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Al-Shabab said it was behind the attack at the Afrik Hotel, which began with a car bomb.
BBC News – Africa

Most of us know the continent of which the world’s most renown geographical features lie, such as Sahara Desert, The Grand Canyon and the River Nile. However, what’s your knowledge of the somewhat lesser known but […]

If successful, Britain will join a club including Japan and Australia and covering 500m people.
BBC News – Business

Lebanon’s hospitals are turning away patients as the country buckles under Covid and economic collapse.
BBC News – Middle East

Breno Lopes scores winner in ninth minute of added time as Palmeiras defeat Santos in the final of the Copa Libertadores.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Officials say the artwork depicted rainbow symbols alongside the most sacred site in Islam.
BBC News – Europe

The Cabinet Office minister says he is “confident” the UK can continue with its planned jabs rollout.
BBC News – UK

Brian Sicknick died after sustaining injuries during the pro-Trump violence at the US Capitol.
BBC News – US & Canada

Algeria’s coronavirus restrictions mean that people in the diaspora are unable to properly mourn.
BBC News – Africa

The UFC events have been coming thick and fast in 2021, so here is q quick round up from the last couple of weeks

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Of course, for most people the biggest news has been the return to action of Conor […]

Accrington the internationally renowned purveyor of incredibly dense bricks. Seriously the famed Accrington Brick is iron-hard and has been used as the foundation of landmark buildings as famous and diverse as the […]

A US private equity firm has made an “unsolicited” offer to buy the British pub giant.
BBC News – Business

More than 100 people are reportedly injured in the city of Tripoli in a fourth night of protests.
BBC News – Middle East

Families look for answers after 19 people were killed then set alight on the US-Mexico border.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The controls will apply to vaccines made within the bloc, amid a shortfall in deliveries.
BBC News – Europe

An international trial shows the jab gives complete protection against hospitalisation and death.
BBC News – UK

Financial regulators in the US and UK say they are monitoring share trading and potential market abuse.
BBC News – US & Canada

The oil giant’s Nigerian subsidiary is ordered to pay compensation to farmers.
BBC News – Africa

In baseball, a no hitter (also known as a no-hit game and colloquially as a no-no) is a game in which a team was not able to record a single hit through conventional means. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially […]

The native Indian settlement of the North American continent began in tens of thousands of years ago. Historically, there were hundreds of different tribes, peoples and clans, who were all led by a tribal chief. […]