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World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said. The Briton was known for his work with black holes and relativity, and wrote several popular science books including A Brief History of Time. At the age of 22 Prof Hawking ...

UN investigators have accused Facebook of playing a “determining role” in stirring up hatred against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. One of the team probing possible acts of genocide said Facebook had “turned into a beast.” About 700,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since Myanmar’s military launched an operation in August against “insurgents” in Rakhine state. Facebook has said there is ...

LIONEL MESSI has reportedly angered the Barcelona board by wanting Neymar back from PSG. Neymar turned his back on Barcelona in August by choosing to pursue a new challenge in France with PSG. But, just seven months into his Parisian adventure, the Brazil international is being tipped to leave for a stunning Nou Camp return. Neymar is also being tracked ...

At least 40 people have been killed in the last 48 hours in Northeastern DR Congo following a new outbreak of ethnic clashes between Hema cattle herders and Lendu farmers, local civil society leader John Bosco Lalu told Reuters on Tuesday. The United Nations-sponsored Radio Okapi reported that heavily armed men armed wielding machetes, arrows and AK-47s attacked villages and ...

or decades, technology has been mainly driven by Westerners and that’s why most applications and features until in recent times have had western themes. But a group of African content creators are determined to change this trend in a big way. Primarily, they are hoping African users can identify and relate to these themes ,thereby owning their personal devices. Afrocomix ...

Nigeria’s presidency said on Monday it plans to negotiate for the release of 110 girls abducted from a school in the northeastern town of Dapchi last month, rather than use a military operation to free them by force. The kidnapping is one of the largest since the jihadist group Boko Haram abducted more than 270 schoolgirls from the northeastern town ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had replaced U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, and appointed Gina Haspel to lead the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Gina Haspel was last year appointed as the first ever female deputy director of CIA and has now made more history in her appointment to the highest position ...

BARCELONA have denied claims Neymar will be rejoining the club this summer. Reports in Spain last week suggested the Brazilian was desperate for a Nou Camp return, just seven months after joining PSG for £198m. The 26-year-old has enjoyed a strong season at the Ligue 1 outfit. However, Neymar was forced to rubbish rumours that he was unsettled in the ...

MANCHESTER UNITED players were given a bomb scare as they prepared for their Champions League clash with a Sevilla. Jose Mourinho’s side face the Spaniard in their second round second leg at Old Trafford tonight. But the players were given a fright on Monday when their regular hotel – the Lowry where Mourinho lives – had to be cordoned off. ...

MICHAEL CARRICK knows there will not be many more Champions League nights for him but is confident that he is passing on Manchester United’s midfield baton to a star of the future in Scott McTominay. As Carrick begins the countdown to his retirement this summer after a distinguished 20-year career, McTominay, 21, is just starting out and showing the same ...