Some schools in the United States are taking precautionary measures following a disturbing TikTok threat.
There's an anonymous threat on TikTok that seemingly warns against students attending class on Friday December 17. The threat or challenge has been tagged "National Shoot Up Your School Day."
Though there's no mention of a specific school...
US drug regulators have permanently approved the mail-order of abortion pills.
During the pandemic, the US made a temporary rule allowing women to get the pills through mail order but the rule has now been made permanent by the US Food and Drug administration (FDA)
The decision from the US Food...
American music star, Kanye West has predicted that he is going to be homeless in a year.
The 44-year-old father of four who has racked up properties all over the world inbetween his successful career, including his much publicized ranch in Wyoming, has revealed that he plans turning his houses to churches.
During...
China Create Capital, a Wealth management company registered in British Virgin Islands has allegedly made off with $313m (£235m) belonging to China Fortune Land Development - one of China's biggest property developers.
According to China Fortune Land Development, China Create Capital was supposed to have invested the funds on its...
The Chinese government has offered to send a "high-level" delegation of criminal investigation experts to help Nigerian security agencies catch bandits and Boko Haram terrorists unleashing terror in Nigeria, particularly in the North.
"So now the (Chinese) central government made the decision to send a high-level delegation from the criminal investigation experts...
Former US President, Donald Trump said in an interview published Monday that he does not believe former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu was ever serious about signing a peace deal with Palestinians.
"I don't think Bibi ever wanted to make peace," Trump said to Axios news journalist Barak Ravid.
"I think...
Malta has become the first EU country to legalise the personal cultivation and use of cannabis.
The law, approved in parliament on Tuesday December 14 , with 36 votes to 27, allows adults in Malta to possess up to seven grams of cannabis and grow up to four plants. But smoking in public or...
Canada has pledged up to C$40bn ($31bn; £23.6bn) in compensation for indigenous children and families who suffered discrimination while in foster care.
In September, a top court upheld a 2016 ruling that the government underfunded First Nations services compared with those for non-indigenous children.
It ordered C$40,000 ($31,350; £23,340) payouts to...
A woman who was in a coma for seven weeks after catching Covid has woken up to discover she has given birth to a baby girl.
Laura Ward, 33, contracted the virus while pregnant with her daughter Hope.
Her condition deteriorated so much that she was sedated for an emergency C-section at...
Facebook is being sued for more than £200billion over claims it fuelled the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
Lawyers have launched legal action on both sides of the Atlantic seeking 'reparation-style' compensation from the Silicon Valley tech firm on behalf of victims and survivors.
Those behind the case said that Facebook...
The plumber who found cash and checks in the wall of Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church has reportedly received $20,000 from Crimestoppers.
ABC7 reports that the plumber, who is only known as "Justin," was declared a "Good Samaritan" by Crimestoppers and given the reward.
He found the money on Nov. 10 while doing repair...
A woman who lost her twin brother to coronavirus has shared the final text message he sent to her before dying from Covid after refusing the vaccine.
Bodybuilder John Eyers, 42, thought he would only suffer from a "mild illness" if he caught the virus and had a "belief in his own...
Former CNN star anchor, Chris Cuomo is preparing to sue his former employer for $18 million left on his contract, claiming that the media company's President Jeff Zucker (pictured top left) knew about his involvement in his brother's sex scaandal probe.
CNN fired Cuomo, 51, on Saturday, December 4, citing his...
Donald Trump has announced that his new anti-censorship social-media site has attracted a further $1 billion in investments.
Making the announcement of the cash injected into his upcoming site TRUTH Social, Trump said: '$1bn sends an important message to Big Tech that censorship and political discrimination must end.
'As our balance sheet expands, Trump...
Russia is reportedly planning a possible military invasion of Ukraine involving an estimated 175,000 troops that could begin as soon as early 2022.
An unclassified intelligence document, obtained by The Washington Post, showed satellite images of troop and equipment build-up around the border with Ukraine.
Photos taken in June around Yelnya, near the northern...
A 14-year-old girl was imprisoned for several hours by community police after she ran away to avoid an arranged marriage.
The girl, identified as Anayeli "N", was supposed to marry a 16-year-old neighbor in Mexico’s Guerrero state whose family had offered a sum of 200,000 pesos (about $9,300 USD) to buy her hand in marriage.
Anayeli’s mother...
Facebook has removed 500 accounts used by China to spread fake Covid-19 claims and anti-US propaganda.
Parent company Meta removed a total of 524 Facebook accounts, 20 pages, and four groups, as well as 86 Instagram accounts, that were linked to the propaganda network.
According to Mail Online, the company did...
More than 100 former Afghan security forces have been killed by the Taliban or have disappeared since the militants seized control, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.
According to HRW, an amnesty promised by Taliban's leadership to former special forces didn't prevent local commanders from targeting the...
