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A man who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron earlier this week has been handed a four-month jail sentence. 28-year-old Damien Tarel, who said he is a right-wing sympathizer, attacked President Macron as he shook hands with members of the public during a walkabout in France’s Drome region on…

Two people were arrested after French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped by a man in the crowd. A video clip published by French media shows a man in a green T-shirt, eyeglasses, and a facemask shouting "Down with Macronia" before slapping Macron in the face. Macron had visited the Drome region…

A South African woman from Gauteng province has broken the Guinness World Record after giving birth to 10 babies. 37-year-old Gosiame Thamara Sithole gave birth to decuplets at a hospital in Pretoria on Monday night. Pretoria News reports that Sithole, who hails from Tembisa Township in Ekurhuleni…

Popular Nigerian televangelist Temitope Balogun Joshua, alias TB Joshua is dead. Joshua passed away on Saturday evening in Lagos, according to reports in Nigeria. The 57-year-old controversial pastor is reported to have collapsed and died moments after concluding a program at his church. The cause…

Nigeria retaliated by suspending Twitter after the American social media company deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet. Through Information Minister Lai Mohammed, Nigeria announced it had indefinitely suspended Twitter’s activities in the country. Lai explained that the move was informed by “…

A Ugandan minister survived an assassination attempt on Tuesday after unknown gunmen sprayed bullets at his car. General Katumba Wamala, the minister of works and transport, was being driven in the Kampala suburb of Kiasasi when four attackers on motorcycles opened fire at his car. Wamala, a former…

The Chinese government is set to allow married couples to have up to three children in a move aimed at averting a demographic crisis. The decision was arrived at during a meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s top leadership on Monday, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. The easing of…

A child reporter who hit international headlines after interviewing former US President Barack Obama in 2009 has died. Damon Weaver passed away on May 1st aged 23, according to the Palm Beach County medical examiner. The cause of his death was not revealed. Weaver’s celebration of life was held on…

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was on Wednesday sworn in for a sixth term. The 76-year-old took an oath of office in a ceremony held at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala. President Kenyatta was among African heads of state who attended the inauguration ceremony. Kenyatta, who is the current…

The rogue Chinese rocket that was out of control and destined to crash on Earth has re-entered close to the Maldives.  Debris from the rocket dubbed Long March 5B disintegrated over the Indian Ocean at 10:24 am Beijing time, according to reports.  “The coordinates put the point of impact…