Man arrested after car crashes into Buckingham Palace gates

Royal Palaces stock – London/PA Archive Evening Standard By George Lithgow A man has been arrested after a car crashed into the gates of Buckingham Palace. The driver was seen on his knees as police shouted “keep your hands on your head!” during the early morning incident. Neighbours heard a loud bang around 2.30am on

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Romance Tourism: Exploring the Allure of Love Within African Borders

White female and African male stroll beach. Source: Standard Media By The African Exponent Romantic tourism, also referred to as love tourism or relationship tourism, has grown in popularity amongst world travellers seeking romantic encounters, love or marriage while exploring new destinations. Authors Deborah Pruitt and Suzanne LaFont first introduced the term’ romance tourism’ in

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Museveni prepares for 7th term as opposition leaders maul each other

By The East African Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, who is also the chairman of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), recently launched the update of the party’s voters’ register, sending a strong signal that he will be seeking a seventh term in 2026. The president renewed his party membership and signed the dummy register to

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Joshua demolishes Ngannou with second-round knockout

Boxing – Anthony Joshua v Francis Ngannou – Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – March 9, 2024 Anthony Joshua knocks down Francis Ngannou. Photographer Andrew Couldridge By Reuters Former heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua floored Francis Ngannou three times in two rounds at Riyadh’s Kingdom Arena on Saturday in a knockout win that put him

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Somalia plane crashed at Jowhar airport

Various details are emerging from the damage caused by the plane crash that happened recently at Jowhar airport in the Hir Shabelle administration, the reports say that the airport was hit by a cargo plane, which was carrying the African Union forces in Jowhar. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? Read: Somalia’s corruption is

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US Senate passes 6 government funding bills hours before shutdown deadline

By Anadolu Agency The US Senate narrowly avoided a partial government shutdown by passing a comprehensive six-bill package aimed at funding federal programs through September. With Congress’s approval and President Joe Biden’s impending signature, preparations for a shutdown have been halted, ensuring federal agencies continue uninterrupted operations, according to the White House. The Senate approved

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Chinese medical team helps Ghanaian hospital improve radiology services

Du Yushan (R), leader of the 12th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ghana, checks a machine at LEKMA Hospital in Accra, Ghana, on March 4, 2024. (Photo by Seth/Xinhua) By Xinhua News Agency The 12th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ghana has helped a Ghanaian hospital improve its radiology services over

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$3.8M awarded to grandma after SWAT team used Find My iPhone App to wrongly raid her home

Ruby Johnson’s home was wrongly raided by a SWAT team — Photo via Denver Police Department By Face2Face Africa ADenver jury on Friday awarded $3.76 million to a 78-year-old grandmother whose home was wrongly searched and damaged by a SWAT team investigating a car theft case. According to The Associated Press, the jury ruling in

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Turkey struggles to stop violence against women. At least 71 have been killed this year

Fidan Ataselim, general secretary of We Will Stop Femicides Platform or WWSF, walks on the street following an interview with the Associated Press in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. At least 403 women were killed in Turkey last year, most of them by current or former spouses and other men close to them, according

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Senegal schedules presidential election for March 24

Senegal’s President Macky Sall in Brussels, Belgium October 25, 2023. Photographer Johanna Geron/File Photo By Reuters Senegalese President Macky Sall has scheduled a delayed presidential election for March 24, the government said on Wednesday after a top court ruled that a proposal to hold the vote after his mandate expires on April 2 was unconstitutional.

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