Some Jewish teens were subjected to ‘anti-Semitic’ attack on Oxford Street in central London, on the second night of Hanukkah.
A video shared online showed a gang of men shouting threats, hurling abuse and trying to smash the windows as shoppers watched. Inside the bus, passengers were heard yelling ‘We are Jewish’ and ‘Go, go, drive’...
The Women's Tennis Association has announced "immediate suspension of all tournaments in China" amid concern for Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai.
The safety of Peng Shuai has become a matter of international concern after she made sexual assault allegations against a former China vice-premier Zhang Gaoli a month ago.
Immediately after...
CNN has suspended anchor Chris Cuomo indefinitely after new documents revealed the extent to which he aided his brother, former New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, amid allegations of sexual harassment.
The cable network said it was not previously privy to documents released by New York Attorney General Letitia James including...
The United Nations has said it will implement a program to pay $300 million a year in cash to Afghan families with children, elderly or people with disabilities in Afghanistan, calling it the best way to target increasing poverty.
Speaking on Wednesday, December 1, the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Director...
The wife of Mexican drug boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been sentenced to three years in prison and four years of supervised release.
Emma Coronel Aispuro pleaded guilty earlier this year to assisting her husband's cartel, the Sinaloa cartel, in its drug distribution process while her husband was imprisoned, according...
Flamboyant Kenyan pastor, Lucy Natasha has announced her engagement to fellow preacher, Prophet Stanley Carmel.
The founder of Empowerment Christian Church (ECC) said ‘yes’ to Prophet Carmel during an event that took place at a five star hotel in Nairobi on Saturday, November 27.
The stylish preacher later took to her official social media accounts to...
A married couple who tested positive for COVID-19 have been arrested after fleeing a quarantine hotel in the Netherlands before attempting to leave the country.
The pair were arrested on an airplane that was about to take off at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Sunday evening, according to Dutch police.
Officers did...
A jury delivered guilty verdicts on Wednesday November 24, on murder charges against three White men including a father and son who chased and shot Ahmaud Arbery as the 25-year-old black man jogged last year through their Glynn County, Georgia, neighborhood.
The verdict was delivered by the jury, consisting of one...
A rescue mission is underway to save dozens of missing trapped coal miners after a fire broke out at a mine in Russia.
Emergency services rushed to the Listvyazhnaya coal mine in the Kemerovo region of Russia’s Siberia on Thursday November 25.
At least one miner was reported to have died...
China has banned its celebrities from showing off their wealth on social media in the latest crackdown on the entertainment industry.
The Cyberspace Administration of China made the announcement on Tuesday that celebrities in the country will not be allowed to 'show off wealth' or 'extravagant pleasure' on social media.
The rules also prevent...
Sweden’s first-ever female prime minister, Magdalena Andersson has dramatically resigned less than 12 hours after being installed over suffering a budget defeat in parliament and then losing her coalition partner in a two-party minority government.
Ms. Andersson said a decision by the Green Party to quit the two-party coalition had forced...
Italy's antitrust watchdog has fined U.S. tech giants Apple and Amazon more than 200 million euros ($225 million) for alleged anti-competitive cooperation in the sale of Apple and Beats products.
Contractual provisions of a 2018 agreement between the companies meant only selected resellers were allowed to sell Apple and Beats products on Amazon, the competition...
A woman believed to be the oldest person to ever walk the earth and also the last surviving woman who was born in the 19th century has sadly passed away.
Francisca Susano, who was fondly called Lola Iska, died on Monday night, Nov. 22, at her home in the Philippines.
She was reportedly 124 years...
Female journalists and presenters have also been ordered to wear headscarves on screen, although the guidelines do not say which type of covering to use.
The latest set of Taliban guidelines, which have been issued to Afghan television channels, features eight new rules.
They include the banning of films considered against...
The 2021 American Music Awards aired on Sunday night from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater to celebrate the best in music with rapper Cardi B as the host.
South Korean pop sensation BTS earned the most wins with three at the 2021 American Music Awards including top honor artist of the year as the most...
Some states in the US have announced plans to investigate how social media sites, Instagram targets children, despite it posing potential risks to them.
The group of states- made up of both Democrat and Republican states - is investigating Instagram and Facebook's parent company Meta to determine if consumer protection...
Rapists convicted of repeat offences will face chemical castration in Pakistan after a new law was passed following a series of attacks on women and children across the country.
The new legislation will also allow for quicker convictions through the establishment of special courts which will fast-track sexual assault cases.
The legislation forms...
Streaming giant, Netflix has revealed its most watched shows, ending 14 years of hiding its viewing figures.
The company has launched a metrics website called 'Netflix Top 10', which shows Netflix's most popular TV shows and films both globally and in more than 90 individual countries.
From the figures, sitting at...
A US appeals court has temporarily denied a bid by US Capitol riot investigators to access ex-President Donald Trump's White House records.
