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Violence in Nigeria between semi-nomadic cattle herders and settled farmers has killed around six times more people than deaths related to the Boko Haram insurgency in the first half of 2018, and poses a major threat to the country’s stability, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said on Thursday. The think-tank said in a report the violence, concentrated in central states ...

Over 130 migrants suffered injuries Thursday as they tried to cross from Morocco to Europe, according to the Spanish Red Cross. Police said that 16 migrants were hospitalized and 15 law enforcement officers were hurt, with five needing hospital care, after 800 migrants attempted to reach European soil. Over 600 African migrants successfully crossed from Morocco to Spain’s North African ...

The Japanese city of Iga is fighting off aspiring ninjas after a broadcasting error. In a July 16 segment on Japan’s depopulation and labor shortages, National Public Radio reported that Iga had a shortage of ninjas. The segment said that the city’s ninja museum needed more ninja-performers, and NPR’s Sally Herships also said that those filling the role could earn ...

Artificial intelligence is now being used to diagnose a common eye disease. The device, called IDx-DR, uses software and a retinal camera to take images of a patient’s retina. It then uses an artificial intelligence algorithm to evaluate the images and effectively diagnose diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication that can lead to blindness. Developers hope this new device will make ...

ark Zuckerberg’s fortune tanked by more than $16 billion on Wednesday in the wake of Facebook’s second-quarter financial results, which fell short of analysts’ expectations. Shares in the California-based social-networking platform plummeted by as much as 24 percent following the filing this week, swiftly wiping up to $140 billion from the company’s market value. According to the Financial Times, the ...

In one niche corner of the cryptocurrency world, an ethical debate is raging. The topic of contention is not exchange rates or squabbles over which virtual money is king, but so-called “assassination markets” where users can place bets on the likelihood of celebrity deaths. So far, U.S. president Donald Trump, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, actor Betty White and senator John ...

South Sudan’s 400 MPs have received a government loan of $40,000 (£30,300) each to buy cars for themselves, causing public anger. A presidential spokesman defended the $16m expenditure, saying MPs could not be expected to “use motorbikes”. Critics have accused the government of rewarding MPs two weeks after they voted to extend President Salva Kiir’s term to 2021. The government ...

MANCHESTER UNITED must keep hold of wantaway forward Anthony Martial if they are to compete with Manchester City. That’s the verdict of former Old Trafford ace Dimitar Berbatov, who says his old Monaco team-mate is some way off realising his potential. Martial’s future is in the air this summer after his agent, Philippe Lamboley, revealed he is eager to call ...

TOTTENHAM must keep hold of star trio Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen ahead of next season. That’s the verdict of former Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov, who believes Mousa Dembele will continue to be crucial for Mauricio Pochettino’s side too. Tottenham are yet to make their mark in this summer’s transfer market but business is likely to be on ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho has been told to sign Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld instead of Leicester star Harry Maguire. Both Alderweireld and Maguire have been linked with a move to Manchester United this summer. Reports on Thursday claimed the Red Devils have made an approach to Leicester for England World Cup star Maguire. However, the ESPN FC pundits do ...