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World population to reach 8 billion this year – United Nations

World population to reach 8 billion this year – United Nations

World News
The latest United Nations (UN) projections suggest that the world’s population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050, before reaching a peak of around 10.4 billion people during the 2080s. The population is expected to remain at that level until 2100. Slowest growth rate since 1950s However, the annual World Population Prospect report, released on Monday to coincide with World Population Day, also notes that the global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950, having fallen to less that one per cent in 2020. Fertility, the report declares, has fallen markedly in recent decades for many countries: today, two-thirds of the global population lives in a country or area where lifetime fertility is below 2.1 births per woman, roughly the level r...
Assassin may have killed Abe as revenge against religious group that bankrupted his mother

Assassin may have killed Abe as revenge against religious group that bankrupted his mother

International, World News
Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was reportedly motivated by his hatred of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, also known as the Unification Church. Members of the Unification Church are sometimes referred to by a pejorative colloquialism derived from the name of the group’s founder — the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who considered himself to be the second coming of Christ. Japanese police have said that Yamagami told them he was motivated by animosity toward the religious group he blamed for his mother’s financial ruin, while a Tokyo-based representative confirmed on Sunday that Yamagami’s mother was a member of the church. Abe did not belong to the Unification Church, but he did give paid speeches at church-...
Man sets fire to church because his wife kept donating to it

Man sets fire to church because his wife kept donating to it

International, World News
Tired of seeing his family’s money being donated to the local church, an exasperated Russian man set the place of worship a blaze in a feat of rage. On the morning of June 26, a fire broke out at the Church of St. Basil the Great in the village of Pargolovo, Russia’s Saint Petersburg district. The fire quickly engulfed the wooden roof and walls of the building, and the entire place would have probably burned to a crisp until the firefighters arrived, if the parishioners didn’t put the fire out themselves. Still, the damage was considerable, and local news outlets reported that many of the locals had tears in their eyes as they looked at their local place of worship. But that sadness quickly turned to anger directed at the man responsible for the devastation. In the beginning, m...
Shinzo Abe: Japan ex-PM assassinated at campaign event

Shinzo Abe: Japan ex-PM assassinated at campaign event

International, World News
Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died in hospital after he was shot at a political campaign event, say local media. Mr Abe was shot at twice while he was giving a speech in the southern city of Nara on Friday morning. He immediately collapsed and was rushed to the nearest hospital. Pictures taken at the scene showed him bleeding. Security officials at the scene tackled the gunman, and the 41-year-old suspect is now in police custody. In an emotional press conference earlier, prime minister Fumio Kishida told reporters that Mr Abe was in a "very grave condition". "Currently doctors are doing everything they can," said Mr Kishida who appeared to be holding back tears, adding that he was "praying from his heart" that Mr Abe would survive. He also condemned the at...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns

World News
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced his resignation as Conservative party leader following a wave of government resignations. “It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister,” he said on Thursday. “I’d agreed with Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of our backbench MPs, that the process of choosing that new leader should begin now. And the timetable will be announced next week.” “So I want to say to the millions of people who voted for us in 2019, many of them voted Conservative, for the first time. Thank you for that incredible mandate. The biggest Conservative majority, since 1987,” he added. As recently as last night Johnson said he intended to stay and fight. But the...
Twitter rolls out testing of long-form ‘Notes’ feature with Ghanaian writers

Twitter rolls out testing of long-form ‘Notes’ feature with Ghanaian writers

Science & Technology, World News
In a recent announcement, Twitter revealed that a small group of writers from Ghana are joining others from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom to test the latest feature from the social media platform, “Notes”. Notes is a new way to write and publish long-form content on the social media platform, and will give your favourite writers on Twitter the chance to go beyond 280 characters for the first time, using a rich-text editor to capture articles, thought pieces, and other kinds of content. The selected writers now have access to Notes as part of this initial testing phase, using a new “Write” tab, where they can write and access all of their Notes. Their followers and people on Twitter will be able to access their long-form content by clicking on the new “Notes” ta...
Japan makes online insults punishable by 1 year in jail

Japan makes online insults punishable by 1 year in jail

International, World News
Japan has made online insults punishable by up to a year in prison in an effort to reduce cyberbullying after the death of a reality television star who had faced a wave of online abuse. Previously, the maximum penalty for the crime of “insultation” was less than 30 days’ detention or a fine of less than 10,000 yen ($75). The amendment to Japan’s penal code, which lawmakers passed Monday and is set to take effect this summer, introduces the prison term and increases the maximum fine to 300,000 yen. The statute of limitations on prosecution was also increased to three years from one. Though the law also covers insults made offline, those are less likely to be subject to the tougher penalties because they are disseminated to fewer people, said Ryuichi Nozaki, a senior partner at the...
Kirin Cup: 9-man Black Stars beat Chile on penalties to finish third

Kirin Cup: 9-man Black Stars beat Chile on penalties to finish third

Sports News, World News
The Black Stars of Ghana have finished third in the 2022 edition of the Kirin Cup after beating Chile on penalties. After end-to-end stuff in regular time which saw Otto Addo’s side finish the game with nine men, the Stars secured a 3-1 win in the shootout to clinch the third position courtesy of a big performance from Abdul Manaf Nurudeen. The Black Stars put in a much better performance in the game against the South Americans compared to their opening match against Japan. Otto Addo made changes to his starting line-up with Nurudeen replacing Lawrence Ati-Zigi in post while Baba Rahman, Felix Afena-Gyan and Benjamin Tetteh were all given starting berths. Both teams were unable to take advantage of the opportunities that came their way with Ghana registering two shots on ta...
Dortmund begins historic Ghana visit

Dortmund begins historic Ghana visit

Ghana News, Sports News, World News
German Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund today started the first leg of a historic five-day tour of the country with a coaching clinic at the Achimota School Park in Accra. The clinic which was the second event on Dortmund's schedule after their arrival on Wednesday, saw youth coaches and legends of the German club put the youngsters from Shooting Stars FC through their paces. The youngsters were taken through the basics of the sport including passing, shooting and dribbling drills by legends including Victor Ikpeba. Other events scheduled for the tour include: • A Youth Development Coaching Clinic, a visit to Chance for Children’s home and a Gala Dinner on Thursday, June 9 • A visit to the Omanhene in Akropong at the Okuapeman Palace for a Legends Durbar on Friday, th...
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