The court ruling comes two days after a lower court ordered the documents to be turned over to the congressional committee leading the inquiry into the January 6...
Boeing has reached an agreement with the families of the 157 people who died in the Ethiopia 737 Max crash in 2019.
The plane maker accepts liability for their deaths, according to court documents in Chicago and in return, families of the victims will not seek punitive damages from the...
Japan plans to distribute 100,000 yen ($880) in cash, vouchers or a combination of both to people who are 18 years or younger as part of an economic stimulus plan aimed at blunting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The economic stimulus package, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, is planned to be created by the end of...
A fully vaccinated passenger infected with coronavirus was found dead in his seat inside a flight.
The Pegasus Airlines crew found the 51-year-old man lifeless in his seat after Flight 1043 from Istanbul, Turkey, to Hamburg, Germany, last week.
The man, who was born in Russia and lived in the German...
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, 37, wants to be worshipped by his people.
The dictator is pushing "Kimjongunism" which hails him as a "Great Leader".
Portraits of his father and grandfather in the capital city of Pyongyang have been taken down to present Kim John-un as unrivalled in his position of power.
Kim Jong-Un's grandfather, Kim...
The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million today, November 1, less than two years into a health crisis that humbled wealthy countries with first-rate health care systems and devastated poor countries
Together, the United States, the European Union, Britain and Brazil - all upper-middle- or high-income countries -...
The families of nine people fatally shot in 2015 at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, have reached an $88 million settlement with the Justice Department in their lawsuit over the shooter's weapon purchase.
The settlements range from $6 million to $7.5 million per claimant for those killed at Emanuel...
A serial killer nurse who killed patients by injecting them with air “for fun” has been sentenced to death in Texas.
The former nurse at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances in Tyler who was charged with killing multiple patients back in 2017 and 2018, was sentenced to death by a Smith County...
Taiwan's President for the first time in the Island's history has confirmed the presence of US military troops on the island.
President Tsai Ing-wen says the threat from Beijing is growing "every day," adding that Taiwan, which is located fewer than 200 kilometers (124 miles) away from China's southeastern coast,...
North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un has reportedly ordered its citizens to eat less food until the country re-opens its border with China in 2025.
Food shortages are already affecting North Koreans, but citizens were told to tighten their belts for at least another three years by officials, according to RFA.
However, people have already...
Sudan's military coup leader, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said the military seized power to prevent "civil war".
Protests are continuing for a second day in the capital, Khartoum, with roads, bridges and shops closed, while phones and internet links are also disrupted and least 10 people are reported to...
The United States has suspended $700 million in aid to Sudan after a military coup on Monday, October 25, telling the military of the country to immediately restore its civilian government.
“The civilian-led transitional government should be immediately restored and represent the will of the people,” State Department spokesman Ned Price...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerian telecom consumers of the existence of new, high-risk and extremely-damaging Malware called Flubot.
Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director of Public Affairs at NCC said information received from the Nigeria Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT), reveals that the Flubot “targets Androids with fake security updates and App installations”.
Adinde...
The US suffered a setback in the arms race with China and Russia to develop hypersonic weapons after its latest test failed, the Pentagon said in a statement Thursday, October 21.
A booster stack, which is the rocket used to accelerate the missile to hypersonic speeds, failed and the test...
Former US President, Donald Trump has announced the launch of his new social media platform called 'Truth social'.
Trump's media company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) merged with Digital World Acquisition Corp. to become a publicly listed company with a potential valuation of up to $1.7 billion.
The former president...
The Taliban was welcomed in Moscow today, October 20 during talks on Afghanistan as Russia seeks to exert influence over the new regime.
Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov opened the talks and emphasised that 'forming a really inclusive government fully reflecting the interests of not only all ethnic groups but...
The UK government is keeping a “close watch” on a descendant of the coronavirus Delta variant which is being seen in a growing number of cases.
Downing Street said it was monitoring the AY4.2 variant but insisted there was no evidence it spreads more easily.
While the Delta variant remains the dominant strain in the...
An English council has urged parents not to allow their children to watch the hit Netflix show "Squid Games" due to its graphic nature and the amount of violent content.
In email sent to parents and guardians, the Central Bedfordshire council's education safeguarding team advised them to 'be vigilant after hearing reports that children and...
Security forces in Libya have freed a large group of African migrants who were held captive and tortured by human traffickers in Tripoli,
The victims were rescued from their kidnappers during a security operation, the 444th Brigade of the Libyan army said on Saturday, October 16.
A special force from the...
At least 46 people have been killed and dozens left injured after a major fire broke out in a building in southern Taiwan on Thursday, October 14.
The blaze started in the 13-story commercial and residential building at 2:54 a.m. local time (2:54 p.m. ET) in Kaohsiung city's Yancheng district,...
