Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in prison, a day after the former Pakistan prime minister was jailed for 10 years. Khan, who was ousted as PM by his opponents in 2022, is already serving a three-year jail term after being convicted of corruption.On Tuesday he was sentenced for leaking state secrets, and on Wednesday given 14 years in another corruption case.Khan has […]
Canada's former world pole vault champion Shawn Barber has died at the age of 29 from medical complications. His agent Paul Doyle told the Reuters news agency that Barber passed away at home in Texas. Barber took gold at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, won the Pan American Games the same year and finished 10th in the Rio 2016 Olympics. His best jump of 6.00 metres was […]
Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson has publicly revealed he has terminal cancer and has “about a year” to live, the 75-year-old told Swedish radio station P1 on Thursday. CNN previously had learned from a source close to Eriksson that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. “Everyone can see that I have a disease that’s not good, and everyone supposes that it’s cancer, and it is. But I have to fight it as long as […]
By Georgina Humphrey Some former Kogi State House of Assembly members have thrown their weight behind the candidacy of Mr Muritala Yakubu Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the November 11th Governorship election. Leader of the group, Simon Atadoga made this known at a news conference in Abuja. Atadoga who said the group drawn from the three senatorial districts of the state believed that Ajaka has the […]
Former London gangster-turned-actor Dave Courtney has died aged 64. Mr Courtney, who claimed to be an associate of the notorious Kray twins, was found dead at his home on Chestnut Rise, Plumstead, in the early hours of Sunday. A post announcing his death on his Instagram account said Mr Courtney "took his own life". It said: "It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Dave Courtney […]
Former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, a renowned peace broker, has died at age 86 after battling Alzheimer’s disease. Reports say the Social Democrat was president of Finland between 1994 and 2000. According to the report, after a lengthy career that earned him a global reputation as a peace mediator and the Nobel Peace Prize, he retired from public life in September 2021 owing to dementia. Finland’s president, Sauli Niinistö, paid […]
Ahead of the November 11 governorship poll, a former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Simon Achaba, has declared his support for the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Yakubu Murtala Ajaka. Achaba who stated this at a news conference in Abuja, added that he decided to back Ajaka because of his capacity to deliver the state from maladministration. Achaba, who served as deputy governor under Governor Yahaya Bello's first […]
Donald Trump has said he plans to turn himself in on Thursday to a court in the state of Georgia to face charges of election interference. Reports say a judge in Atlanta who is overseeing the former president's case has set bail at $200,000 (£157,000). The agreement says Mr Trump can remain free pending trial so long as he does not attempt to threaten or intimidate witnesses. Mr Trump denies […]
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