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  Ms Kemi Badenoch, PHOTO by PA Media Born in a private Catholic maternity hospital in Wimbledon, she grew up in Nigeria where her father was a medical doctor, a...

October 30, 2024 Tuberculosis replaced COVID-19 to become the top cause for infectious disease-related deaths in 2023, according to a World Health Organisation report published on Tuesday, highlighting the challenges...

October 26, 2024 Commonwealth leaders, ending a week-long summit in Samoa, said on Saturday the time had come for a discussion on whether Britain should commit to reparations for its...

In a move that would affect many Nigerians on queue to leave the country (Japa), Canada has said it was significantly curbing immigration targets to “pause population growth,” a shift...

October 24, 2024 Britain will ban single-use vapes from next year, a government minister said on Thursday, seeking to crack down on the environmental harm and rising usage levels among...

Ukraine high rises go down under the mortar The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says the population of Ukraine has dropped by 10 million since Russia invaded the country in 2014. UNFPA,...

Buildings blistered to ruins as pains of war linger The proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubled in 2023 compared to 2022, accounting for 40 per cent of all...

Gachagua impeached Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been removed from office marking the first impeachment of a deputy president under the country’s 2010 constitution. Senate Speaker Amason Kingi announced...

October 17, 2024 Russia is seeking to convince BRICS countries to build an alternative platform for international payments that would be immune to Western sanctions when it hosts the group's...

Oct. 14, 2024 The World Bank says 26 poorest countries worldwide “are deeper in debt than at any other time since 2006,” while being increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters and...