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A yet-to-be-identified mother in the Mushin area of Lagos State is currently battling for her life after losing two of her children to electrocution on Thursday. According to sources in the area, the children, a girl aged 10 and a boy aged seven, were electrocuted when they attempted to turn on the television after returning from school. PUNCH Metro gathered from the sources in the area that the parents, who were […]
The United Kingdom’s inflation-fuelled cost-of-living crisis is set to “cut lives short” and “significantly widen the wealth-health gap”, according to a study published by open access journal BMJ Public Health on Monday. Modelling conducted for the study predicted that the proportion of people “dying before their time” (under the age of 75) will rise by nearly 6.5 percent due to the sustained period of high prices. The most deprived households […]
Ireland’s gymnastics federation has apologised for the allegedly racist treatment of a young Black gymnast who was skipped by an official handing out medals to a row of girls last year. Footage posted on social media last week of an event in Dublin in 2022 showed the official appearing to snub the girl, the only Black gymnast in the lineup, who looked bewildered. “We would like to unreservedly apologise to […]
India struck gold in their Asian Games cricket debut when they beat in-form Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the women’s final in Hangzhou, after declining to send teams on the two previous occasions the sport was included in the continental Games. Batting first, India reached 116-7 in their 20 overs with Smriti Mandhana (46) and Jemimah Rodrigues (42) putting on 73 for the second wicket in Monday’s final. Sri Lanka’s chase […]
A court in Thailand has jailed activist and lawyer Anon Nampa for four years after he made a taboo-breaking call for royal reform during protests three years ago. On Tuesday, Bangkok’s Criminal Court also imposed a fine of 20,000 Thai baht ($551) on Anon for breaking an emergency decree that was in force at the time. Anon’s lawyer said he would appeal against the ruling. The charges stem from a […]
Canadian Sikhs have staged protests outside India’s diplomatic missions, a week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there may be a link between New Delhi and the killing of a Sikh separatist advocate in British Columbia. Trudeau a week ago stood in parliament to say that domestic intelligence agencies were actively pursuing credible allegations tying New Delhi’s agents to the shooting of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, in June. About 100 […]
Australia has been left in shock after their rugby team suffered their worst-ever defeat in a World Cup match and looks set to leave the tournament at the pool stage for the first time. The Wallabies, twice world champions, lost 40-6 to Wales in what was also Australia’s worst-ever loss to Wales. The team, who have already lost to Fiji, have one group match left – against Portugal. They will […]
Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was captured in January after 30 years on the run, has died, according to media reports. The ANSA news agency said on Monday that Messina Denaro, 61, died in the L’Aquila Hospital in central Italy after slipping into an “irreversible coma” over the weekend. The former head of the Cosa Nostra Sicilian mob was seeking treatment for colon cancer at the time of his […]
Super Eagles striker Victor Boniface has responded to breaking a 29-year-old record in the German Bundesliga for the most shots on goal after five rounds of games. The previous record, held by Uwe Wegmann, stood at 25 shots on goal for Bochum during the 1994/1995 season. Boniface achieved this feat on Sunday when Bayer Leverkusen defeated newly promoted Heidenheim 4-1 at the BayArena. The former Royale Union Saint-Gilloise striker also […]
