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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 …

• Citizen Kofi Amoah has gotten the support from World Bank in telling GoG to stop excessive borrowing • David Malpass warned that future generations are at risk • He advised the country to pay attention to its debts which resulted in the country been classified as high risk of …

Prominent Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is critically ill after being shot in the head, her party says. The Taking the Initiative Party said she was being treated in intensive care after being “brutally attacked” in the early hours of Sunday. The 27-year-old was taken to a south London …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES Ex-British racing driver Max Mosley, who went on to run motorsport’s world governing body the FIA and become a privacy campaigner, has died aged 81. His death was confirmed by ex-Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. Mr Mosley served three terms as president of the FIA from 1993 …

IMAGE COPYRIGHT@EMERGENZAVVFimage captionEmergency services shared an image of the deadly crash on Sunday At least eight people have been killed after a cable car fell near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, according to rescuers and news reports. Local emergency services said the accident happened on a service transporting passengers from …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGESimage captionIn Khan Younis, Gaza, people have emerged to take stock of the destruction After the ceasefire, Palestinians in Gaza, who had stayed inside as much as they could while there was a chance of getting killed outside, walked round their neighbourhoods to get a …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTSTR/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGESimage captionHigh winds and freezing rain hit participants of the race Twenty-one runners have died after extreme weather struck a long-distance race in north-western China. High winds and freezing rain hit participants in the 100km (60-mile) ultramarathon in the Yellow River Stone Forest, a tourist site …

A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come into effect. The ceasefire began early on Friday, bringing to an end 11 days of fighting in which more than 250 people were killed, most of them in Gaza. Both Israel and Hamas claimed …