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Another week, another paedo. Confronted by this mishap, the nasal knight lost his rag.
Aluko joined Jordan on Tuesday show to discuss the fall out of her latest comments surrounding Wright, and revealed she is quitting the 'very toxic space' of British television for the foreseeable future.
Die-hard fans of the series may know that the fictional characters and the series story are loosely based on a real gang members from Birmingham.
The girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, suffered years of abuse and torture at the hands of her own relatives from the age of six in her home in West Sussex.
Two heartbroken parents broke down in tears on Tuesday's episode of BBC Breakfast as they recounted the tragic death of their 21-year-old daughter from sepsis.
Foreign powers ordered the assassination of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, former Libyan Information Minister Moussa Ibrahim has said Read Full Article at RT.com
The European Commission president wants to bypass dissent with ‘enhanced cooperation’ Read Full Article at RT.com
Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain was the victim of a homicide, according to a new forensic investigation Read Full Article at RT.com
A comment made by a municipal staff member in Marathon, Ont., has prompted calls for accountability from two nearby First Nations. While local First Nation leaders interpreted the remark as referring to skin colour, the town's mayor and senior administration say it was about political colours.
Applications for the February 2026 Built-To-Order (BTO) sales exercise reached nearly three times the number of flats launched as at 5pm on Wednesday (Feb 11) — the last day of the application — said national development minister Chee Hong Tat.In a Facebook post at around 6.30pm on Wednesday, Chee said a total of 14,052 applications have been received for the 4,692 BTO flats. Checks by AsiaOne on the Housing and Development Board's (HDB) portal at 7pm showed that most three-room and bigger flats on offer received at application rate of below 1.0 by first-timer families. The exception was in Tampines, where two projects — Tampines Bliss and Tampines Nova — saw application rates of between 3.4 and 6.8 by first-timer families. Tampines Bliss saw 536 applicants for the 80 three-room flats, while there were 3,260 application for the 337 four-room flats for both Tampines projects.
Eighteen men, aged between 21 and 35, were arrested on Wednesday (Feb 11) morning for their alleged involvement in an illegal transaction of marine gas oil in Singapore waters. In a news release on Wednesday, the police said that Police Coast Guard officers arrested the 18 crew members from two foreign-registered tugboats and one Singapore-registered tugboat in the waters off Pandan at West Coast. Preliminary investigations revealed that the crew members had allegedly misappropriated marine gas oil valued at about $13,670 without their company's knowledge. According to the police, the oil was allegedly intended to be sold illegally for their personal financial gain. The 18 men will be charged in court on Thursday for criminal breach of trust by employees. If found guilty, they may be jailed for up to 15 years and fined. The police also warned that they take a serious view of illegal transactions of marine gas oil in Singapore waters, adding that the authorities will continue to conduct enforcement and security checks to prevent, deter and detect such illicit activities. [[nid:727069]]
A motorcyclist allegedly bit off part of a man's ear during an altercation along the Pan Island Expressway (PIE), a court heard on Tuesday (Feb 10). Singaporean Ronald Koh, 36, purportedly also hit Fabian Quak Wei Quan's father on the back and stepped on his foot. Koh, who denied the two charges on the first day of his trial and was self-represented, claimed that the father might have bitten off his own son's ear instead, reported CNA. The incident allegedly occurred at about 2pm on Feb 26, 2024, near the Sims Way exit along the PIE towards Changi.Testifying in court, 63-year-old renovation contractor Quak Beng Gim said that he was driving in the fourth lane along the PIE with his son, who is in his 20s, seated in the front passenger seat. He was filtering into the third lane, when he heard a van next to him sound its horn at motorcycle. Quak said Koh then cut into his lane, adding that he also sounded his horn at the motorcyclist. «The motorcyclist kept gesturing at me,» he told the court, reported CNA.
[New Times] At the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK), doctors performed Rwanda's first-ever epilepsy surgery, an intervention that does more than treat seizures. It is a life-saving intervention for drug-resistant epilepsy patients, increasing their quality of life, independence, and hope to families who have lived for years under the shadow of uncertainty.
[Maka] Authoritarianism rarely arrives with tanks in the streets. More often, it slips in through legal texts, regulatory agencies, and administrative procedures that appear technical, neutral, even modern. Angola is now offering a textbook example of how this happens.
[New Times] Rwanda has recorded its highest score yet in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), as traditionally strong performers including the US, Canada, the UK, and several European countries had declining scores «due to weakening oversight, political interference, and growing tolerance for unethical conduct.»
According to Secretary General Mark Rutte, Russia and China are allegedly showing great interest in the region, forcing NATO to act
According to Vladimir Zelensky, it won’t be possible to repair some of the damaged energy sites until the next heating season
Indian refineries are capable to refine about 20 mln metric tons of US oil per year or 400,000 barrels per day
EBITDA edged up by 9% to $5.668 bln, the company informed
The official euro rate was increased by 53.21 kopecks to 92.475 rubles
A student has shot multiple people at a technical college in Anapa, Russia, killing a security guard and wounding several others Read Full Article at RT.com
Ukrainian forces have targeted Russia’s Belgorod Region with a “massive drone attack,” Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said Read Full Article at RT.com
It’s dawning on some in Brussels that by cutting out Russia, they’ve simply switched dependencies – except they couldn’t even do that right Read Full Article at RT.com
A Starsky Aviation flight carrying 55 ended in shallow waters off Mogadishu after an emergency landing Read Full Article at RT.com
Greece and Malta are reportedly opposing an EU plan to ban maritime services for Russian crude, part of the bloc’s 20th sanctions package Read Full Article at RT.com
[ISS] Israel's Somaliland recognition generated unusual cohesion in Africa and beyond, but condemnation hasn't delivered a consensual solution.
[Africa Check] Every year since 2013, Africa Check has fact-checked South Africa's state of the nation address (Sona) - the speech the president delivers in February to mark the beginning of the political calendar, officially open parliament, summarise the government's aims for the year ahead, and recap the one gone by.
[GroundUp] Frustrated residents carried empty containers in the streets to protest ongoing water crisis
New York, 9 février 2026 – À l'occasion de son débriefing de fin de mission, l'Ambassadeur Abdou Abarry a été reçu par le Secrétaire Général de l'ONU, António Guterres, en compagnie de la Vice-Secrétaire Générale, Amina Mohammed, et du Chef de Cabinet du Secrétaire Général. Ce moment a marqué la fin de trois ans de service à la tête du Bureau Régional des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique centrale (UNOCA). Le Secrétaire Général et son Représentant Spécial ont examiné avec satisfaction le (...) - INTERNATIONAL / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON
Le mardi 10 février 2026, le Président de la République, Chef de l'État et Chef du Gouvernement, Son Excellence Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, a pris part à la 43ᵉ session de l'AUDA-NEPAD, tenue en visioconférence. Cette rencontre de haut niveau a réuni plusieurs Chefs d'État et de Gouvernement autour des orientations stratégiques de l'AUDA-NEPAD, bras opérationnel de l'Union africaine en matière de développement, ainsi que de l'accélération de la mise en œuvre des priorités de l'Agenda (...) - ECONOMIE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON
Les travaux de la 48e session ordinaire du Conseil exécutif de l'Union africaine (UA) ont débuté mercredi matin au siège de l'organisation panafricaine à Addis-Abeba, marquant une étape importante dans la préparation du 39e Sommet des Chefs d'Etat et de gouvernement prévu les 14 et 15 février prochains. Le Royaume du Maroc participe activement à ces assises à travers une délégation conduite par le ministre des Affaires étrangères, de la Coopération africaine et des Marocains résidant à (...) - INTERNATIONAL / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON
He had been seeking custody of both daughters but dropped this after a row in 2023 with his child, then 13 years old, who allegedly called Wallace a 'slut'.
A club statement on Wednesday morning confirming the news read: 'The club has taken the decision to make a change in the Men's Head Coach position and Thomas Frank will leave today.
Sky Roberts gave a press conference alongside survivors of Epstein's abuse in which they called Attorney General's handling of the Epstein files as 'nothing short of a failure'.
