It was a life well sphent. A Gentoo penguin who found international stardom after entering a same-sex relationship with another male of the species has died at Australia’s Sea Life Aquarium. Sphen was nearly 12 at the time of his recent passing. When workers brought surviving partner Magic to see the body for the last … Read more
Sphen the gentoo penguin – one half of a world-famous same-sex “power couple” – has died in Australia, aged 11. He and his partner Magic shot to global stardom in 2018 when they fell in love at the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, later adopting and raising two chicks. Their romance has inspired a Mardi Gras … Read more
Image caption, Kerala state is said to be one of the most at risk places globally for the Nipah virus Article information Author, Sophie Williams Role, BBC News 7 hours ago Health authorities in India’s Kerala state have issued an alert after a 14-year-old boy died of the Nipah virus. According to the state’s health … Read more
Atsuko Sato is seen with her Japanese shiba inu dog Kabosu, best known as the logo of cryptocurrency Dogecoin, playing with students at a kindergarten in Narita, Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, on March 19. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images The dog that inspired the famous … Read more
‘Too soon to leave but yet he’s gone,’ Ngannou wrote in a social media post annoucing his son’s death. Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou’s 15-month-old son Kobe has died, the boxer said in a social media post. Ngannou, 37, posted a black and white photo with his son late on Monday and wrote, “Too … Read more
Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images Chief of Kenya Defence Forces General Francis Ogolla looks on while inspecting a guard of honor during his official state visit to State House in Nairobi, on February 28, 2024. CNN — Kenya’s military chief, Francis Ogolla, died in a helicopter crash in the western part of the country on Thursday, President … Read more
BREAKINGBREAKING, Simpson died this week after a battle with cancer, his family announced in a statement on social media. OJ Simpson, a former United States football star acquitted of murder in a widely watched trial in the 1990s, has died at age 76. In a statement shared on social media on Thursday morning, Simpson’s family … Read more
Aaron Bushnell yelled ‘Free Palestine!’ then lit himself on fire near the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC. A member of the United States air force who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington in an apparent protest against Israel’s war in Gaza has died, the Pentagon says. The 25-year-old airman, Aaron … Read more
Medical group warns of catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Zamzam camp in Sudan’s North Darfur state. At least one child dies every two hours in a camp for displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur state during a nine-month war that has caused the collapse of humanitarian services, a medical charity says. Before the war began … Read more
The African leader announced last month that he had begun treatment for cancer. Namibian President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82, his office has said, less than three weeks after it was announced he would undergo treatment for cancer. Geingob died on Sunday at Lady Pohamba Hospital in the capital Windhoek with … Read more