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Nigerian professional footballer and national team captain, Ahmed Musa, has seen his contract with Turkish Super Lig side, Fatih Karagumruk terminated. The top-tier Turkish football club announced the development on its official social media platforms on Friday, September 2, 2022. Naija News understands that Musa joined the club last summer as…

VATICAN CITY, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Transgender people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican's doctrinal office said on Wednesday, responding to questions from a bishop.The department, known as the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith, was vague however, in…

Dow closes down more than 1,000 points FridayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,008.38 points, or 3.03%, to 32,283.40, after accelerating losses into the close. The S&P 500 fell 3.37% to 4,057.66, and the Nasdaq Composite slid 3.94% to 12,141.71.The major averages declined for a second week. The Dow slid 4.2%. The S&P 500 and…

BRUSSELS (AP) — If a warm handshake with Russian President Vladimir Putin weren’t provocative enough, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban went into an EU summit Thursday saying he was right to meet the EU’s foremost enemy and that most of the other leaders were wrong.Orban characterized himself as the…

One woman and two children are in critical condition after being pulled from an apartment fire in North York Saturday evening. Firefighters were called to a building in the area of Wilson Avenue and Murray Road, east of Keele Street, shortly before 9 p.m. “Our first priority always is search and rescue and protecting…

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said Tokyo finds it regrettable that a Seoul court recently ruled in favor of former "comfort women" who are seeking compensation from the Japanese government as she held talks with South Korean counterpart Park Jin in Busan on Sunday. Park told Kamikawa that South Korea "respects" the…

Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic details about child sexual abuse that may disturb some readers. Discretion is advised. An American man from Oregon has been sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. federal prison for using social media to stalk, harass and exploit three B.C. youths.In May 2021, the Comox Valley RCMP began its investigation…

A brand new island has burst through the Pacific Ocean after a powerful volcanic eruption brought it to life.An undersea volcanic eruption on October 30 created the world’s newest island off the coast of Japan.The incredible moment it rose from the ocean was captured by photo and video.Photos taken by Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force on…

The Nottingham Panthers and their fans honored Adam Johnson. They healed a little, too.Players cracked smiles and fans chanted songs after goals at a memorial game for Johnson, the former Pittsburgh Penguin who died after an opposing player's skate cut his neck during a game last month."Every moment helps us move forward — the goal songs, all of…

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