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Governor Kano declares a day of mourning after the state’s representative athlete is killed at a national sporting event.According to the local governor, a bus crash in Kano State, northern Nigeria, killed 22 athletes returning from a national sporting event. The bus reportedly carrying more than 30 passengers jumped off the Chiromawa Bridge on the Kano Zaria Expressway on Saturday, Governor Kano Governor Aba Kabir Yusuf told The Associated Press. The exact cause of the accident was unknown, but the Federal Highway Safety Corps (FRSC) said after a long overnight trip, “it could have been a result of fatigue and…

The day before the government published a review of its defense strategy, Prime Minister Kiel Starmer said he would “restore the British preparedness for combat.”Kiel’s Prime Minister, Chief Minister of Justice, warned that Britain must stand up to hostile states with modern military capabilities and prepare to defeat as the government announced a £1.5 billion (about $2 billion) plan to build at least six new weapons and explosive factories. “We are directly threatened by the advanced military, so we need to be ready to fight and win,” Starmer wrote in the Sun Newspaper on Sunday. “We will restore British combat…

Decision-making will pave the way for the country’s largest Muslim party to take part in the next general election, expected by June next year.Bangladesh has restored its registration of the country’s largest Muslim party more than a decade after it was banned by the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina government. The Supreme Court decision on Sunday meant that the Jamaat-e-Islami party will be officially listed on the Election Commission, paving the way for participation in the next general election. Shishir Monir, a lawyer for Jamaat-e-Islami, said the ruling would allow a “democratic, comprehensive and multiparty system” in the majority of…

Princeton, N.J. (AP) – Other students may be in class or socializing at lunchtime, but a group of young Catholics will attend mass at Princeton University Chapel at noon on weekdays.They sing Gregorian chants in Latin, pray in the side chapel (inside the giant non-denominational Princeton chapel) and receive communion – young, devoted Catholics consider it a sacred shelter in an almost liberal and secular Ivy League setting. “I feel that people have a strong faith here,” student Logan Nelson said of the dedicated Catholic space he attends daily masses. Close-up Catholic Campus Ministries in a Historic ChapelThe Gothic University…

Flash floods caused by heavy rains have devastated Nigeria’s central state, killing at least 150 people, kicking out thousands since Thursday, and rescuers say tolls could rise. Search and rescue operations are ongoing as roads are damaged and homes are being destroyed. Here’s what you need to know about floods and how much Nigeria has a tendency towards such events. Which parts of Nigeria are flooded? Flash floods have hit Mokuwa, a market town in the northern Niger state of Nigeria. The Nigerian Red Cross Association said it followed heavy rainfall, which began at 3am (02:00 GMT) on Thursday. Mokwa…

The relentless monsoon rains across the northeastern states leave a mark of death and destruction.At least 30 people have been killed in northeastern India after India’s rain caused floods and landslides over the weekend, Indian officials and media reports say. Authorities said on Sunday that at least eight people were killed in Assam and nine more people were killed in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh, many of whom were buried beneath the Earth, and the trash was removed by heavy rain. Three members of one family were killed in a landslide in Guwahati, Assam, officials said heavy rain led to flooding in…

Pascal Siakam appeared in Indiana against the New York Knicks as the Pacers made their first appearance in the NBA Finals in 25 years.The Indiana Pacers scored a double double of 31 points from Pascal Siakam and 21 points from Tyrees Halliburton, beating the New York Knicks 125-108, reaching the NBA Finals for the first time since 2000. The Pacers used the third quarter on Saturday to open close games and continue to put pressure on the fourth season, winning four games twice in the Best of 7 Eastern Conference Finals. They reach the championship series for the second time…

The country’s International Crime Court will begin trials against former leaders of crimes against humanity.Fugitive Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina coordinated a “systematic attack” on her protests against her government, Bangladeshi prosecutors said at the start of a fatal crackdown trial last year. “After scrutinizing the evidence, we have concluded that it is a coordinated, widespread and systematic attack,” Mohammad Tajru Islam, a prosecutor at Bangladesh’s National Court of International Crimes (ICT), told the court in a speech that opened on Sunday. “The accused unleashed all law enforcement and armed party members and shattered the uprising,” he said, saying Islam had…

The European country is chosen between conservative historian Karol Naulocky and Pro Eu Warsaw Mayor Rafal Truzaskovsky.Poles are voting on a decisive presidential outflow that could have a major impact on the country’s future role in the European Union. The polling begins at local time (05:00 GMT) and is supported by Warsaw Prime Minister Rafal Truzaskowski by Right-wing Law and Justice (PIS) from the central citizens platform of the Civic Union, which competes against right-wing historian Karol Nowrocky. (Al Jazeera) The spill followed the heavily contested first round on May 18th, with Trzaskowski winning just over 31%, while Nawrocki winning…

After “illegal interference” collapsed the bridge, the train is off the tracks in Russia’s Briance area, officials say.In Russia, at least seven people were killed, at least seven people and injured 30 people after colliding with a bridge that had collapsed after local officials described it as “illegal interference.” The incident took place late on Saturday in the Briance region of Russia, adjacent to Ukraine. “Unfortunately, there are seven deaths,” Governor Briansk Alexander Bogomaz said in a Telegram post. “Thirty victims, including two children, were taken to medical facilities in the Bryansk area,” Bogomaz said, adding that the two were…