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Polls open in Tanzania as ruling party seeks to extend decades in power On Wednesday, President Samia Suluhu Hassan faces voters in Tanzania against 16 opposition candidates from smaller parties after major rivals were barred. The commission’s disqualifications followed...

Dutch National Filmed Spitting Mucus at Police Officer in Diani, kenya A disturbing video has emerged showing a Dutch national insulting and throwing mucus at a police officer while in custody at Diani Police Station. The man, identified as Elwin Ter...

Elon Musk launches Grokipedia to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, a crowdsourced online encyclopedia that the billionaire seeks to position as a rival to Wikipedia. Writing on social media, Musk said that Grokipedia.com is “now live”...

New danger for hurricane-hit Jamaica: wandering crocodiles Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaican health authorities on Tuesday urged residents across the island to be vigilant for crocodiles displaced by Hurricane Melissa. "Rising water levels in rivers, gullies, and swamps could cause crocodiles to move into residential...

Tourist aircraft crash in Kenya claims all 11 lives on board. A plane crash near Kenya's coast has killed 10 Europeans and a local pilot, an airline company has said. The aircraft was flying from the popular beach resort of Diani...

Power outage hits Zimbabwe Parliament as Mnangagwa delivers SONA in the dark. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivered the final 10 minutes of his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in near darkness on Tuesday afternoon after a sudden power outage...

At least 20 killed in Rio de Janeiro police raid just days before COP30 climate summit events.  At least 20 people, including two police officers, were killed in a large-scale operation against organised crime in Rio de Janeiro on Oct...

Lee prepares for tense diplomatic talks with Trump ahead of pivotal APEC summit. President Lee Jae Myung faces high-stakes diplomacy as he hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gathering this week in Gyeongju, with bilateral summit talks with U.S....

Wreckage of missing plane found between Canada and Greenland; all on board confirmed dead. Authorities locate crash site after search hampered by poor weather HAMILTON, Canada: Danish air traffic agency Naviair on Monday confirmed that a small aircraft that went missing...

Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica, poised to become the island’s most powerful storm on record. Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. At that strength, it...