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  As of yesterday (Sunday), health officials confirmed that over 23 have contracted the disease, bringing the total number of cases to 87. South Korea has recorded a 6th death from the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) , even as there are reports of a sharp rise in the number of cases in the country. As of yesterday (Sunday), health officials confirmed that over 23 have contracted the disease, bringing the total number of cases to 87. Over 2,300 people have been placed under quarantine and nearly 1,900 schools have been closed.   reports that 17  of the 23 new cases were infected at the Samsung Medical Centre in Seoul , even as all the infections so far have been confined to hospitals with transmission occurring between patients, staff and their families in close contact. Health officials have since released the names of the 24 hospitals,  mainly in Seoul and the province of Gyeonggi , involved in the outbreak. This comes as Seoul ...

Pop singer, Wizkid has been honoured with an award for his selfless contribution to the Nigerian music industry as well as taking his music to the world. Billed to perform to students of the University, the Jaiye Jaiye singer was all smiles as he was honoured by the student and management of the school. Spotting a dark attire with a hood, Wizkid accepted his award and thanked staff and students of the university. In his words, ' Thank you Cyprus International University for the love. Thanks to the Staff of CIU and the entire students that waited at the airport to show me love! Tomorrow we go all the way up!! Blessings nd love!! '

The allegations follow a U.N. report documenting the involvement of French and African soldiers in the sexual abuse of young children while on a peacekeeping mission between December 2013 and June 2014. The U.N.'s peacekeeping force in Central African Republic ( MINUSCA ) said on Thursday it has begun a probe into claims that one of its peacekeepers sexually abused an underaged girl. The allegations follow a U.N. report documenting the involvement of French and African soldiers in the sexual abuse of young children while on a peacekeeping mission between December 2013 and June 2014. " The UN's head of mission Babacar Gaye is extremely concerned about these allegations and immediately launched the investigation process and informed the government of the Central African Republic ," MINUSCA said in a statement. MINUSCA said that the abuse by the peacekeeper allegedly occurred in the country's east and that measures had immediately been put ...

A Pennsylvania, USA, woman has been arrested on charges of rape after she allegedly had sex with her 17-year-old son, World Wide Weird News reports. Williamstown Police said that the teenager told investigators that he forced his mother to have sex with him by blackmailing her. Police received a report about the sexual encounter shortly after it occurred and swiftly arrested the woman, believing the boy to be a victim in the case despite claiming he blackmailed his mother into having sex with him. The woman has been placed on bond while the boy has been taken a to a juvenile home and is being treated for trauma associated with the incest.

 For breaking the 'No Selfie' rule at the 2015 Met Gala in May, the 'KUWTK' star will no longer be appearing in the pages of the magazine Kim has been banned from appearing in Vogue Magazine by the Editor-in-Chief, Anna Wintour after breaking the rules at the 2015 Met Gala by taking selfies. It was reported that the head of Vogue instituted a 'No Selfie' rule at the biggest fashion event in New York last May, and Kim was one of the many celebrities to break it. According to the June 15 issue of OK Magazine , it’s now forbidden to even mention Kim in pages of Vogue and according to an insider, the embargo may also stems from the backlash Wintour received from putting Kim and Kanye West on the May 2014 cover . The source adds that Kim ignoring Anna's rule at the 2015 Met Gala was the last straw, and ''until further notice, Kim isn’t allowed in Vogue, by name or by picture.'' This wouldn’t be the first time that Vogue has d...

 The journalists are charged with aiding a terrorist organisation, a reference to the Muslim Brotherhood, which was outlawed in Egypt after the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi amid mass protests against his rule in 2013. A Cairo court on Thursday adjourned the retrial of Al Jazeera television journalists to June 11 for more closing statements by the defence team. The journalists are charged with aiding a terrorist organisation, a reference to the Muslim Brotherhood, which was outlawed in Egypt after the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi amid mass protests against his rule in 2013. Mohamed Fahmy , a naturalised Canadian who has given up his Egyptian citizenship, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were released on bail in February after spending more than a year in custody. A third Al Jazeera journalist, Australian Peter Greste , was deported in February. The journalists were originally sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison on ch...

 The blast was caused by a fire that erupted at a nearby lorry terminal then spread to the petrol station and other buildings, fire brigade spokesman Prince Billy Anaglate said. An explosion at a petrol station in Ghana's capital Accra killed about 90 people, many of whom had sought shelter there from torrential rain, on Wednesday night, the fire brigade said. The blast was caused by a fire that erupted at a nearby lorry terminal then spread to the petrol station and other buildings, fire brigade spokesman Prince Billy Anaglate said. It ripped through the filling station, operated by GOIL , shattering windows and walls and reducing the station to rubble. " It was an explosive fire and so the people sheltering at the filling station did not have an opportunity to escape ," Anaglate said. Firefighters battled the blaze into the early hours while police and soldiers joined emergency crews helping rescue people trapped in the wreckage, Accra Mayor Oko ...