Twenty-six persons were injured when a Ukrainian village councilor detonated hand grenades at a meeting, according to a Friday statement from the national police, prompting the opening of a terror probe. The event happened on Friday morning at the Keretsky village council headquarters, which is
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The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, on Thursday assured Israel of the support of the United States of America. Blinken stated this during the meeting with Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, as war rages between Israel and Hamas. He said, “You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself. But as long as […]
BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS French leader Emmanuel Macron has urged his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to help stop Russia’s war in Ukraine. “I know I can count on you to bring Russia to its senses, and bring everyone back to the negotiating table,” he told Mr Xi in Beijing. Mr Xi said China and […]
IFP national treasurer and elections head Narend Singh confirmed the killing of the party member, allegedly by members of the ANC. Three suspects were shot dead by police late Monday night after they allegedly fled when officers approached them at a polling station in Plessislaer, KwaZulu-Natal.The three were apparently in a car without number plates […]
Military flights evacuating diplomats and civilians from Afghanistan resumed early on Tuesday after the runway at Kabul airport was cleared of thousands of people desperate to flee after the Taliban seized the capital. The number of civilians at the airport had thinned out, a Western security official at the facility told Reuters, a day after […]
Comment by Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry N.T. Lakhonin on Washington’s illegal actions to extradite Special Envoy of the Government of Venezuela to the United States A. Saab. We would like to draw attention to the egregious situation around Venezuelan Special Envoy A. Saab, who in June […]
Jailed Hong Kong billionaire media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai was given a new prison sentence of 14 months on Friday. The media mogul got the additional sentence over his role in an unauthorised assembly on Oct. 1, 2019, during one of the city’s pro-democracy rallies that year. This month, Lai – who is […]
Mali’s interim president and prime minister resigned as part of mediation efforts Wednesday after being arrested in an apparent second military coup in nine months, a top junta aide said. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, tasked with steering the return to civilian rule after a coup last August, had been held since […]
Diplomatic moves towards a ceasefire in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict gathered pace on Thursday after U.S. President Joe Biden called for a de-escalation, but Israel kept up its bombardment of Gaza and Hamas rocket fire resumed after a pause. A senior official in the Hamas militant group predicted a ceasefire within days. An Israeli minister said […]
The Zulu royal family in South Africa has been thrown into mourning following the death of its monarch, Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu, who passed on just a month after she became regent with the death of her husband, King Goodwill Zwelithini. Queen Mantfombi, 65, became interim leader of the country’s largest ethnic group in […]
Britain’s journalists and media have hit back at Prime Minister Boris Johnson over his denial regarding comments he made about entering England into a third lockdown. On Monday, Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper reported Johnson was claimed to have said: “No more fucking lockdowns – let the bodies pile high in their thousands” after agreeing to […]
The European Union (EU) could impose retaliatory measures or sanctions against the UK if it failed to fulfill its obligations under the post-Brexit agreement, a top French official said. France’s Secretary of State for European affairs Clement Beaune said this on Tuesday. EU lawmakers are expected later in the day to formally ratify the deal […]
Researchers of Australia’s University of Queensland (UQ) have developed and validated a model which could predict if babies were at risk of childhood obesity by the age of eight to nine, the university said on Tuesday. With simple risk factors mostly gathered during routine doctor visits at 12 months of age, the researchers developed the […]
President Joe Biden on Thursday says he plans to run for reelection in 2024 with Vice President Kamala Harris on the ticket. “The answer is yes, my plan is to run for reelection,” Biden said at his first presidential news conference. “That’s my expectation.” When asked about the potential for another Biden-Harris ticket, Biden praised […]
Iran will “swiftly reverse” actions in its nuclear programme when U.S. sanctions are lifted, its foreign minister said on Friday, reiterating Tehran’s stance on Washington’s offer to resume talks. On Thursday, the Joe Biden administration said it was willing to revive a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers abandoned in 2018 by former President
The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States are making preparation to administer COVID-19 vaccines to its member states. The president of Ghana and Chair of the ECOWAS Authority, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo while speaking at the virtual 58th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on Saturday, […]
The Nigerian government and Jamaican government has launched an inaugural direct flight to foster bilateral relations between the two countries. This was made known in a statement signed by the Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson, Ferdinand Nwonye on Tuesday, December 22. The statement reads, ‘’As part of the activities to commemorate 50 years of good bilateral […]
The Moderna coronavirus vaccine has become the second to be approved for emergency use in the US, clearing the way for millions of doses to be distributed. The country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the authorisation of the jab the day after the agency’s panel of outside experts endorsed its use. The FDA based […]
At least six persons were killed in a building collapse in Egypt’s northern coastal city of Alexandria, an official security source said on Thursday. The accident took place in late hours of Wednesday when a four-story building collapsed in Moharam Bek district, the official said. The rescue team has found the bodies of three men […]
The fatal shooting of a prominent Ethiopian singer in the capital Addis Ababa sparked rising tensions in the city on Tuesday, with calls for demonstrations circulating online. Hachalu Hundessa was shot and killed in the city’s suburb of Gelan Condominiums on Monday evening, local media reported. The killing has reportedly sparked unrest. On Tuesday, a […]