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At least six people died when a passenger boat sank on a reservoir in north-western Colombia, officials say. They say that 133 people were rescued, but 16 are still missing after the four-deck Almirante went down near the popular resort town of Guatapé. There were about 170 people on board. Witness Juan Quiroz told the BBC the boat sank in ...

Anonymous, the global hacking collective, believes that alien life exists—and it thinks that NASA is about to confirm it. The shadowy group made the claim in a 12-and-a-half-minute video published on an unofficial YouTube channel on Tuesday. The video centers around recent findings by the American space organization, including the discovery of 219 new planet candidates—10 of which present similar ...

The US Embassy in Ghana has clarified former presidents of Ghana will still enjoy diplomatic courtesies, despite an initial fiat that it has stripped protocol visa allocation to top Ghanaian government officials. US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson, told the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament: “As for the protocol, normally if you are applying for official travel there is no ...

A free meal and a friendly smile aren’t easy to come by. But a pair of Muslim immigrants changed that for some in Montreal with a sign in their restaurant window. Motivated by their own experiences with hunger in Iraq and Iran, they offer a free meal to anyone in their adopted community who needs it — no questions asked. ...

Britain’s biggest ever warship will set sail from a Scottish dockyard on Monday—and while Britannia may no longer “rule the waves,” the U.K. hopes she will serve as a sign of the country’s continued naval might. What are the ship’s specs? The HMS Queen Elizabeth is an aircraft carrier weighing 65,000 tonnes. It is the first of a new class ...

Lagos (AFP) – Nigeria’s acting president Yemi Osinbajo has ordered troops in to keep the peace in the restive state of Taraba after deadly clashes between herders and farmers. The vice-president, standing in for President Muhammadu Buhari, who is on indefinite medical leave, said Thursday the extra military battalions and police reinforcements had been sent. Police say 18 people were ...

China and the United States agreed that efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula should be “complete, verifiable and irreversible,” Chinese state media said on Saturday, reporting the results of high level talks in Washington this week. “Both sides reaffirm that they will strive for the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” a consensus document released by the ...

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has said pregnant girls should be expelled from school. Here Jackie Leonard Lomboma, who runs a centre for teenage mothers in the eastern city of Morogoro, gives her reaction: I was orphaned at three months old and raised by my grandfather in Tabora village in central-western region of the country. He struggled to provide me with ...

MAN UTD GET SANCHES BOOST Renato Sanches Portugal Manchester United have been handed a boost in their their pursuit of Portugal star Renato Sanches, according to The Sun. Bayern Munich spent big on Lyon midfielder Corentin Tolisso, apparently making the teenager, who they signed from Benfica in 2016, expendable. Jose Mourinho’s side could now reap the benefit of a cut-price deal, with the cost of signing ...

QUOTE: “Grenfell Tower fire is ‘corporate manslaughter’ and arrests must be made, says LABOUR MP David Lammy ‘We should call it what it is; it’s corporate manslaughter, that’s what it is and there should be arrests made, frankly,’ the Tottenham MP said. UNQUOTE These words, uttered by Mr David Lammy, one of the few black Members of the British Parliament, ...