Three people have di£d and four others were injured after their vehicle collided with an elephant in a national park in northwestern Uganda, police said on Monday, May 25.  No information was provided on the health of the elephant.  The incident occurred on Sunday evening, May 24, in Murchison Falls National Park, when the Toyota…

In a striking response to rising temperatures in North India, officials in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh were seen manually cooling overheated power transformers as extreme heat placed additional stress on electricity infrastructure. A viral video circulating online shows electricity department workers spraying water on transformers while using pedestal fans to bring down operating temperatures….

Entrepreneurship is a tough goal to pursue. This explains why few people (most often men), dare wade into starting new business ventures. However, in the last few years, the paradigm has shifted, and women are now taking over the small business sector. In fact, according to Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s (GEM) research, female entrepreneurs have increased…

A Far right Australian politician has left his supporters fuming after coming out as ‘g@y’ and saying ‘I love immigrants’ following an election win. The newly elected South Australian One Nation MP has confirmed he is g@y during his maiden speech to parliament, and called his Indonesian Muslim boyfriend the “love of his life”. Jason…

The Federal Government has announced Wednesday, May 27, and Thursday, May 28, 2026, as public holidays for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. This was made known on Monday by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in a statement issued by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Magdalene Ajani. The statement said the decision shows the government’s recognition of the…

A paraglider escaped de@th after a plane ripped through her parachute above the Austrian Alps.  The collision happened near Piesendorf in the Salzburg region of western Austria on Saturday, May 23, close to the popular alpine resort area around Zell am See.  Video filmed from the paraglider’s perspective showed the small Cessna aircraft approach from behind before its wing…

Three people have been confirmed dead and 34 suspects arrested following a violent shooting linked to a chieftaincy dispute in Funsi in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region. The incident happened on the night of May 22, 2026, and has heightened tensions in the community, prompting a heavy security deployment to restore…

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted Auwal Mas’ud Shitu, a 300-level student of Pure and Industrial Chemistry at Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University in Katsina State.    Security expert Bakatsine, who confirmed the incident on Monday, May 25, 2026, said Shitu was kidnapped while travelling between Charanchi and Dutsin-Ma on Sunday.    The security expert…

Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe has praised King Mohammed VI for granting a royal pardon to Senegalese football supporters arrested after the controversial 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final in Morocco. In a statement released on Saturday, Motsepe described the decision as a strong example of how football can bring people…