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Rescuers are urgently searching for at least 20 girls missing from a riverside summer camp after torrential rains triggered a “catastrophic” flash flood in south-central Texas, officials said Friday. The flooding has killed at least 24 people. Some of the victims were children, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick confirmed during a news conference.
Family, close friends, and figures from the football world will gather on Saturday for the funeral of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother, just 48 hours after the siblings died in a car crash. Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva, 25, were killed on Thursday when their car veered off a…
England defender Kyle Walker has joined newly-promoted Premier League side Burnley on a two-year contract, with Manchester City receiving a reported fee of £5 million ($6.8 million). The 35-year-old, who has earned 410 Premier League appearances and won the title six times with City, also lifted the Champions League during his time at the club….
David Mabuza, the former deputy president of South Africa who rose from union activism to the upper echelons of power before his career was clouded by corruption allegations, has died in Mpumalanga Province. He was 64. President Cyril Ramaphosa, under whom Mabuza served before resigning two years ago, confirmed his death in a statement on…
In a powerful spiritual appeal, the revered Igbo spiritual leader Ogilisi Igbo has called on Igbos and Christian communities across Nigeria to immediately bury corpses languishing in mortuaries—some for years—warning that their continued preservation is a spiritual affront inviting violence, insecurity, and divine retribution. Speaking in a phone interview with The Crest Intl, Ogilisi lamented…
Abuja, NIGERIA — In the quiet corridors of Igboland’s mortuaries, where bodies lie unattended for months or years, a profound spiritual crisis is unfolding. Traditional spiritual leader Ogilisi Igbo has issued an urgent plea to the people of southeastern Nigeria: bury your dead. According to Ogilisi, the rising insecurity, cultism, violence, and social unrest plaguing…
Donald Trump rose to power promising mass deportations, using undocumented immigrants as a scapegoat for America’s economic struggles and crime fears. But since returning to office, the President has signalled a willingness to extend those threats beyond undocumented immigrants — even to U.S. citizens. Earlier this week, when asked whether he would deport former advisor…
Led into the open arena, the regal creatures stamp their groomed hooves, as if acknowledging the cheers, music, and fireworks from the gathered crowd. Their towering size, curved horns, prominent muzzles, and polished coats are on full display as night falls, embodying pride and status. Welcome to one of Senegal’s most anticipated beauty pageants not…
Commuters in London faced severe disruptions on Friday morning (July 4) after a major fire brought Tube services to a halt. The blaze broke out around 1am beneath railway arches on Roxeth Green Avenue in South Harrow. The London Fire Brigade deployed 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines to tackle the flames, bringing the fire…
On July 4, 2025, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja delivered a landmark ruling: the Nigerian Senate’s six-month suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was unlawful and undemocratic. The court ordered her immediate reinstatement, declaring that the Senate had no authority to silence her voice or disenfranchise the over 300,000 constituents of…