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UPDATED: Ex-Italy footballer Roberto Baggio hospitalised after robbery attack

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21st June 2024 Italian football legend Roberto Baggio has been hospitalised after being attacked by armed robbers who stormed his home. The intruders locked his family up while they watched last night’s Euro 2024 match between Italy and Spain. According to Daily Mail Sports, Baggio, 57, was at his home in Altavilla Vicentina, a small […]

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Millions of students at risk: India’s elite exams hit by corruption ‘scam’

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More than 3 million aspirants took India’s top tests for medical and research schools. Their future is now uncertain amid paper leaks, arrests and growing demands for a re-examination. In this Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 photograph, students attend a class at a cram school in Kota, India. Every year, more than 450,000 students take the

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Local tourist killed in Pakistan’s Swat over blasphemy allegations

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Islamabad, Pakistan – A 36-year-old man has been killed and his body burned in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after he was accused of desecrating the Quran, the holy book of Muslims. The incident occurred on Thursday evening in Madyan, a town in the Swat district, a popular tourist spot located 280km (174 miles)

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Niger revokes French nuclear group’s licence at major uranium mine

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Niger’s military government has revoked the operating licence of French nuclear fuel producer Orano at one of the world’s biggest uranium mines, as it continues to cut ties with former colonial power France. State-owned Orano said on Thursday that it had been ordered out of the Imouraren mine in northern Niger which sits on an

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Denmark’s male footballers refuse salary rise to secure equal pay for women

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21st June 2024 Denmark’s male footballers have refused a salary increase for playing for the national side to gain their female counterparts equal basic pay, the players’ union said on Friday. “The men’s team chose not to ask for a salary increase … to improve the conditions of the women’s team,” union spokesperson Magnus Hviid

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Petrol price rose by 223%, sold at N770 per litre in May – NBS

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20th June 2024 The average price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, rose by 223.21 per cent to approximately ₦770 per litre in May 2024 from ₦238.11 per litre recorded in the corresponding period of 2023. The National Bureau of Statistics made this known in its report, Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price

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Davido sues Sophia Momodu for Imade’s custody

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20th June 2024 International award-winning singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has dragged Sophia Momodu, the mother of his first child, Imade, to court, seeking custody of the daughter. In an originating motion filed by his lawyers, Dr Olaniyi Arije, Okey Barrah and others, at the Lagos State High Court, dated April 17, 2024,

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BREAKING: Nigeria drop to 38th, Argentina maintain top spot in FIFA rankings

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20th June 2024 In the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday, Nigeria has fallen to the 38th position. The Super Eagles now have 1498.93 points, a decrease from their previous 1520.27 points. This drop marks a significant shift in the global football landscape, as Nigeria continues to face challenges on the international stage. Formerly ranked

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Controversy as US state, Louisiana asks schools to display Ten Commandments

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20th June 2024 Louisiana has become the first U.S. state to mandate that every public school classroom, from elementary to university level, must display a poster of the Ten Commandments. The measure, backed by Republicans and signed into law by Governor Jeff Landry on Wednesday, described the commandments as “the foundational documents of our state

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