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Xi Jinping has been endorsed for a momentous third term as the president of China by the country’s parliament. The 69-year-old secured the precedent-breaking five-year term during a parliament session on Friday. He received unanimous…

Several people have been killed in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses centre in Hamburg, with the gunman believed to be among the dead, German police said Thursday. Police have not given a death toll, but multiple local media outlets…

President Joe Biden of the United States said, on Thursday, that Washington D.C. was nominating former Mastercard chief executive Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, after its current chief David Malpass announced plans to step down early.…

Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is not a human right and the country therefore does not have to recognise such unions, according to a judgement published Wednesday, AFP reports. AFP said that the court had been…

The Nigerian government has donated $1 million to the Turkish government over the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey about three weeks ago, Vanguard reports.  Vanguard claimed that a delegation of President Muhammadu Buhari-led by…

The body of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary and charismatic leader, Thomas Sankara, has been reburied alongside 12 comrades at the spot of their assassination nearly 30 years ago. Former leader’s remains, and those of the 12 people who were…

The Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA), a group of 25 provinces of the Anglican Communion, has announced its split from the Church of England. In a statement, on Monday, the GSFA said it no longer recognises Justin…

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday, ordered a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine on Orthodox Christmas, celebrated this week by both countries, according to the Kremlin. This is the first time Russia introduced a full ceasefire…

A psychic, Craig Hamilton-Parker, has warned of ‘difficult times ahead’ in 2023, predicting global food shortages, a revolution in China and a tragic accident within the royal family. Craig Hamilton-Parker, known as the ‘new…

Anthonia Duru Former leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, is dead. The former leader died aged 95 died almost a decade after he resigned following his health. Benedict was the first to resign since Pope Gregory…