United States President Joe Biden, 80, had a cancerous skin lesion successfully removed from his chest in February, his doctor has revealed. The lesion, detected during a routine medical examination, was a basal cell carcinoma, which “do not tend to ‘spread’ or metastasize,” Biden’s physician, Dr Kevin O’Connor, said in a report made public by the White House on Friday. …

Jason Arday has achieved his once seemingly impossible dream of becoming a professor at the prestigious Cambridge University in England. The 37-year-old sociology of education professor, who couldn’t read or write until he was 18, was diagnosed with global development delay and autism spectrum disorder as a child, and couldn’t speak until age 11. Less than eight years ago, Arday …

African Heads of State have endorsed a declaration on “Building momentum for routine immunization recovery in Africa” intending to revitalize the momentum for all populations to have universal access to immunization to reduce mortality, morbidity, and disability. As key measures to revamp routine immunisation across the continent, the declaration is expected to help Member States to achieve their health SDGs …

A 28-year-old man allegedly stabbed his 25-year-old estranged lover more than 16 times in full public view outside her office in east Bengaluru, India on Tuesday. Police have identified the victim as Leela Pavithra Nalamati from Kakinada, AP reports. She was an employee of Omega Healthcare Management Services Private Limited in Murugeshpalya. The accused, Dinakar Banala, from Srikakulam, Andhra, is …

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday ruled out any delay in elections after the devastating earthquake in February and said the vote would be held on 14 May. “(Turkish) people will do what is necessary on 14 May”, he told his ruling party lawmakers in the parliament in Ankara. The Turkish leader previously proposed holding the crunch election on …

At least 32 people were killed and another 85 injured after a collision between two trains caused a derailment near the Greek city of Larissa late Tuesday night, authorities said. A fire services spokesman confirmed that multiple carriages skipped the tracks just before midnight after the trains — one for freight and the other carrying 350 passengers — collided about …

The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) on Thursday said it has made available a relief package worth N9 million (about £10,000 black market rate) to assist the Republic of Turkey over the earthquake that occurred in the country earlier in the month. The church is reputed for its humanitarian works across the globe. In a statement signed by its …

At least two people were killed and more than 50 are missing, Chinese state media reported, after an apparent collapse at a coal mine in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region on Wednesday. State broadcaster CCTV said a collapse occurred at a mine in the western part of the Alxa League region at around 1 pm (0500 GMT). Other outlets and …

At least 48 people were killed in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in southeastern Brazil, authorities said on Wednesday, updating the death toll as the search for dozens of missing entered the fourth day. “We currently have a toll of 48 victims. The number of missing stands at 38, which may change”, said Sao Paulo state Governor Tarcisio …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday suspended Moscow’s participation in a nuclear arms treaty with Washington, as United States President Joe Biden vowed in a rival speech that Russia would never win in Ukraine. In his state of the nation address ahead of the first anniversary of the campaign in Ukraine, Putin also accused the West of escalating the conflict …