India: Mob lynches man over cows
A Muslim man has been killed by a mob of vigilantes in India after being accused of smuggling cows for slaughter, according to officials.
Akbar Khan, 28, was beaten to death by the group on...
Ex-Zimbabwe footballer jailed for false maternity claims
A former Zimbabwean footballer is among 12 people who have been sentenced to prison in the UK for plotting to claim more than £450,000 ($586,000) in maternity payments for babies which did not exist.
According...
Iowa couple arrested for abusing two children adopted from Ghana
An Osceola couple, the parents of seven children, have been accused of neglecting two who were adopted from Ghana.
Kenny and Kelly Fry, 42 and 40, were arrested last week and charged with one count of...
Twitter appoints ex-Nigerian minister to its board
Twitter appoints ex-Nigerian minister to its board
Nigeria’s former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed to the board of directors of Twitter.
Mrs Okonjo-Iweala served under President Olusegun Obasanjo from 2003 to 2006 and President...
Burberry burns bags, clothes and perfume worth millions
Burberry, the upmarket British fashion label, destroyed unsold clothes, accessories and perfume worth £28.6m last year to protect its brand.
It takes the total value of goods it has destroyed over the past five years...
Indonesia: 292 crocodiles killed to avenge man’s death
Indonesian villagers armed with knives, hammers and clubs slaughtered 292 crocodiles in revenge for the death of a man killed by a crocodile at a breeding farm, an official said on Monday.
Photographs released by...
‘Zimbabwe’ is cursed, I’ll rename it “Great Zimbabwe” – Opposition leader
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed to rename Zimbabwe, saying the current name is “cursed” and is responsible for the nation’s poor showing in international sporting events.
“Zimbabwe cannot remain Zimbabwe because it has been...
Do not give up hope – Obama
The ghost of US presidents past made an appearance in South Africa.
Barack Obama offered what some of his supporters will see as not-so-veiled references to his successor in a speech honouring Nelson Mandela’s legacy,...
Goldman Sachs names DJ-ing banker David Solomon as boss
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has confirmed that its next chief executive will be David Solomon, currently its chief operating officer.
He will take over from Lloyd Blankfein, who is stepping down after 12 years in...
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos beats Bill Gates in new rich list
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is now worth $150bn (£113bn), according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index.
Jeff Bezos's net worth has increased by over $60bn in the last 12 months, which makes him the world's richest...