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The World Health Organisation(WHO) revealed in a report on Tuesday that one in six people worldwide is affected by infertility and there is inadequate access to affordable care for this issue. Infertility, which affects men and women, is a reproductive condition defined by the failure to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months or more of […]
Malaysia’s parliament on Monday voted to end the country’s far-reaching mandatory death sentences, potentially sparing more than 1,300 prisoners on death row. The country will embark to ratify legal to trim the number of offenses punishable by death and abolish natural-life prison sentences, a move cautiously welcomed by rights groups, Reuters said. Malaysia has had […]
Two people drowned and another was missing at sea after a fishing boat with 10 crew members on board sank along Spain’s northern coast on Monday, regional authorities said. The seven other crew members were rescued from the Santander-based Vilaboa Uno, which went down at dawn six nautical miles from the Cantabrian coast after taking […]
Finland’s flag will be hoisted outside NATO headquarters on Tuesday when it becomes the newest member of the Western alliance, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. “Tomorrow we will welcome Finland as the 31st member,” Stoltenberg told reporters on the eve of a historic meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s […]
At least eight devotees were killed and around a dozen rescued on Thursday after about 25 people fell into a well at a Hindu temple in India, police said. The worshippers plunged into the stepwell – a stair-lined communal water source – after the floor covering it collapsed in the central city of Indore. “We […]
Former Nigerian Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and a medical “middleman” have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, which saw them bring a 21-year-old man to the UK from Lagos. Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and Dr. Obinna Obeta, 50, were convicted of conspiring to exploit the man for his kidney, […]
At least 11 people died and ten more remained trapped following a coal mine explosion in central Colombia, the governor of the Cundinamarca department said on Wednesday. The accident in the municipality of Sutatausa occurred due to an accumulation of gases that exploded after a worker’s tool caused a spark, Governor Nicolas Garcia told Blu […]
Real Madrid and Belgian Super star, Eden Hazard has spoken about his disappointment on having very little or no game-playing time for his football club. Making his move to the Spanish giant at the capital a painful experience. The Real Madrid winger revealed that he and coach Carlo Ancelotti “don’t talk” but maintains that there […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, leaves for the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LCDs) in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. This follows an invitation by the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The conference which is from 5th to 9th March, 2023 under the theme: […]
Russia says it is fighting off a “terrorist attack” in the southern Bryansk region bordering Ukraine, where the local governor said a Ukrainian sabotage group had killed one person and news agencies said hostages had been taken. Ukraine accused Russia of staging a false “provocation”. Amid reports of shelling and sporadic sabotage, Russia’s border regions […]
