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Five people have been killed in a surge of xenophobic violence in South Africa, police said as President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to clamp down and the African Union, Nigeria and Zambia condemned the attacks.   a crowd armed with axes and machetes gathered in Johannesburg’s central business district for a third …

Excessive use of electronic products such as mobile phones has led to children’s weakening eyesight.  Out of the 1,989 Parent surveyed,  72.6 percent of Chinese parents said their children suffer from nearsightedness and 68.6 percent said their existing eye problems have aggravated during the summer vacation.  Obsession with mobile phones has …

North korean president kim jong Un has  ordered the execution of  five officials for their part in the failed second summit between him and trump. Bloomberg news reported that kim hyok chol, North Korea’s special envoy to the U.S  was executed by firing squad for being won over by the …

People across the European union have cast their ballots on the last day of voting for the European parliament elections, with early indications suggesting that the bloc’s only directly-elected body is shaping up to be more fragmented. Provisional results showed that the Centre-right European people’s party (EPP) and the Centre-left progressive alliance of …

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo A former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo,   said  that the African free continental trade area (AFCTA) agreement will not be hindered by Nigeria’s reluctance to sign up to the process. Chief Obasanjo made the remark in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during the opening session of the stakeholders’ …

The first tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on sale from Thursday, with Japanese residents able to enter a lottery to watch the sport of their choice.  Tickets for the 33 sports range from the cheapest general tickets at 2,500 yen ($23) to an eye-watering 300,000 yen ($2,730) for the …

Palestinian officials say a ceasefire agreement has been reached with Israel to end a surge of violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel that has led to the deaths of at least 25 Palestinians and four Israelis.  Israeli soldiers Gaza officials confirmed to Al Jazeera that a deal was …

The alleged ringleader behind Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings has been confirmed killed in the attacks. Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena said the suspect, Zahran Hashim, a radical preacher, died at the Shangri-La hotel in the capital, Colombo. He said Hashim led the attack on the popular tourist hotel, accompanied …

Cyclone Kenneth has made landfall in Northern Mozambique, a country still recovering from another huge storm. storm The Cyclone has brought high winds and has already killed three people on the Island Nation of Comoros. Mozambique’s National Institute of Disaster Management (INGC) said 30,000 people had been evacuated from areas …

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un has accused the US of acting in “bad faith” during the summit earlier this year with President Donald Trump. He also said peace in the Korean peninsula would depend entirely on Washington. Mr Kim made his remarks at the summit with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin …