A group of youths and self-described “area boys” in Lagos State have staged a protest against the reported establishment of an office of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Nigeria. The protesters, who took to the streets carrying placards, expressed opposition to what they described as increased involvement of the American Law…
In a striking scene that appeared to blur the line between science fiction and reality, humanoid robots took to the streets of Warsaw, Poland, to stage a protest calling for responsible regulation of artificial intelligence and protection of human jobs. The robots converged in front of Poland’s Ministry of Digital Affairs, where they carried flags,…
The Nigeria Immigration Service has called on Nigerians in the United Kingdom who completed their Contactless Passport Applications but are yet to receive their passports to submit their details for urgent resolution. Global Mirror News gathered that the development comes amid growing concerns over delayed passport processing and renewal among Nigerians living in the UK,…
Nigeria’s representative at the 2026 Miss World pageant, Tamunosoye Karibi-George, popularly known as Soye, has bowed out of the competition after making it to the Top 12, while Joheirry Mola Dominguez of the Dominican Republic emerged as the new Miss World. Global Mirror News gathered that Mola was crowned Miss World 2026 on Saturday September…
Global Mirror News gathered that Tennis legends Serena and Venus Williams have been knocked out of the US Open women’s doubles after a dramatic defeat in their first joint appearance at the tournament since 2022. The legendary Sisters suffered a heartbreaking loss to 14th seeds Hao-Ching Chan and Maya Joint, surrendering a commanding 5–0 advantage…
The withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has weakened important regional integration mechanisms and created fresh challenges for cooperation across West Africa, the Nigerian Presidency has said. The Presidency made the position known through the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public…
A passenger aboard an American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Newark was allegedly restrained with duct tape and zip ties after he became violent and shouted racial and anti-gay slurs, forcing the aircraft to divert to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The incident occurred on Thursday, September 3, aboard American Airlines Flight 618, which had…
A genetically edited pig kidney has functioned successfully inside a living human patient for 271 days, enabling a 66-year-old American man with end-stage kidney disease to stay off dialysis for about nine months before he eventually received a human donor kidney. The achievement, described by Doctors as the longest recorded dialysis-free survival after a pig-kidney…
China is moving aggressively to position itself at the forefront of the emerging Brain-computer Interface (BCI) industry, with several domestic companies reportedly securing regulatory approval for devices that could compete with technologies being developed by Elon Musk’s Neuralink. The approvals mark a significant step in China’s efforts to move brain-computer interface technology from laboratories and…
A 22-year-old man in South Africa has been sentenced to 20 years’ direct imprisonment after raping his biological mother while she was asleep at their home in Carnarvon, Northern Cape. The shocking incident, which occurred in November 2025, came to light after the victim woke up during the assault and discovered that her own son…
