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28, December 2022
Benedict XVI’s health worsening, Pope Francis asks for prayers 0
The Vatican on Wednesday confirmed that the health of ex-pontiff Benedict XVI, 95, has worsened in the last few hours and he had been visited by Pope Francis, hours after the current pontiff said his predecessor is “very sick” and asked for prayers. “I can confirm that in the last few hours there has been […]
27, December 2022
World Cup winner Messi to return to PSG next week 0
World Cup winner Lionel Messi is set to return to work at Paris Saint-Germain next week, his club coach Christophe Galtier said on Tuesday. Messi, 35, was the lynchpin of the Argentina side that won the World Cup in Qatar nine days ago, scoring twice in the final against France which finished in a penalty […]
27, December 2022
Penda Dalle makossa icon dies at 65 in Paris 0
Legendary makossa figure Penda Dalle has died, a family member confirmed on Monday. He was 65. “We are devastated to share that Penda Dalle has passed away,” reads a statement released by his daughter in France. “Always and forever the most beautiful human being, may he rest in peace.” Penda Dalle became revered in the […]
26, December 2022
Vincent Aboubakar is Cameroon Concord Person of the Year 2022 0
We of the Cameroon Concord News Group are happy to announce the winner of the 2022 Cameroon Concord News Person of the Year. He is the captain of the Indomitable Lions, Vincent Aboubakar. Aboubakar was chosen by thousands of our readers from among a list that included renowned Muslim scholar, Abdul Karim; Cameroon’s Territorial Administration […]
25, December 2022
Football: Fabian O’Neill dead at 49 0
Former Uruguay international midfielder Fabian O’Neill, once hailed by Zinedine Zidane as “the most talented player” he’d ever seen, died Sunday after a long battle with alcoholism. He was 49. “Goodbye Wizard,” tweeted O’Neill’s formative club Nacional after he passed away due to chronic cirrhosis in a Montevideo hospital where he had been rushed on […]
25, December 2022
Spain: Five killed after bus plunges into river 0
Five people died after a bus plunged into a river overnight while crossing a bridge in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region, officials said Sunday. The accident took place on Saturday night near the city of Vigo and the border with Portugal. The regional La Voz de Galicia newspaper said the bus was carrying people visiting their […]
25, December 2022
King Charles hails UK public ‘solidarity’ in first Christmas message 0
King Charles III has hailed the “heartfelt solidarity” of people across the recession-hit UK struggling with a worsening cost of living crisis, in his first Christmas Day message as monarch. Addressing the country from the Windsor Castle chapel where his mother, Elizabeth II, was interred in September, the 74-year-old also thanked people for the “love […]
25, December 2022
The Holy Father Pope Francis pleads for end to ‘senseless’ Ukraine war in Christmas message 0
Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for an end to the “senseless” war in Ukraine, in his traditional Christmas message from St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. The 86-year-old also warned the 10-month-old conflict was aggravating food shortages around the world, urging an end to the use of “food as a weapon”. The head of the […]
24, December 2022
Southern Cameroons Latest: Military Denies Involvement in House Burnings in Northwest Region 0
Rights groups in Cameroon have accused the military of torching scores of homes this week of suspected separatist supporters, leaving hundreds of people homeless this holiday season. The military has denied burning any civilian houses. Cameroon civil society groups say hundreds of people rendered homeless by this week’s attacks are seeking refuge in churches. Some […]
29, December 2022
Football: Two-goal Haaland returns to haunt Leeds in Man City win 0
by soter • Europe, Headline News, Sports
Erling Haaland lamented not scoring five times in the city of his birth as the Norwegian struck twice in Manchester City’s 3-1 win at Leeds to lift them back up to second in the Premier League. Haaland spent his early years in Yorkshire as his father Alfe Inge played for Leeds, but showed no mercy […]