Europe
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Video shows police officer placing a knee on boy’s neck during arrest in Germany
Authorities in Germany have opened an investigation after Dusseldorf Police officers were filmed pinning a boy to the ground and…
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Sweden’s GDP slumped 9% in Q2, more sharply than its neighbours despite its no-lockdown policy
Sweden’s GDP fell more than its Nordic neighbours in the second quarter of 2020, dealing another blow to its lockdown-free…
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Greece secretly sent away more than 1,000 migrants, abandoning them on the open sea
At least 1,072 migrants were sailed to the edge of Greece’s water territory on inflatable life rafts and abandoned by…
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Ghanaian musician gets 24 years jail term for rape in the UK
Grime artist Solo 45 has been jailed for 24 years for raping four women and holding them against their will. The 33-year-old,…
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Nigeria’s Ede first African woman to buy European Football Club
Lusitano Ginásio Club is a 108-year-old Portuguese football club that is making history with its new owner Nigerian-born Nneka Ede,…
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PHOTOS: Baby comes out with mother’s contraceptive coil that was to prevent her pregnancy
A newborn baby made an entrance into the world while holding the contraceptive coil that was supposed to stop her from…
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Ghana, Nigeria excluded from list of travellers permitted to enter Europe from July 1
Ahead of the planned reopening of its borders to international travellers on July 1, the European Union (EU) Commission…
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Coronavirus: Sweden says WHO made ‘total mistake’ by including it in warning
Swedish state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has rejected a warning from the World Health Organization that included Sweden among countries in…
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Stranded Ghanaians in Turkey cry over expensive mandatory quarantine bills
Some stranded Ghanaians in Turkey have expressed their unhappiness about the amount being charged by the government to quarantine them…
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‘Disinfecting non-stop’ as Italy faces two new virus outbreaks
Yellow police tape — a familiar sight across Italy since the coronavirus began sweeping the country in March —…
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