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As tens of thousands of people lined the streets to welcome him home. The 25-year-old became the first Dane to win the Tour de France since Bjarne Riis — who later admitted to doping — in 1996 with victory at…
ASUU on February 14 embarked on industrial action to press home their demands for better welfare of members, revamping of the nation’s education sector, and implementation of the 2009 agreement among several others. However, the labour unions decided to embark…
This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye, on Tuesday, saying the holiday is from July 27 to 29th. He said the move is necessary so that more…
The 37-year-old, who missed the club’s pre-season tour to Thailand and Australia for personal reasons, wants to leave the club he rejoined last year. He arrived at United’s Carrington training base with his agent Jorge Mendes. Former United manager Alex Ferguson…
As shortages of subsidised bread intensify in the cash-strapped country, local media reported. Long lines have formed in front of bakeries and supermarkets where people wait hours for a bag of subsidised Arabic bread — in short supply as a…
The newly-appointed chief of Moscow’s space agency told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. The announcement comes as tensions rage between the Kremlin and the West over Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine and several rounds of unprecedented sanctions against Russia. Russia and the United States…
Sri Lanka’s second-innings lead to 323 after key strikes by Pakistan’s bowlers in the second Test on Tuesday. The hosts reached 176-5 when bad light stopped play early on day three, with stumps called in Galle after more than half…
Ordering some of the country’s biggest manufacturers to operate in a ‘closed loop’ to reduce infections, state media reported. The city of Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong, reported just 19 Covid cases Tuesday as the city’s health authority said the…
Official figures showed on Tuesday, as scorching temperatures and low rainfall cause supply shortages in many areas. Only a handful of “departments” around the country are exempt from the restrictions, including the Paris area, the government’s drought website Propluvia shows.…
15 percent and reduce their dependence on Russian supplies, a day after Russian energy giant Gazprom announced plans to further limit flows to Europe. Gazprom says it will cut daily gas deliveries through the Nord Stream pipeline to 33 million…
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB, is being tried on the charges of treason by the Federal Government of Nigeria in a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. According to a document from the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Working Group…
Which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be a global health emergency — the highest alarm it can sound. “I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom…
The Russian military has been experiencing difficulties on the ground, prompting many to wonder whether it is realistic for the Kremlin to expand the scope of its Ukraine operations. President Vladimir Putin’s stated goal for the February 24 Russian invasion of Ukraine was the “demilitarisation and…
Ukraine says Russian missiles had struck the Odessa port, a key Black Sea terminal, one day after Moscow and Kyiv penned a deal to resume grain exports blocked by the war. “The enemy attacked the Odessa sea port with Kalibr…
A popular resort on the Greek island of Lesbos as a wildfire destroyed homes in the beachside village of Vatera. The fires sent up thick clouds of smoke blotting out the sun as they drifted over the sea as blazes…