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Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces are still attacking Kyiv. . Russia, Ukraine talks start in Istanbul Zelenskyy says Russian forces continuing Kyiv assault Wagner Group mercenaries deployed in eastern Ukraine,…

A London nurse who is in jail for trafficking vulnerable Nigerian women to the UK has been ordered to repay almost £184,000. Josephine Iyamu, 54, was the first British national to be convicted under the Modern Slavery Act for offences…

https://youtu.be/myjEoDypUD8 US actor Will Smith slaps US actor Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscar HOLLYWOOD - Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage and struck comedian Chris Rock across the face for joking about his wife, in a moment…

Steven Seagal claimed to have ties with the CIA in a newly-unearthed audiotape. Recorded three decades ago, the bombshell recording documented the actor boasting about working for the Central Intelligence Agency and…

https://twitter.com/VOA_Wandera/status/1505830247039741956?s=20&t=5lPXuKnQqEe-MeV75RSZTg LIVE Open the menu DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, News Plane carrying 133 crashes in China: State TV The China Eastern…

On April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines (AQ) flight 243 experienced an explosive decompression, resulting in the death of a flight attendant and problems with inspection and maintenance procedures. The ceiling of the Boeing 737-200 was ripped…

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted tens of thousands of middle-class Russians to abruptly flee abroad as they stare at a bleak future in their increasingly isolated homeland. Many say fear of the economic and political fallout…

With the world’s attention focused on Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, a vast humanitarian crisis is quietly unfolding in the Horn of Africa. This year's drought, the driest in four decades, has decimated livestock populations and poses a…

Chelsea’s debt to Roman Abramovich is over 1.5 billion pounds and finance experts are of the view that the club may go out of business if the government imposes sanctions against Abramovich. The Times reported that if Abramovich is…

Ex-President Donald Trump claimed to a golfer that he got along ‘great’ with former ‘friend’ Russian President Vladimir Putin, who did not invade Ukraine under his watch because he threatened to bomb Moscow. Trump’s thoughts were heard…

A 29-year-old Harare woman yesterday appeared in court for recruiting unsuspecting housemaids and taking them to Oman where they were subjected to torture and slavery. Tendai Muswe was facing human trafficking charges when she…

Melinda French Gates is offering her perspective about the end of her marriage to billionaire Bill Gates in a sit-down interview with CBS News' Gayle King this week. French Gates, 57, is excited for her future after divorcing the Microsoft…

The world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225, has been destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine According to CNN, the enormous aircraft, named “Mriya,” or “dream” in Ukrainian, was parked at an airfield near Kyiv when…

A death sentence was given by the Sudanese court to the paramilitary officer who was charged of killing a demonstrator during a deadly breakup of a protest camp in the capital, Khartoum, in 2019. The officer, Youssef Mohieldin al-Fiky, a…

Zimbabwean born MaggieChapman takes her Scottish Parliament affirmation in Shona after being elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament. 41 year old Chapman grew up in Harare where her dad was the Music Director at the school of…

Bernard Madoff, who was convicted for running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in federal prison where he was serving a 150-year sentence, the Bureau of Prisons said. He was 82. Suffering from kidney…

Tanzanian president, John Pombe Magufui, a known COVID-19 sceptic, is reported to be on life support following a stroke induced by the viral disease. Opposition leader Tundu Antiphas Lissa reported Tanzania Intelligence and Security…

A Zimbabwean woman based in the United Kingdom (UK) was arrested after she tried to defraud an insurance company, Aviva of nearly £400 000 by claiming her husband had died. Thuile Bhebhe, 51, reported that her husband had died in Zimbabwe…

A judge in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott on Thursday charged ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and about ten other figures with corruption, following an investigation into his decade-long rule. The move marks the latest step in the…

Tanzania's President John Magufuli is in good health and working normally, one of his diplomats has told a broadcaster in Namibia, countering reports he had been flown to hospital in Kenya and then India in a critical condition with…

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has revealed that Rwanda is still leading the world with the sixty-one percent of members of the country’s legislature being women. While several African counties have in the past been ranked among the top…

Ghana has become the first country to launch a nationwide programme to deliver coronavirus vaccines with Zipline drones. Zipline started delivering the shots on Tuesday as part of the WHO's first shipment of vaccines through COVAX, its…

The UK government has announced to it's citizens that it is illegal to travel for leisure to Zimbabwe for now while those who wish to do so should do it for legal reasons. This was contained in the regulations that were posted on the…