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Footage shows some of the final moments of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi before he lost his life in a helicopter crash on May 19, 2024. Raisi was en route to the city of Tabriz in northwest Iran, returning from a dam opening ceremony on the Azerbaijan border when the aircraft crashed amidst heavy fog. The…

After creating a sextape at work and sharing it on social media, a lady named Katiana Kay lost her job. Katiana is currently making waves on social media due to her dismissal for purposefully making and sharing the explicit video. She reportedly worked at a fast-food restaurant where she performed various tasks. The incident has…

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the former president, Jacob Zuma, cannot stand as an MP in this month’s general election. The development comes barely days after the court in South Africa allowed him to contest as President in the forthcoming polls. Zuma resigned from ANC recently and joined the former president’s new party,…

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has died after a helicopter carrying him and other officials crashed in a mountainous and forested area of the country in poor weather. The 63-year-old, a figure representing conservative and hardline factions in Iranian politics, was president for nearly three years, and appeared on track to run for re-election next year.…

Information reaching this publication indicates that the newly recruited nurse in Zambia identified as Bianca Chipo Kafata has died suddenly after complaining of a headache. The nurse was recruited by the Zambian government in December last year. Bianca was from the 2023 graduating intake of Registered Nurses from Roan School of Nursing. She was posted…

Here is the newly released Dashcam footage shows the moment a driver lost control of a semi-truck after a multi-car collision on Clark Memorial Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky IN United States of America. A 33-year-old Trevor Branham has been charged for his alleged role in the crash, Branham’s Chevrolet truck can be seen speeding and swerving…

A pathologist, Prof Shokunle Shoyemi, yesterday told a Magistrate court in Ikorodu that the cause of death for Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, known as ( Mohbad) could not be determined as his body was too decomposed by the time an autopsy was performed. The musician died on September 12, 2023 and was buried the…

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot in a small town north-east of Bratislava. On Wednesday evening Defence Minister Robert Kalinak said Mr Fico had been in surgery for over three hours and that the situation was “bad”. Slovak politicians including the president have called the shooting…

A 47-year-old theater male nurse at Kaoma District Hospital has allegedly committed suicide by injecting himself with a painkiller used in theaters. Western Province Commissioner of Police, Mukuka Chileshe, who confirmed the incident in a statement to ZANIS today, named the deceased as Naphy Banda, a resident of Mulamba Compound in Kaoma district. Mr. Chileshe…

Brazilian lady based in USA Colorado Claudia de Albuquerque Celada  has become paralyzed after consuming canned soup contaminated with the bacteria C botulinum in April 2024. These toxins attack the nervous system and can result in paralysis. 23-year-old Celada,  was on a work exchange program in Aspen when she started suffering dizziness, double vision, and…

Several schools are reopening in Kenya after the start of term was postponed by deadly flooding. Police and transport officials have been deployed to ensure students get to class safely. More than 1,600 schools across the country may not reopen yet due to floods, the authorities said. Muslim leaders have expressed concern over student safety…

A 27-year-old man of Kabisapi area in Mushindamo district has committed suicide after accusing his wife of inf!delity. North Western Province Police Commanding Officer Dennis Moola confirmed to ZANIS that Steven Kachaka took his life in his house. Mr Moola said investigations revealed that the deceased returned home on Thursday from a bar where he…

The first man to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the operation, the hospital which carried out the procedure has said. Richard “Rick” Slayman, 62, was suffering with end-stage kidney disease before undergoing the operation in March. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) said on Sunday there was no indication his…

Police in Zambia have warned former President Edgar Lungu against conducting ‘unlawful’ rallies. Lungu led a procession in the Central Business District (CBD) of the nation’s capital in Lusaka — a move police said disrupted public peace and order. But in a Facebook post, Lungu said he went to the CBD to have a feel…

A Boeing 737-300 aircraft has crashed during take-off in Senegal, injuring 11 people, four of them severely. Air Senegal flight HC 301 bound for the Malian capital Bamako went off the runway in the early hours of Thursday, Dakar’s Blaise Diagne airport said in a statement. The pilot was slightly injured, but most of the…

Former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has stormed Lusaka’s Central Business District (CBD where he is interacting with traders to appreciate the challenges they are facing. Lungu is also scheduled to buy some food stuffs direct from the vendors. The former President has been accompanied by some top officials of the Patriotic Front (PF) member. “I…

The South African electoral commission has rejected a request to remove former President Jacob Zuma as the leader of the newly formed Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party. It was responding to a letter by MK founder Jabulani Khumalo who wanted the commission to remove Mr Zuma as the face of the party and from its list…

Police have arrested two people for Personating Public Officers. The suspects are Timothy Kampamba, 26, of Soweto B in Kapiri-Mposhi District and Abraham Mulenga, 30, of Lilanda compound in Lusaka. Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale tells Byta FM that the two, today, around 09:00 hours, presented themselves as officers from the Department of…

An aspiring medical student was left brain-dead last month when his friends pushed him into a Louisiana lake knowing he couldn’t swim — and then looked on while doing nothing to save the drowning man, according to a report. Shocking video shows the group casually peering into the water moments after they shoved Christopher Gilbert off…

Russian has add Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to its list of wanted criminals, a move Kyiv dismissed as a sign of Moscow’s “desperation” On Saturday Zelensky’s name appeared on the Russian interior ministry’s “wanted” list, an online database of alleged criminals sought by the Russian authorities. Zelensky was wanted “under an article of the criminal…