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Emmanuel Macron inaugurated for second five-year term as French president
Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated for a second term on Saturday after his triumph in the recently concluded French presidential elections. He promised first...
U.S. Pres. Biden appoints first black White House press secretary
U.S. President Joe Biden has named Karine Jean-Pierre as the White House press secretary, the first black person to hold the high-profile post....
Nigeria must be recognized as an important partner in Africa, say UK MPs
By Femi Soneye The UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee has described Nigeria as the “forefront of change” in Africa in its new report, Lagos...
Powerful explosion at Afghanistan Mosque kills at least 10 people
At least 10 people were killed after a blast ripped through a mosque in Kabul on Friday, amid a string of similar attacks...
French election: Macron set to defeat far-right Le Pen
French President Emmanuel Macron was on course Sunday to win a second term by defeating far-right leader Marine Le Pen in presidential elections,...
Passenger arrested for masturbating four times during a 4 hour flight
A passenger on a flight from Seattle to Phoenix, Arizona is facing US federal charges for pulling down his underwear and masturbating at...
Russia-Ukraine war: World Bank Group President, Malpass, announces $1.5bn for Ukraine’s essential services
``The bank would work closely with governments and the private across the world to `` win the battles against the multiple crises’’
Oil prices fall below $100 a barrel after IEA release
Oil prices dropped on Friday, falling below $100 a barrel, as China, the International Energy Agency IEA. co-ordinated a second release from its emergency...
DHL plane splits in two after crash-landing at airport
A DHL cargo plane carrying mail and packages broke in two during an emergency landing in Costa Rica, Per Second News gathered....
Ex-President bags life sentence for murder of his predecessor
Sankara was assassinated in the West African nation’s capital, Ouagadougou, in 1987 at the age of 37, four years after he took power...
Tigers kill at least 300 people in India in three years
No fewer than 300 people in India have been killed in tiger attacks in the past three years, Persecondnews.com gathered. India’s Junior environment minister...
Russia-Ukraine war: Biden calls for Putin’s overthrow
U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday called for Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s removal, saying, “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.”...
Angry Russian troops ran over their own commander
A Russian commander was run over by mutinous forces during the fighting in Ukraine, in a sign of what they described as the...
Just in: West African Court orders suspension of sanctions imposed on Mali
Ahead of the ECOWAS Extraordinary summit in Ghana on Friday, a West African Court has ordered the suspension of some punitive sanctions imposed...
BREAKING NEWS: Russian journalist Oksana Baulina, killed while reporting on shelling in Kyiv
A Russian journalist working for an investigative news website was killed by shelling in Kyiv on Wednesday, while covering the fallout of Moscow’s...
Former Trump adviser Manafort removed from plane bound for Dubai for using revoked passport
Former Trump adviser Paul Manafort was removed from a plane at Miami International Airport before it took off for Dubai because he was...
