Boy sleeps on UK hospital floor due to lack of beds A four-year-old boy with suspected pneumonia was forced to sleep on a hospital treatment room floor because of a lack of beds in the Unite... Read more
New Zealand military set for risky mission to retrieve bodies from volcano New Zealand’s military will embark on a risky dawn mission to retrieve eight bodies from the still-active Whi... Read more
Ebola cases sharply up in eastern DR Congo Twenty cases of Ebola have been recorded in three days in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where deadly violence is hampering efforts to end t... Read more
London Bridge attack: Reformed prisoner who fought knifeman ‘prepared to die’ A reformed ex-prisoner who fought the London Bridge knife attacker with a fire extinguisher has said... Read more
Climate change: Major emitters accused of blocking progress at UN talks Delegates from developing countries have reacted angrily to what they see as attempts to block progress at the COP25 m... Read more
One dies as truck crushes taxi in Abuja The incident, which occurred at 9.40 am, saw the truck with registration number KSB379XA (Kwara) plough into several vehicles, including that of our c... Read more
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time’ 2019 person of the year Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who became the voice of conscience for a generation facing the climate change emergency,... Read more
Scientists to harness the sun to break down plastic Scientists said Wednesday they have come up with an environmentally-friendly method that uses artificial sunlight to transform plastic int... Read more
A bill seeking to reduce frequent accidents by petroleum trucks on Nigerian roads on Tuesday scaled through the second reading in the Senate. The bill, sponsored by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah (YPP... Read more
Jersey City: Deadly gun battle kills six people A police officer and at least five other people have died in a series of “furious” gun battles in Jersey City, in the state of New... Read more
