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Russian football clubs and national teams have been suspended from all competitions by Fifa and Uefa after the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The world and European football governing bodies said they would be banned “until further notice”. It means the Russian men’s team will not play their World Cup play-off …

A former Miss Ukraine “has taken up arms” to fight against the Russian invasion and says “anyone crossing the border will be killed”. Anastasia Lenna, Ukraine’s 2015 representative in the Miss Grand International beauty contest, shared a post on social media showing herself armed up and ready to defend her …

The government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has extended the temporary travel restriction on non-Ghanaians travellers from South Korea. The Ministry in December 2021 placed a travel ban on travellers from Malta, South Korea, and Israel in the wake of the threat posed by COVID-19 infections. That of …

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the churchman’s death marked “another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans”. He said Archbishop Tutu had helped bequeath “a …

Pfizer Inc has said the final analysis of its antiviral COVID-19 pill showed close to 90 percent efficacy in preventing hospitalisations and deaths in high-risk patients with recent lab data suggesting the drug retains its effectiveness against the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The US drugmaker’s remarks came on …

A middle-aged man, simply identified as Odion, has died after his wife, Becky, poured a substance suspected to be acid on him during a brawl in Benin City, Edo State. The unfortunate incident occurred on Sunday night, November 14, at their residence in St. Saviour road. According to Standard Gazette, …

Celebrated every 10 November, World Science Day for Peace and Development highlights the significant role of science in society and the need to involve the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues. It also underlines the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives. By linking science more …

Members of Sudan’s transitional government and other civilian leaders have been arrested amid reports of a military coup. Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok is among those reported to have been put under house arrest by unidentified soldiers. The army has not commented, but pro-democracy groups urged street protests. Military and civilian …

Some 216,000 children – mostly boys – have been sexually abused by clergy in the French Catholic Church since 1950, a damning new inquiry has found. The head of the inquiry said there were at least 2,900-3,200 abusers, and accused the Church of showing a “cruel indifference towards the victims”. …

WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook have all gone down in a major software update. The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure – all have completely stopped working. Other products that are part of the same family of apps, such as Facebook Workplace, also stopped …