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'Britain's loneliest sheep' gives birth for first...

"Britain's loneliest sheep" has given birth for the first time.

Fire-juggling unicyclist caught performing on crossing

Police have caught a man juggling fire while riding a unicycle on a pedestrian crossing.

Winter Olympics hit by penis enhancement controversy

Crotch enhancements. Banned helmets. Qualifying manipulation claims. And Russian hacking.

Boxer loses hairpiece in the ring

American boxer Jarrell Miller won his heavyweight bout in New York by a hair's breadth on Saturday - but lost his wig when the toupee...

Climber Alex Honnold scales Taipei 101 skyscraper...

American climber Alex Honnold ascended one of the world's tallest buildings on Sunday without a rope or protective equipment. 

Stolen Fabergé pendant passed to police - quite...

A Fabergé pendant has been recovered - after police spent six days closely monitoring the man accused of swallowing it.

Police officer sacked and banned from profession for...

A police sergeant has been sacked for using a picture frame to weigh down her laptop keys and give the false impression she was working...

Oxford Dictionary publisher reveals Word of the Year...

Don't get too upset, but 'rage bait' has been named by Oxford University Press as this year's Word of the Year, beating other online...

U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal...

Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.

Can’t Buy Love? Kenya Bans Bouquets Made of Cash.

Floral arrangements crafted from carefully-folded, colorful bank notes, had become a popular symbol of love in Nairobi.

A Family’s Memories and a Nation’s Struggles in ‘My...

The movie, created by two brothers, contrasts intimate impressions with a tense moment in Nigeria’s history.

What is Israel Doing in Africa?

The region has become a critical theater for global rivalries amid Israel’s recognition of breakaway Somaliland and Washington’s counterterrorism...

South Africa Pulls Out of Venice Biennale After Gaza...

The country, a major center for African art, will not have an official presence at this year’s event after a legal dispute over a...

Assault on Sudanese City Bore ‘Hallmarks of Genocide,’...

A paramilitary group in Sudan’s civil war “acted with genocidal intent” in a monthslong siege of El Fasher, according to human rights...

Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Covering Secretive...

An Associated Press reporter was hit and held with three other journalists and a lawyer, two detainees said, while at a center for...

South Sudan Appoints Dead Man to Election Panel, as...

The government of President Salva Kiir has been accused of gross incompetence, as fighting between rebels and security forces pushes...

Botswana’s ‘Corn Lady’ Finds Fame With Food Stands

Tshephiso Marumo has had success selling traditional village food in Botswana. But as she has risen, she has become more outspoken,...

In Africa, Jesse Jackson Was Esteemed for His Fight...

He made several trips to South Africa, and to other African nations, as a peace broker and a representative of Black America.

Ebo Taylor, Musical Innovator of Highlife and Afrobeat,...

Borrowing from jazz and African rhythms, he forged a singular style that helped define music in his native Ghana — and West Africa...

First U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria for Trump-Led Christian...

The deployment follows months of escalating pressure from President Trump on the African nation, including a surprise missile strike...

How Peter Biar Ajak, a Sudanese Peace Activist, Was...

Peter Biar Ajak, a democracy advocate, was convicted of conspiring to buy and export weapons for a revolt in South Sudan.

Elephant Bone in Spain May Be Proof of Hannibal’s...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals...

4 Months Trapped in a Hospital for an Obsolete Way...

Health workers in developing countries know that isolating tuberculosis patients is an outdated and potentially harmful practice,...

Trump’s Foreign Policy: Resurrecting Empire

President Trump’s approach is a revival of the mission of empire — acquiring the territories and resources of sovereign peoples.

U.S. Hunts for Militants as the Nigerian Military...

The country has one of the most feared armed forces in Africa, yet within its own borders, it has repeatedly failed to stop abductions...

U.S. Slaps Sanctions on Rwanda, Saying It Sabotaged...

Rwanda’s government responded by claiming the sanctions unjustly targeted only one party to the conflict and misrepresented the facts.

With a New Nigeria Refinery, Africa’s Richest Man...

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has an ambitious vision for the continent’s most populous nation, but hurdles stand in his way.

15 South Africans Duped Into Fighting for Russia in...

The South African leader said that the men had come home two weeks after he had won agreement from President Vladimir V. Putin.

Nearly 500 jobs to be lost as US cannabis firm takes...

Nearly 500 jobs are expected to be lost when craft beer giant BrewDog is taken over by an American cannabis firm.

This war has massive implications for the world economy

There is nowhere else on the planet with quite as concentrated a supply of quite so much energy as the Arabian Gulf.

Oil and gas costs surge but some stocks defy war-focused...

Oil and gas prices have seen dramatic lifts as financial markets give their first reaction to the war in the Middle East.

Will the cost of petrol in my car go up due to Middle...

Fresh conflict in the Middle East threatens to make the cost of petrol more expensive for motorists in the UK, experts have warned.

Chancellor to say she has the 'right economic plan'...

Rachel Reeves will insist she has "the right economic plan for our country" and that "working people are better off" thanks to Labour...

Marine biologist on salaries, tears and the one thing...

If you've ever spent your morning commute daydreaming about starting afresh with your career, this feature is for you.

Oil prices spike as key shipping route disrupted by...

Global oil prices have risen sharply after Iran's response to US and Israeli airstrikes disrupted shipping, raising the prospect of...

Fifth of global oil flows through this vital waterway...

Sky's Data and Forensics team has been monitoring shipping through the Strait of Hormuz - a strategically vital waterway for Iran...

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Connecting On-Premises Networks with AZURE Virtual...

This post outlines the options that exist for connecting your on-premise network to AZURE. Following are the three options, This post...

Analyzing root cause live site issues using Azure...

Quickly determining the root-cause of live site issue(s) that hosted in AZURE is important. The standard alerts that you setup in...

Data driven agriculture with AZURE Farm beats

As the son of a farmer, I was always thinking about using technology to help farmers to do affordable, profitable and sustainable...

Docker containers deep dive

This post outlines basic overview on Docker containers , what benefits does it brings in using in your environment and what options...

GRPC features in .NET FW 6

gRPC allows you to develop high-performance service in .NET FW 6. This post outlines the performance improvements made in gRPC in...

logging best practices for Microservices

Logging and tracing in microservice applications can be challenging and complicated if each microservice generates its own logging....

Clean Architecutre pattern for Microservice

This post outlines using Clean Architecture with ASP.NET Core 6 Micro Service. One of the main reason to use Clean Architecture template...

Modern containerized apps development using AZURE...

There are many options for developers to build and deploy cloud native and containerized applications on Microsoft AZURE. This post...

Exploring Event-Driven & Message driven Architectures

This post outlines the event-driven and message-driven architectures that are foundational for micro-service communication in an enterprise...

How to save a message in Microsoft Teams

Today I want to show you how you can use the Save this message function in Microsoft Teams to allow you to quickly locate, or go back...

What is a circular reference error in Excel?

I recently had an email from a client asking me to assist with an error in one of their Excel files. I opened the file to take a look...

How to upgrade Planner Plan from Basic to Premium

For those people using Microsoft Planner you will have noticed some Premium options available. Microsoft Planner has several licensing...

How to allow other users to edit a Microsoft Form

When creating a form using Microsoft Forms, the form is stored within your personal Microsoft 365 account. The form is then shared...