Organizations and activists used World Water Day, designated by the United Nations as March 22 in 1993, to draw attention to and to work to reduce global and local water challenges. The UN’s children’s agency, UNICEF, released research saying that population growth and climate change will help lead to water scarcity for one in four children by 2040.
WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — A hospital director says 160 people were killed when a church roof collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria.
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Nigeria’s months-long fuel shortage has resulted in a rise in the cost of goods, commodities and transportation.
Massive queues form outside gas stations as thousands of residents look to fuel their vehicles and generators.
Black markets have sprung up to fill the demand, sometimes at extortionate prices or with diluted fuel.
A 1-0 victory over Nigeria gave the U.S. a first-place finish in its group in the Women’s World Cup, taking place in Vancouver. The U.S. is ranked second in the world behind Germany.
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Christians around the world are marking Palm Sunday by waving fronds, attending church services and visiting sites in the Holy Land at the start of the Holy Week that ends with Easter.
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The day in photos around the world.
Nigeria’s film industry, colloquially called Nollywood, is one of the largest in the world. Most movies are produced in local languages – including Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo – while others are made in English. Nollywood also has an increasing audience among Africans who live abroad and are keen for a taste of home. Reuters photographer Akintunde Akinleye went on location with a few movie shoots to take a look inside the business.
The Muscle Mania Fitness Korea competition takes place in Seoul, the Ramat Gan Safari Zoo in Tel Aviv, Israel announced a new born female Asian elephant calf, French climber Alain Robert, known as Spiderman, scales a skyscraper in Paris and more in today’s daily brief.
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Salsa acrobatics, Pakistan’s celebrates independence, a monkey keeping cool and more in today’s daily briefs.
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