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You all have no idea how excited I am for this summer. I feel like I blew last summer, big time, even though I knew chillin’ outside was safe (as long as you weren’t huffing directly into people’s faces). We just laid low. But I have a feeling I’ll be hanging out in a lot of people’s backyards this year, and it’ll be…

Crisis erupted on Sunday in Karu, one of the satellite towns of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja when some commercial motorcyclists clashed with security operatives. Our correspondent learnt that trouble started when the protesting motorcyclists blocked the Nyanya-Karshi Road, leaving motorists stranded. The reason for their protest was not known as of the time of…

Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was elected as the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislative party in Assam, said that the state's new Cabinet will take oath at 12 noon on Monday.

Thirteen prisoners escaped from a jail in Haryana's Rewari, a dedicated facility for COVID-19 positive inmates in the state, officials said on Sunday

Maratha quota activists staged a protest at Diva in Thane district of Maharashtra against the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the law granting them reservations in admissions and jobs

Saudi Arabia will hold the Hajj pilgrimage under “special conditions” to protect against the spread of COVID-19, a spokesman with the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah annnounced on Sunday.Read the latest

Theme parks reopened on 8 May in Belgium, the first time that the public could test out Walibi Park's new sleek attraction: The Kondaa!

An underwater museum is set to boost the island’s profile when it opens in July, but exactly what it will look like is being kept under wraps   An underwater museum, fitted with 70 sculptures by a renowned British artist, is set to adorn the seafloor at Pernera beach by...

The photos arrive as the daily attendance at the Grand Mosque in Mecca during this year’s Hajj was limited amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with only those vaccinated reportedly being allowed to perform prayers at the Kaaba.

Lucid Motors, Ford and Volkswagen all reportedly boasting their electric models

The world has been watching the skies as a Chinese rocket came tumbling back to Earth in an uncontrolled reentry. The debris landed in the Indian Ocean.

Mario Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, is dead! And wouldn't you know it, Wario is a chief suspect.

Champions League final: Delicate negotiations going on between UK government, UEFA

Douglas Allen of Simon Fraser University has a working paper that builds on “Life-Years Lost: The Quantity and the Quality,” one of my blog posts from last year.  Most of his paper critiques other researchers’ cost-benefit analyses of COVID policy, but Allen spends a whole section applying my method to Canada:

Exploiting weekend curfew restrictions, HOPCOMS outlet resorted to overcharging, says customer

"The real challenge is in these great big bills there’s just waste, fraud, abuse, but more importantly corruption,” McCarthy said in the interview that aired Sunday.

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Over 40 million people are under the threat for severe storms today. Meteorologist Allison Chinchar breaks down the threats and the timing of these storms.

CONFLICT between China and Taiwan could happen "sooner rather than later", according to Australian Senator Jim Molan.

Australian tennis doubles legend Todd Woodbridge has accused Liz Cambage of a misguided approach in her social justice campaign after the basketball star threatened to boycott the Olympics over a photoshoot.
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Ubani Market Police Station in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State has been razed by hoodlums suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra. According to DailyTrust, the attack by the men who were armed happened in the early hour of Sunday. No life was lost in the incident as officers of…