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The mother of four children rescued after 40 days in the Amazon jungle survived the crash for four days. As she lay dying, Magdalena Mucutuy ordered her children to go and seek help. The children’s father, Manuel Ranoque, told reporters that his eldest daughter told him their mother pushed them to “get out” and rescue themselves. On Friday, the siblings, ages 13, nine, five, and one, were rescued and flown out of the bush. They were sent to a military hospital in Bogota, Colombia’s capital. “The one thing [13-year-old Lesly] has cleared up for me is that, in fact, her…

Senator Hadi Sirika, former Minister of Aviation, has accused Hon. Nnolim Nnaji who called the launch of Nigeria Air a fraud of wanting 5% ownership of the National Carrier Air. During a House of Representatives hearing, the Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, labelled Nigeria Air’s debut a fraud. He had pointed out flaws in the project and chastised the federal government for its inadequate management. Nnaji stated that after thorough consideration, his committee was displeased with Sirika’s activities. “We are equally irked by the role played by Ethiopian Airlines in this whole process. It does not…

Philadelphia motorists endured long, frustrating commutes along clogged roadways on Monday morning, a day after a tanker truck fire caused an overpass on a major highway to collapse, forcing the closure of one of the US East Coast’s busiest routes. A section of Interstate 95 was closed in both directions in Philadelphia after a truck carrying petrol caught fire on Sunday for reasons that were not yet clear. No deaths or injuries had been reported by late Sunday. Early on Monday morning, local traffic reporters said bumper-to-bumper traffic was spotted near the collapse and along alternate routes, but it appeared…

A man was charged with reckless driving on Monday after at least ten wedding guests were murdered when the bus they were riding in collided at a roundabout in Australia’s deadliest bus disaster in almost 30 years, according to police. The collision happened at 11:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) on Sunday in Greta, some 180 kilometres (112 miles) northwest of Sydney, according to police. The bus carrying 35 passengers left the road and flipped onto its side at a roundabout after a wedding in the Hunter region, a rural area famous for its vineyards and wedding spots. Police said the driver,…

Forensic scientists have begun exhuming the corpses of 128 Spanish civil war victims from General Francisco Franco’s old mausoleum outside Madrid. The exhumation is the first involving people whose bodies were moved from other parts of Spain after the 1936-1939 war and reburied without their families’ consent in a monument built by Franco in the Valley of Cuelgamuros, formerly known as the Valley of the Fallen. As Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez seeks reelection, it is expected to make Franco’s four-decade tyranny, which still divides Spanish society, a matter of heated debate. Taliban gain control of 85% of Afghanistan as…

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck off Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Sunday, the weather agency said, with no tsunami warning issued. 5.0m earthquake hit South Africa The quake registered a lower 5 on the country’s seismic intensity scale of 7 in Chitose and other parts of the southern coast of the prefecture around 6:55 p.m., the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Sapporo, Hakodate, and some other cities scored 4 on the scale. It occurred at a depth of 140 kilometres in waters off Urakawa, southern Hokkaido, and also shook a wider region in northeastern Japan.…

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake shook South Africa’s Johannesburg on Sunday morning, the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) said. The USGS said the quake occurred at 0038 GMT at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Some Johannesburg residents reported feeling tremors. “Earth tremor in Johannesburg. Longest and strongest I have felt! Went on for about 30 seconds, it felt like,” one resident wrote on Twitter. Security risk and crisis management consultancy Crisis24 said there were no reports of damage or casualties as a result of the earthquake. Reuters

A US citizen, a musician, and a former soldier was arrested in Russia on Saturday on suspicion of arranging a cocaine trafficking enterprise, according to a Moscow court. “On June 10, 2023, Moscow’s Khamovniki District Court took a measure of restraint against a US citizen,” according to a statement issued by Moscow’s tribunal of general jurisdiction on the Telegram messaging app. 56 suspected internet fraudsters arrested in Port Harcourt – EFCC “The former paratrooper and musician accused of running a drug dealing business involving minors will be detained until August 6, 2023.” The reporters were unable to independently verify the…

Man City’s long quest to win the Champions League finally ended in triumph against Inter Milan in Istanbul as Pep Guardiola’s side completed the treble. After winning the Premier League and FA Cup, City emulated Manchester United’s triple trophy haul in 1999, becoming only the second English club to achieve the feat after Rodri’s crisp 68th-minute strike settled an attritional final. Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering side were never at their best against a brilliantly organised Inter and had to cope with the loss of Kevin De Bruyne to injury in the first half. But the massed ranks of City fans inside…

Rabiu Kwankwaso, the leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), said his meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Friday was to address the continuing destruction of several properties that the Kano State Government alleged were unlawfully sold by the state’s immediate prior administration. According to Express Radio in Kano, Mr. Kwankwaso stated that the president asked him to discuss numerous concerns, including the current destruction. Kwankwaso stated that, contrary to certain accounts, the destruction was not targeted at specific individuals, but that it was part of the NNPP’s campaign pledges. “The demolition we are doing is part of our…