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A 78-year-old man has become the first European person to die after being infected with the coronavirus, health authorities said today. The man, named by Italian news agency Ansa as retired bricklayer Adriano Trevisan, died at a hospital in Padua, northern Italy.... Read more via Welcome...

A dad killed his wife and two sons before shooting himself dead in a suspected murder-suicide. US border guard Ezequiel Almodovar, 39, who customs officer at Orlando International Airport in Florida, was found dead at home on Thursday along with wife, Marielis Soto, 38, and … Read more via...

A rapist farmer who believes kids are just like little adults who are capable of enjoying sex has been jailed for 22 years after he raped a child. 58-year-old … Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/38LMXKN Get more World News

The World Health Organization warned Saturday that African health systems would be ill-equipped to respond to the deadly coronavirus outbreak should cases start to proliferate on the continent.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/32fh0Iq Get more World News

Nigeria may soon be on a collision course with the United States over Boko Haram, security and terrorism matters, DAILY POST can report. The prediction over a probable US-Nigeria face-off followed the latest appointment by U.S. President Donald Trump. On Thursday February 20, Trump appointed...

South Africa’s graft-accused former president Jacob Zuma returned home on Saturday after a month-long trip to Cuba for medical treatment and declared he was not afraid of prison. Zuma, 77, was slapped with an arrest warrant earlier... Read more via Channels Television –...

Thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts have launched a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the new coronavirus, disrupting global efforts to combat the epidemic, US officials told AFP..... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/38SjP4q Get more World News

South Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar took the oath of office as First Vice President on Saturday formally rejoining the government. Machar and three other vice presidents of South Sudan were sworn in, on the deadline to form the new unity government.... Read more via TODAY –...