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Lightning Strikes Rwandan Church And Kills 16 Members

At least 16 people were killed and dozens more injured after lightning struck a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda, a local official said Sunday. Fourteen victims were killed on the spot as lightning hit the church in the Nyaruguru district in the Southern Province on Saturday, local mayor Habitegeko Francois told AFP over the phone. Two others died later from their injuries, he said. He added that 140 people involved in the incident had been rushed to hospital and district health centres, but that many had already been discharged. “Doctors say that only three of them are in critical condition but they are getting better,” he said. According to the mayor, a similar accident took place on Friday when lightning struck a group of 18 students, killing one of them.
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Rare sightings of Leopard & Caracal cat in Yankari Game Reserve, Bauchi state (photos)

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   Officials of the Yankari Game reserve have shared images of the rare sightings of a Caracal cat and Leopard spotted at the Reserve in Bauchi state, after they were believed to have gone extinct. More photos below.
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Uber stripped of its licence to work in London after being declared unfit to operate

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London's transport authority has stripped Minicab app Uber  of its licence to work in the capital of England. This was announced by Transport for London (TFL) today, and the reasons given were that Uber is not fit and proper to operate due to concerns over public safety, and also their approach to reporting criminal offences.  A petition with 100,000 signatures was submitted to TfL, calling on Uber to improve workers' rights or 'get out of London' ahead of the licence decision. They are now barred working in London after their current licence expires on September 30. 'TfL considers that Uber's approach and conduct demonstrate a lack of corporate responsibility in relation to a number of issues which have potential public safety and security implications.'
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North Korea may consider H-bomb test in Pacific, Kim calls Trump 'deranged'

  SEOUL/NEW YORK (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it might test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to destroy the reclusive country, with leader Kim Jong Un promising to make a "mentally deranged" Trump pay dearly for his threats. Kim did not specify what action he would take against the United States or Trump, with whom he has traded insults in recent weeks. South Korea said it was the first direct statement of its kind by a North Korean leader. However, Kim's foreign minister, Ri Yong Ho, said in televised remarks North Korea could consider a hydrogen bomb test of an unprecedented scale over the Pacific Ocean. Ri, who was talking to reporters in New York ahead of a planned address later this week, also said he did not know Kim's exact thoughts. ...
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Is the U.S. Overdue for a Catastrophic Earthquake? These Cities Are Most at Risk

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  The likelihood that the U.S. will see a catastrophic earthquake within the next 30 years is very high — and it’s not just the West Coast that’s at risk, experts say. Seismologists have long warned that the U.S. is “overdue” for an earthquake, because a catastrophic one has not occurred in the U.S. since about 1989, when the Loma Prieta earthquake killed at least 63 people in California, said Robert Yeats, a geology professor at Oregon State University. The most destructive earthquake the U.S. has ever seen was the 7.9-magnitude “Great San Francisco ...
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Dramatic moment RAF pilots use drone-controlled single missile to stop ISIS public execution 2,000 miles away

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  This is the dramatic moment an RAF drone operated by pilots was used to stop a public execution staged by Islamic State. The footage released for the first time shows crowds of civilians being forced at gunpoint to gather in a Syrian town to watch an execution. As the IS fighters prepared to carry out the execution, a Reaper drone operated by pilots 2,000 miles away at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, unleashes its deadly arsenal, killing a sniper keeping watch on a roof nearby. The IS fighters were unable to continue with the barbaric killing after this as the terrified crowds scattered in panic. The Ministry of Defence last night released the first footage from inside the Qatar military HQ of UK personnel in action against Islamic State to illustrate operations in the warzone. The MoD said it could not target jihadis on the ground directly in the May attack because civilians could have been caught up in the blast. By taki...
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Flood Collapses Only Bridge Bebuo Bomaji, Cross River, Residents Lament. Photos

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Bebuo Bomaji the village of Hon Cletus Obun, the APC State Vice Chairman Central Senatorial district in Cross River state - has been cut off from the rest of the world as a result of flood that caused a landslide that destroyed the sole bridge linking the people with the rest of the world. The landslide destruction is so devastating that pedestrian movements is rendered an impossibility. Crops and economic activities are rendered impossible with a story of doom and helpless defining the people... In a telephone conversation with Hon Cletus Obun, the leading political leader of the area calls for a quick intervention of NDDC and the APC led government to stop the flood that destroyed the only existing bridge making pedestrian and economic activities impossible. Bellow are the pictures of the collapsed bridge Joseph Odok Social Change Agent
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