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Hackers stole more than $30 million worth of cryptocurrencies from South Korea’s top bitcoin exchange, sending the unit’s price falling around the world on Wednesday. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2ljA4k3 Get more World News

Workmen on Monday put up street signs to the US embassy due to open in Jerusalem on May 14, a move hailed as historic by Israel but loathed by Palestinians. Municipal workers erected signposts reading “US Embassy” in Hebrew, Arabic and English around the site, currently a US consular building...

Indian Woman Suffocates After Being Buried Alive In Cow Dung For Snake Bite. On May 03 The local snake charmer suggested his bizarre dung treatment may … Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2HW3yhI Get More Nigeria Metro News

A spokesman said the closure of the Punggye-ri site would be done in public and foreign experts from South Korea and the US would be invited to watch. Scientists have said the site may have partially collapsed in September. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korea’s President … Read...

Pope Francis has begun his individual meetings with three victims of clerical sexual abuse from Chile, the Vatican said. The pontiff’s priority for the talks at the Vatican is “to listen to the victims, to ask them for forgiveness, and to respect the confidentiality of these meetings,” a …...

A Dubai princess who announced in a video that she was fleeing the emirate has been “brought back”, a source close to the Dubai government has said. “What I can confirm is they took her and she was brought back,” the source said on condition of anonymity. The … Read more via the Guardian –...

The UK has joined the USA and France in carrying out air strikes to suspected Syrian chemical weapons facilities. The strikes targeted military bases near the capital Damascus and the city of Homs, in response to last week's alleged chemical attack on the Syrian town of Douma. Click here to...

Former heavyweight world boxing champion Tyson Fury is to make his comeback for a first fight in two-and-a-half years in Manchester on June 9 with his opponent still to be named, promoter Frank Warren announced on Thursday. Click here to read more

Facebook says the redesigned privacy tools will be easier to use Facebook says an overhaul of its privacy tools will make it easier for people to find and edit the personal information the company holds. Details of the changes were announced in a … Read more via BBC News –...

A Florida woman had her heart set on saving a beloved, century-old tree in danger of being cut down — so she “married” it, according to local media. Karen Cooper’s Saturday nuptials with the Indian laurel ficus tree rooted in Snell Family Park in Fort Myers included floral … Read more via...

Linda Brown, the Kansas girl at the center of the 1954 supreme court ruling that struck down racial segregation in American schools, has died at 76. Brown’s sister, Cheryl Brown Henderson, founding President of the Brown Foundation, confirmed the death to the Topeka Capital-Journal but further...

Catholic bishop arrested in Brazil for diverting tithes and offerings Brazilian police on Monday arrested the Bishop of Formosa, Jose Ribeiro, on allegations that he, along with other Catholic clergymen, stole about 2 million reais ($608,000) from church coffers. A police raid on one of the …...

Liverpool winger, Mohamed Salah, is on course to win the Golden shoe, an award given to the player with the most goals in Europe. Salah netted four times against Watford last Saturday, to take his league tally to 28 for the season, three more than his nearest … read more via Daily Post Nigeria...

The police on Monday arraigned a 34- year-old man, Yusuf Kareem, in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan in Oyo for allegedly stabbing his co-tenant in the head. Kareem, a tenant of Akala Street, Oremeji, Mokola Ibadan, is standing trial on a count charge of assault before the … Read more...

He said his administration will not relent in its bid to bring quality education to the state. Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has disclosed that secondary school teachers across the state will be subjected to a competency test like the one primary … Read more via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s...

Ogenyi Onazi scored his third goal of the season for Trabzonspor. Super Eagles midfielder Ogenyi Onazi scored for Trabzonspor as they defeated Yeni Malatyaspor 4-1 in a Turkish Super Lig game on Sunday, March 18. The Super Eagles midfielder who recently stated … read more via pulse.ng –...

Pogba stayed 90 minutes on the bench for Manchester United against Brighton & Hove Albion. Manchester United star Paul Pogba has debuted a new hairstyle as he arrived the French national team camp. Pogba who stayed 90 minutes on the bench for … read more via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s...

Barcelona star, Lionel Messi, has revealed his concerns about retirement amid social unrest in his native home, Rosario, Argentina. The 30-year-old, who left Rosario at the age of 11 to join Barcelona, is unsure whether he will return to his hometown … read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s...

Lionel Messi has conceded that the 2018 World Cup could be his last chance at glory with Argentina. Lionel Messi has been unable to follow up trophies at Barcelona with success on the international stage. LMessi endured three successive losses in major finals – World Cup (2014), Copa America …...

A number of Manchester United players were left angry at manager Jose Mourinho following his treatment of Luke Shaw at the weekend, according to various reports Luke Shaw was taken off at half time of Manchester United’s 2-0 FA Cup victory over Brighton , with Mourinho heavily criticising his …...