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World Lion Day: You’re Killing Them Softly
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World Lion Day: You’re Killing Them Softly

Any visitor or volunteer paying to play, bottle feed or pet lions bred in captivity is fuelling a cruel lion breeding - and killing – industry, conservation groups say. By Sylvia Chebet Walking with lions, petting and playing with cubs, bottle feeding the harmless little things, is the thrill tha...

Sierra Leone jails army officer 120 years for coup attempt
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Sierra Leone jails army officer 120 years for coup attempt

The lieutenant colonel was among 27 men court-martialled for participating in the attempted coup on November 26. A military court in Sierra Leone has sentenced 24 soldiers to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a failed attempt to overthrow the government of President Julius Maada Bio last No...

Ancient pillar at Gobeklitepe may reveal world's oldest calendar
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Ancient pillar at Gobeklitepe may reveal world's oldest calendar

New findings suggest Gobeklitepe's 12,000-year-old carvings may mark the birth of timekeeping. Archaeologists in southeastern Türkiye have uncovered what may be the world's oldest known calendar at the famed site of Gobeklitepe, shedding light on potential traces of civilisational changes. A rece...

Community Shield: Man City beat Man Utd on penalties
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Community Shield: Man City beat Man Utd on penalties

Manuel Akanji scored the decisive penalty after a 1-1 draw in normal time. Champions Manchester City beat FA Cup winners Manchester United 7-6 on penalties to win the Community Shield at Wembley on Saturday after the traditional season curtain-raiser finished level at 1-1. United created a host o...

Nigeria's medal drought at Paris Olympics a 'disaster' - minister
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Nigeria's medal drought at Paris Olympics a 'disaster' - minister

Sports Minister John Enoh said Team Nigeria's dismal performance was a result of "very many other things that need immediate attention" Nigeria's sports minister has descrbed the country's lack of podium finish at the 2024 Olympics as a "Paris disaster" and laid the blame squarely on sporting fed...

Gwamnatin Nijeriya ta koka kan rashin nasarar 'yan wasanta a Olympics
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Gwamnatin Nijeriya ta koka kan rashin nasarar 'yan wasanta a Olympics

Ministan wasanni na Nijeriya John Enoh ya kira rashin nasarar da Nijeriya ta yi da "bala'in Paris" haka kuma ya ce dole ne a yi duk mai yiwuwa domin kauce wa afkuwar hakan a nan gaba. Ministan wasanni na Nijeriya ya bayyana rashin nasarar ƙasar a gasar Olympics ɗin 2024 a matsayin "bala'in Paris"...