Pope Francis on Sunday offered his prayers to the victims of a fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone that killed at least 99 people and injured more than 100. The accident happened in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, late on Friday, when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, local authorities said.

Pope prays for conflict hit Ethiopia and victims of Sierra Leone blast

Canadian apparel company Reitmans recently cancelled a contract with a Chinese supplier after a report by CBC News showed that it was using forced North Korean labour.

Canadian brands cancel deal with Chinese supplier over use of North Korean forced labour

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the country has been struggling to battle poverty. Amid an economic crisis, residents of the Afghan capital city Kabul have revealed that they have been worried about the approach of winter.

Kabul residents worried about crashing economy as winter approaches

COP26 summit has entered its final week, and while speaking to world leaders, UK PM Boris Johnson urged the countries to "make the bold compromises and ambitious commitments needed.

As COP26 enters its final week, Boris Johnson urges countries to 'make the bold compromises'

The turtle, presumably, had no way of knowing it would become a symbol of protest when it got stuck for hours in a construction site on a beach in western Puerto Rico, unable to return to the sea.

A turtle, a pool and the fight to save Puerto Rico’s beaches

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Paris to demand meaningful action from world leaders at the Glasgow COP26 summit on Saturday. Demonstrators answering the call of various environmental NGOs held banners and signs, performed stunts and chanted slogans in front of the French capital's city hall.

Paris protesters call for 'concrete actions' on climate change at COP26

In Pics | Demonstrators wearing Guy Fawkes-style masks gather at Trafalgar Square in London

The United States said that it has ordered the departure of its non-essential employees from Ethiopia, as the war intensifies. "The Department of State ordered the departure of non-emergency US government employees and their family members from Ethiopia", the State Department said as it issued a new travel advisory.

US orders departure of non-essential employees from Ethiopia as war intensifies

Eight people died on Thursday morning and several others fell ill after consuming suspected spurious liquor in West Champaran district of dry Bihar. Locals claimed that the victims, all residents of Telhua village, had consumed liquor in Chamartoli area on Wednesday evening, but the police did not quite confirm the same as yet.

Suspected spurious liquor claims 8 more lives in Indian state, probe initiated

Coronavirus cases have been surging across the globe. However, it is not just humans who are contracting the virus. In a first, two hyenas at the Denver zoo have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus.

Two hyenas at Denver zoo infected with coronavirus in first such case for species

In what has been deemed as a "magnificent milestone" by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the country has reached an inoculation rate of 80 per cent for those aged 16 and older.

'Magnificent milestone': Australia to soon become one of world's most vaccinated countries

A research carried out by scientists from the University of Oxford has discovered a gene that doubles the risk of lung failure and death from the deadly coronavirus.

Common gene in South Asians can double the risk of death due to COVID-19

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