All news for 2024-09-03

Over the past year, 7,568 people were abducted in Nigeria, with kidnappers demanding the equivalent of over US$6 million in ransom, according to a new report by SBM Intelligence, a Nigerian consulting firm. Experts blame unemployment and corruption for the dramatic spike in kidnapping incidents.

The 2024 African Youth Survey shows that 80% of young people in Africa see corruption as an obstacle to progress, pushing three-in-five to consider emigration to the Global North, according to a survey conducted by a non-government organization.

New AI cameras which can detect drivers using their phone at the wheel are being rolled out this week.

The body of a man has been found on the beach near Hove’s secluded ‘Millionaire’s Row’.

Finance secretary says ‘tough decisions’ are needed to fill £1bn hole in the budget

Office for Students found reports of ‘widespread academic misconduct’ and issues with recruitment agencies

Helicopters and boats are being used in the search for survivors after the vessel got into difficulties on Tuesday morning.

Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei is in critical condition in hospital after being set on fire by her boyfriend.

As a number of Telegram channels recently reported, the Uzbek Octobank is used to withdraw and legalize money from Russia.

Media freedom advocates have condemned the guilty verdict handed down by a Hong Kong court to two reporters who now face up to two years in prison for articles criticizing the government.

Bella Nilsson’s company Think Pink accused of dumping at least 200,000 tonnes of waste

Sentencing of Alexander Shiplyuk is latest prison term for scientists working on military programmes

Minister requests review of building project for bike shelter at Leinster House in Dublin

US lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda were among seven people who died when the Bayesian superyacht sank in a sudden, violent storm off Sicily on August 19

More than 200 smartphones are snatched every day, driven by an increased demand for second-hand devices here in the UK and abroad.

A Venezuelan judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González as part of a criminal investigation into the results of the highly anticipated July election that both the ruling party and its opponents claim to have won.

Prince Harry has maintained contact with his old friends, and been in contact with the King to try and help repair their relationship, which prompted speculation he was looking to return to the royal fold

A group of people trapped inside a refrigerator lorry for hours called emergency services after fearing they would freeze to death.