When Flutterwave launched in 2016, the fintech company quickly became the poster child for African startup success stories. In 2021, it achieved unicorn status,…
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The toll is expected to rise from the blast, which happened late evening local time on Tuesday in Majiya, a village in Jigawa…
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The spluttering roar of a propeller punctuates the perfect silence. Car headlights flick on, splitting the darkness. Their beams reveal not just a…
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As a child growing up in northern Nigeria, Dr. Funmi Adewara experienced a severe hand injury that required multiple surgeries and frequent hospital…
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A Russian man has been rescued after 67 days adrift on a small boat in the bitterly cold Sea of Okhotsk, Russian authorities…
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A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said. Helen…
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The THAAD defense system is one of the US military’s most powerful anti-missile weapons, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles at ranges of 150…
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The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle…
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It seemed like an unlikely stage for Kanye West to unveil his new music. But last month the American rapper – now known…
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Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is now entering its third month, with scores of settlements still firmly under its control. The operation…