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By Anthony Zurcher The 2024 election campaign has a new iconic image: Donald Trump, moments after narrowly avoiding serious injury or death from an assassin’s bullets, standing with his fist raised, lines of blood streaked across his face, an American flag billowing in the breeze behind him. “Fight! Fight! Fight!” the former president said, as some of the supporters, who ...

By Sofia Ferreira Santos & Chris Ewokor. At least 18 people have been killed and 30 injured in a series of deadly blasts in Nigeria thought to have been carried out by female suicide bombers. One of the bombings is reported to have killed six people and injured others at a wedding ceremony on Saturday, in the northeastern Borno state. ...

Parliament has unanimously ratified the mining lease granted by the government to Ghana Bauxite Company to mine bauxite at Awaso in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region. This was after a joint Parliamentary Committee of Mines and Energy and Lands and Forestry presented its report to the House on Wednesday. The Awaso bauxite mine forms an ...

A roof at Delhi airport has collapsed after heavy rain, killing one person and injuring several more. Videos online show huge pillars supporting the roof smashing into cars parked along the airport’s Terminal 1. All departures from the terminal have been temporarily suspended and check-in counters have been closed. The incident took place at 05:00 (23:30 GMT Thursday), the authorities ...

By Caitriona Perry, Ana Faguy & Bernd Debusmann Jr, A US couple who died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were walking for over two hours in scorching temperatures before they succumbed to heat stroke, their daughter has told the BBC. Alhaji Alieu Dausy Wurie, 71, and Haja Isatu Wurie, 65, of Bowie, Maryland, were among an estimated 1,300 ...

By Bernd Debusmann Jr, BBC News, Washington Several American Airlines employees have been put on leave for their involvement in an incident in which black passengers were removed from a flight after a complaint about body odour. Three passengers filed a lawsuit against the carrier in May, alleging racial discrimination in the 5 January incident. In a note to employees, ...

June 18, 2024  GNA Accra, June 18. GNA- The Ministry of Health (MoH)has appealed to the Medical Laboratory Professional Workers Union (MELPWU) to reconsider its decision to begin an industrial action from June 17. The Ministry, in a press release issued in Accra and signed by its Public Relations Officer, Mr Issac Offei Baah, appealed to the Union to exercise patience ...

By Imogen Foulkes, BBC Geneva Correspondent Four members of the UK’s richest family are on trial in Switzerland amid allegations they spent more money caring for their dog than their servants.  The Hinduja family, worth an estimated £37bn ($47bn), is accused of exploitation and human trafficking. The family own a villa in Geneva’s wealthy neighbourhood of Cologny, and the charges against them ...

Dan has been described as the “perfect man” who has “no flaws”.He is successful, kind, provides emotional support, always knows just what to say and is available 24/7.The only catch?He’s not real.Dan – which stands for Do Anything Now – is a “jailbreak” version of ChatGPT. This means it can bypass some of the basic safeguards put in place by ...

By Wedaeli Chibelushi, BBC News, London • Peter Jegwa, BBC News, Lilongwe The wreck of a plane carrying Malawi’s vice-president has been found with no survivors, President Lazarus Chakwera has said. Saulos Chilima and nine others were flying within the country on Monday morning when their aircraft disappeared from airport radars. The plane, a military aircraft, was flying in bad weather.  Soldiers had been searching ...