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South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dissolved parliament, opening the way for lawmakers from opposing sides of the country’s civil war to be appointed under a 2018 peace accord.
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dissolved parliament, opening the way for lawmakers from opposing sides of the country’s civil war to be appointed under a 2018 peace accord.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a former child soldier who became one of the top commanders of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), to 25 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Uganda.
Read more: ICC hands 'White Ant' of Uganda 25-year jail term
Remnants of a Chinese rocket crashed into the Indian Ocean on Sunday in one of the largest uncontrolled re-entries of a spacecraft in history.
Read more: Chinese rocket debris lands in Indian Ocean, draws criticism from NASA
A woman in Mali has given birth to nine babies – two more than doctors had detected inside her womb – according to the country’s health ministry, joining a small pantheon of mothers of nonuplets.
Read more: Malian Halima Cisse gives birth to nine babies in world record
India recorded more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths in a day for the first time, the government said on Saturday (May 8).
Read more: Panic as India records more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths in a day
The Duke of Edinburgh's cause of death has been officially recorded as "old age."
Read more: Prince Philip's cause of death recorded as 'old age'
Chinese scientists have been preparing for a Third World War fought with biological and genetic weapons including coronavirus for the last six years, according to a document obtained by US investigators.
Read more: Chinese military scientists discussed weaponising SARS coronaviruses
It's incredibly hard to fathom that Bill and Melinda Gates have filed for divorce after 27 years of marriage.
Read more: Bill & Melinda Gates’ divorce: Meet their heartbroken kids