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By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Fourteen people have been killed in a plane crash during bad weather in the Brazilian Amazon on Saturday. The small propeller plane was nearing the end of its 400km (248 mile) trip between Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, and the remote jungle town of Barcelos when it went down. Officials said all those on ...

Image caption, Nigeria’s erratic power grid forces households and businesses to use diesel and petrol generators A “total system collapse” caused widespread power cuts across Nigeria on Thursday. Early in the morning, levels of power generated in Africa’s most populous country fell to zero megawatts. Connections were gradually restored throughout the day. Grid power supplies are often erratic in Nigeria, located ...

By:FRANCE 24 A global effort to assist stricken Libya gathered pace Thursday after a tsunami-like flood killed nearly 4,000 people and left thousands missing. The mobilisation comes after the mayor of the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna said the death toll in the stricken city could reach 20,000.  The Mediterranean city of Derna was hit by a huge wave of ...

Source:https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66795168 France has ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12 for emitting too much electromagnetic radiation. On Tuesday, the French watchdog which governs radio frequencies also told the tech giant to fix existing phones. The ANFR has advised Apple that if it cannot resolve the issue via a software update, it must recall every iPhone 12 ever sold in ...

By: Natalia Ningthoujam Medically Reviewed by Aishwarya Raj Know how to spot fake friends and keep them at a distance. Image courtesy: Adobe Stock Some people are friends with you because they gain something from the relationship. Look for signs of fake friends and know how to deal with them.Families play a key role in the lives of many people. ...

By Shamoon Hafez BBC Sport Everton have picked up just one point from their opening four Premier League games this season Premier League strugglers Everton are close to being sold to Miami-based investment firm 777 Partners. The financially-stricken Toffees resumed discussions with the American company after talks with MSP Sports Capital collapsed in August. The takeover will bring to an end the ...

It is estimated that 25% of Derna has been wiped out By Lucy Fleming BBC News The death toll from floods in Libya in one city alone stands at more than 1,000, a senior official who visited the eastern port of Derna has said. “Bodies are lying everywhere,” the minister from the eastern-based government told Reuters news agency. Much of ...

By Alice Cuddy, in the Atlas Mountains BBC News Tayeb ait Ighenbaz was forced to choose whether to save his 11-year-old son or his parents when they became trapped under rubble after Morocco’s earthquake struck. The goat herder from a tiny community in the Atlas Mountains says he is haunted by the decision he had to make. Tayeb was with ...

By Nereah Obimbo Granted, you likely know a thing or six about sex. Yet, while each person and each couple is different, certain pitfalls appear to crop up among men. Here are some common mistakes men make during sex that inadvertently diminish the quality of their sexual encounters. Hopefully making the necessary changes leads to more fulfilling experiences for all ...

Watch: Piles of rubble are left in the street in Marrakesh after the disaster By Laurence Peter & Alex Kleiderman BBC News A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has struck central Morocco, killing at least 632 people, the country’s interior ministry says. The epicentre was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) south-west of Marrakesh, at a depth of ...