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Ziona Chana, the head of a religious sect that practiced polygamy, died on Sunday, leaving behind 38 wives, 94 children and 36 grandchildren. Chana reportedly suffered from diabetes and hypertension. Doctors said Chana’s condition deteriorated at home in his village, Baktawng Tlangnuam. He was admitted to hospital on Sunday evening, …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionDavid Attenborough (right) is to address the summit World leaders meeting in Cornwall are to adopt strict measures on coal-fired power stations as part of the battle against climate change. The G7 group will promise to move away from coal plants, unless they have technology to capture …

A pizzeria owner allegedly killed her husband before cutting off his penis and frying it. Dayane Cristina Rodrigues Machado, aged 33, was arrested in the Brazilian city of Sao Goncalo on June 7. Cops were called to the couple’s house in the neighbourhood of Santa Catarina and found the victim’s …

Vice-President Kamala Harris has faced pressure to visit the US-Mexico border, as she tackled a record migration spike on her first official foreign trip. Ms Harris had a testy exchange with a journalist who asked why she had not gone to the US southern boundary. Members of Ms Harris’s own …

French President Emmanuel Macron was physically attacked by a man on Tuesday in the city of Tain, located in the country’s south. Macron, who according to reports is on a regional tour, run towards a crowd standing behind a bariccade with his security personnel in tow. The president is heard …

The outbreak was first observed on Thursday, with most of the lions asymptomatic. File image. Image: DANIEL BORN A nine-year old Asiatic lion has died from the coronavirus in a state-run zoo on the outskirts of the south Indian city of Chennai, the zoo said on Friday. There have been various …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionThe Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia once housed 500 children A mass grave containing the remains of 215 children has been found in Canada at a former residential school set up to assimilate indigenous people. The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in …

Mark Zuckerberg goes surfing The owner of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, is not taking any chances sharing the ocean with sharks. In a latest video which has hit the internet he’s hooked himself up to a contraption that supposedly keeps them at bay. Mark was out on his hydrofoil surfboard in Kauai, Hawaii Thursday, …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionAlexander Lukashenko (left) met his main ally – Vladimir Putin – in Sochi Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Western outrage over the diversion of a Ryanair jet to the Belarus capital from where a dissident and his girlfriend were seized. During talks in the Russian resort city …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionChina has rejected any link between Covid-19 and a virus research lab in Wuhan China has denounced US efforts to further investigate whether Covid-19 came from a Chinese lab. US President Joe Biden has called on intelligence officials to “redouble” their work to find out how the virus …