprint king Usain Bolt, has announced Monday that he is self-quarantining after being tested for COVID-19, as countries around the world again tightened lockdown measures. Bolt, who did not confirm if he had received a result, spoke as governments around the world are tightening lockdowns once more, with well over 24 million people infected globally, 800,000 killed, and a vaccine still elusive. His announcement also came as researchers in Hong Kong identified what they said was the first confirmed case worldwide of COVID-19 reinfection, raising questions about…

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Malian President, Ibrahim Keita resigns after military coup

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‌ Malian President, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday, said he was resigning to avoid “bloodshed”, hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that followed a months-long political crisis in the West African nation. The government has also been struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency that first emerged in 2012 and has claimed thousands of lives Taking advantage of the crisis in the country, rebel soldiers moved against the government, detained the president and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on Tuesday afternoon and drove the pair to a military base…

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Pope Prays For peace and security in Nigeria

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Roman Catholic’s Pope Francis has prayed for the victims of insecurity and for peace in troubled parts of Nigeria. The Pope said in his Angelus address broadcast via his official Twitter handle @Pontifex. He said, “Let us also seek intercession for all the situations in the world that are most in need of hope: hope for peace, for justice, hope for a dignified life. “Today I would like to pray in particular for the population of the northern region of Nigeria, victims of violence and terrorist attacks.” Pope Francis said…

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Ghana: We gave Nigerians enough time before we locked their shops

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The allegations by the Nigerian Traders Union in Ghana, that shops belonging to Nigerians in Accra were locked up by Ghanaian authorities who demanded evidence of their Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC) registration, has generated a response from the country. The Nigerian Traders alleged victimization by the Ghanaian authorities and call on the Nigerian government to intervene. Ghana had requested that a requirement for GIPC registration is $1 million minimum foreign equity, while registration fee is 31,500 cedis. Countering the allegations of insensitivity alleged by the Nigerian Traders, Boakye Boateng,…

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US former envoy, Walter Carrington dies at age 90

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Former United States ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington is dead. In a statement by his wife, Arese, “It is with a heavy and broken heart but with gratitude to God for his life of selfless humanity that I announce the passing of my beloved husband Walter Carrington, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and Senegal. “He passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones at the age of 90 years old on Tuesday, August 11th, 2020. “Further announcements will be made shortly. Walter was a loving husband, father, grandfather, cousin, uncle, friend…

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