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Atlanta police chief, Erika Shields has resigned amid backlash over the fatal shooting of a black man by a white officer during a struggle.   Atlanta Mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on Saturday at a press conference that the city’s police chief had submitted her resignation after roughly 150 protesters marched outside …

Earlier on Saturday, Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan hold a tripartite talk about a controversial mega Dam on the River Nile were tied because of Addis Ababa’s “intransigence”. The Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a source of tension in the River Nile basin since Ethiopia broke ground nearly a …

BBC newscaster, George Alagiah, has revealed he now has lung cancer, saying his bowel cancer has spread to other organs in his body.   Alagiah’s update on his health condition comes two months after he was diagnosed of COVID-19.     The 64-year-old was first diagnosed with bowel cancer in …

Basketball legend, Kobe Bryant, is set to be honoured with a posthumous Emmy award for his work in ‘philanthropy, community building and inspiration.’   41 year old Kobe, alongside his daughter Gianna and 7 others were killed during a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California in January . The basketball star …

(CNN) What caused the lake to turn pink? That was the question on people’s minds across India after Lonar Lake in the state of Maharashtra suddenly changed hues in recent days. Experts believe that the change is likely due to either increased salinity in the water, the presence of algae …

South Africa’s self-proclaimed king of nudity Beau Brummell dies Beau Brummell, who opened SA’s first nudist resort and once went on national TV naked, has died. His daughter, Cheyanne Bush, posted on Facebook that her father had died at 2am on Thursday. “The legendary Beau Brummell, well known for opening …

A mum-of-two has been forced to live with her intestines protruding from her stomach after surviving a horrific gun attack. Takieyah Reaves, 32, from Newark, New Jersey, was one of three people injured in a random shooting at a nightclub in the city in July 2017. Mum-of-two Takieyah Reaves was …

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES British firms do not have the resilience to cope with a no-deal Brexit after the battering of the coronavirus crisis, according to the outgoing boss of industry body the CBI. Carolyn Fairbairn said a CBI member had likened a no-deal to “setting the shed on fire” while …

Image copyrightGRAHAM EVA Ant and Dec have apologised for impersonating people of colour on Saturday Night Takeaway. The duo concealed their real identities with darker make-up and prosthetics in order to pull pranks on famous people. In a statement on Wednesday, they said they were “sincerely sorry” and had requested …

Technology giant Amazon has banned the police from using its controversial facial recognition software for a year. It comes after civil rights advocates raised concerns about potential racial bias in surveillance technology. This week IBM also said it would stop offering its facial recognition software for “mass surveillance or racial …