2025

US President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a long-term but benign vein condition, the White House confirmed Thursday after speculation over his bruised hand and swollen legs. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the 79-year-old experienced “mild swelling in his lower legs” in recent weeks, leading to the diagnosis. The discoloration on…

The June heatwave has accelerated snow and glacier melt in the French Alps, causing water shortages at mountain shelters just as the summer hiking season begins. “Everything has dried up,” said Noemie Dagan, caretaker at the Selle refuge (2,673m) in the Ecrins range. The shelter depends on water streaming down from the mountains, and if…

Online privacy campaigners have filed fresh complaints against TikTok and two other Chinese-owned firms, accusing them of failing to comply with data access requests. Austria-based privacy group Noyb (None of Your Business) lodged the complaints on Thursday, following earlier actions in January alleging that TikTok and five other Chinese-owned companies were “unlawfully” sending Europeans’ personal…

MultiChoice Nigeria has announced that the tenth season of Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) will premiere on Saturday, 26 July 2025, with a double launch continuing into Sunday, 27 July. Speaking at a media briefing on Wednesday, the organisers revealed that this year’s winner will receive a grand prize of N150 million, the highest in the…

Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong’o has shared her 10-year struggle with uterine fibroids, urging an end to the silence and normalisation surrounding women’s pain. In Instagram posts, the Oscar-winning star revealed she was diagnosed with 30 uterine fibroids in 2014, the same year she won an Academy Award for 12 Years a Slave. She underwent surgery…

Heavy rains have caused 54 deaths in the past 24 hours in Pakistan, pushing the monsoon-related death toll to around 180 since late June, the government’s disaster agency said Thursday. Torrential rain has pounded Punjab province almost nonstop since Wednesday, triggering urban flooding and house collapses. Rescue teams used boats to evacuate families stranded in…

American rapper Nicki Minaj and R&B star SZA have been embroiled in a public social media spat, with SZA revealing she turned down collaboration requests from Minaj on two occasions. The feud, which unfolded on X (formerly Twitter), began when Minaj launched a tirade on Tuesday night, targeting Terrence “Punch” Henderson, President of Top Dawg…

France has formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, ending its 65-year military presence in the country and leaving Paris with no permanent camps in West or Central Africa. The pull-out mirrors similar French withdrawals across the continent, as ex-colonies increasingly turn away from their former colonial ruler. This development comes amid…

Arsenal have signed Canada forward Olivia Smith from Liverpool for a reported women’s world record fee of £1 million ($1.3 million). Smith, 20, has joined the Champions League holders on a lucrative four-year contract. Her transfer surpasses the previous women’s transfer record set when Chelsea signed Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave for £900,000 in…

An Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church killed two people on Thursday, according to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Israel stated it “never targets” religious sites and expressed regret over any civilian casualties. Pope Leo XIV said he was “deeply saddened” by the attack, which occurred as Gaza’s civil defence reported that Israeli strikes…