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A woman has been arrested in Brazil on suspicion of killing her husband before cutting his penis off and cooking.Dayane Cristina Rodrigues Machado, 33, was arrested by police in the Brazilian city of Sao Goncalo – across the Guanabara Bay from Rio de Janeiro – on of June 7.Officers were called to …

A teenager repeatedly stabbed two sisters to death after making a ‘deal with the Devil’ to “sacrifice” their lives to win the lottery, a court has heard.Danyal Hussein, 19 (pictured below in a court sketch), allegedly slaughtered Bibaa Henry, 46, and her 27-year-old half-sister Nicole Smallman in a “frenzied” and …

Marijuana plant The Moroccan parliament has passed a law legalising the production of cannabis for medicinal and industrial uses.The aim is to tap into a growing global market, boost agriculture and create jobs in underdeveloped rural areas.Morocco is one of the world’s biggest producers of cannabis for illicit, recreation uses.This …

Former USA President Donald Trump has ordered China to pay “10 trillion dollars” to the United States (US) for the “death and destruction” caused by the Covid pandemic. The former US president also blasted Anthony Fauci’s “foolish” funding of the infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology amid growing calls for the …

Mali’s president and prime minister have been ousted by the officer who led last year’s coup and became vice-president of an interim government.Col Assimi Goïta says President Bah Ndaw and PM Moctar Ouane failed in their duties and were seeking to sabotage the country’s transition.They were arrested hours after a …

China ultramarathon: Severe weather kills 21 runners Twenty-one runners have died after extreme weather struck a long-distance race in north-western China. High winds and freezing rain hit participants in the 100km (60-mile) ultramarathon in the Yellow River Stone Forest, a tourist site in Gansu province, on Saturday. The race was …

A 23-year-old Tanzanian national has been nabbed while begging for money from unsuspecting Kenyans by posing as a disabled mother in the streets of Kenyan coastal city, Mombasa. Ibrahim Basafar, the County Inspectorate Deputy Director in charge of operations said the lady was nabbed following a tip off from members …

At least 24 Palestinians, including nine children, have been killed as Israeli air strikes hit blockaded Gaza. The renewed Israeli aggression comes on top of the military raids in Jerusalem and across the occupied West Bank in which 700 unarmed Palestinians have been injured in the past 24 hours.Israel unleashed …

The son of Liberia’s ex-footballer president, George Weah, has been handed a six-month suspended jail sentence by a French court for “Ibiza-style” parties at his home in an upmarket Paris suburb.George Weah Junior, 33, was also ordered to pay 20,000 euros (24,000 dollars) to his neighbours after more than two …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the coronavirus variant first found in India last year as a “variant of global concern”.It said preliminary studies show the B.1.617 mutation spreads more easily than other variants and requires further study.The variant has already spread to more than 30 countries, the WHO …