Security forces in The Gambia have shut down two private radio stations, the main press union has said, amid a crisis over President Yaya Jammeh’s refusal to step down. The closure of Teranga FM and Hilltop Radio was a “slap in the face” for democracy, said Emil Touray, the head of The Gambia Press Union.… Read More Gambian radio stations shut down over election crisis
Pop star Janet Jackson gave birth on Tuesday to her first child, a boy, at the age of 50, her publicist said. “Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana are thrilled to welcome their new son Eissa Al Mana into the world,” the singer’s representative said in a statement to People magazine. “Janet had a… Read More Singer, Janet Jackson gives birth to baby boy
A man has died after being shot by police during an operation in northern England, West Yorkshire Police said on Tuesday, later confirming the incident was not a terrorism-linked. Police said the shooting occurred during a “pre-planned policing operation” near the M62 motorway in Huddersfield at about 1800 GMT on Monday. “A police firearm was… Read More British police fatally shoot man during raid
A tornado is believed to have killed four people in southeast Alabama on Monday, when winds sent a tree crashing onto a home as a heavy storm system pounded the U.S. South with rain, hail and strong winds, officials said. The victims were in a mobile home in Rehobeth, just outside the city of Dothan,… Read More Tornado lashes south U.S., kills four in Alabama
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