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A lawyer has died after she was hit by a bullet when a gun, which was being used in court as evidence, went off by accident in KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa, police say. Adelaide Ferreira-Watt succumbed to her wounds just hours after the bullet from the shotgun hit her in the hip. The gun went off as it was ...

Liberia is said to be making headway in implementing reforms to attract new investments to build the nation. This move is predicated on a government which is burnt on changing the narrative which is aimed at boosting its economy and overcome challenges like high inflation, exchange risk volatilities, health challenges, bad roads among others. George Weah, President of Liberia at ...

A bridge collapse that killed two people in south-western France was apparently caused by a lorry that weighed too much, prosecutors say. Two vehicles plunged into the River Tarn, north of Toulouse, when the bridge near the village of Mirepoix-sur-Tarn fell down on Monday morning. One of the vehicles, a lorry, weighed more than 50 tonnes, prosecutors said. The suspension ...

The building where Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was born in Austria will be turned into a police station, officials have announced. Interior Minister Wolfgang Peschorn said it would be an “unmistakable signal” that the property did not commemorate Nazism. Hitler spent the first few weeks of his life in a flat in the 17th-Century building in the town of Braunau ...

A convicted internet fraudster has been placed under investigation in Nigeria for allegedly masterminding a “mega scam” from a maximum-security prison worth at least $1m (£773,000). Anti-corruption officials said Hope Olusegun Aroke used a “network of accomplices” for the fraud. He was arrested in 2012 and has been serving a 24-year sentence at the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison. But a ...

A pregnant woman was killed by dogs in forest land in northern France while a hunt with hounds was happening in the area, investigators have said. The body of the 29-year-old, who was walking her own dogs, was discovered near the town of Villers-Cotterêts. She died after “several dog bites to the upper and lower limbs and the head,” prosecutor ...

Up to 90% of Tanzania’s biggest city is not connected to the sewage system, a joint report released on World Toilet Day has found. It says Dar es Salaam’s four million residents largely rely on the services of a band of illegal workers known as “frogmen” to deal with human waste. This group of clandestine night workers, who are predominantly ...

Jose Mourinho has been named as the new Tottenham manager, succeeding Mauricio Pochettino who was sacked on Tuesday. Former Chelsea and Manchester United boss Mourinho has signed a contract until the end of the 2022-23 season. “The quality in both the squad and the academy excites me,” said the 56-year-old Portuguese. “Working with these players is what has attracted me.” ...

A doctor accused of performing unnecessary surgeries on his unsuspecting patients has appeared in a federal court in Virginia. Dr Javaid Perwaiz, an obstetrician-gynaecologist, lied to women about their health and caused them serious injury, according to the FBI. Since his arrest on 8 November, more than 126 women have contacted officials to complain about his behaviour. On Thursday, a ...

Manchester United owners the Glazers stopped Jose Mourinho from selling Anthony Martial. Now, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is benefitting. If Jose Mourinho had got his way in the summer of 2018, Manchester United would have sold Anthony Martial and landed Ivan Perisic as his replacement. After two years of inconsistency, Mourinho was willing to let the France international go. He didn’t ...