Conservative British lawmaker David Amess was killed on Friday after being stabbed “multiple times” during an event in his local constituency in southeast England, in the second death of a UK politician while meeting voters since 2016. Local police did not name Amess but said a man had been arrested “on suspicion (of) murder” after […]Read More
Some Texas abortion clinics have reopened amid fears that a legal ruling which halted the state’s near-total abortion ban may be short-lived. Other clinics have reported that concerns over lawsuits have prevented them from reopening. On Wednesday, a US judge temporarily blocked the new law, which effectively bans women from having an abortion. Texas officials […]Read More
The US is “deeply concerned” about actions that undermine peace across the Taiwan Strait, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has told the BBC, APA reports. His comments come after China sent a “record number” of military jets into Taiwan’s air defence zone for four days in a row, in a public show of force. Taiwan considers […]Read More
The World Bank has declared as “effective“ Nigeria’s 750-million-dollars COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) Programme. Mr Aso Vakporaye, the Chairman, Federal CARES Technical Committee, made this known in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Vakporaye explained that the World Bank recommendation was contained in a letter which the Country Director of […]Read More
The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, says that the Federal Government will look at areas where it can collaborate with the government of Egypt to boost power supply in the country. Aliyu said this when the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Nigeria, Ihab Awad, visited him in Abuja on Tuesday. “I am aware […]Read More
Hurricane Nicholas made landfall early Tuesday over the Gulf Coast of Texas before being downgraded to a tropical storm, lashing weary residents with powerful wind gusts and driving rain as it moved toward Houston. The center of the storm made landfall just after 12:30 a.m. Central time on the eastern part of the Matagorda Peninsula, […]Read More
Joe Biden, striving to restore public confidence in his handling of the pandemic, announced new vaccination mandates on Thursday for 100 million workers, about two-thirds of the American labour force. Channeling national frustration as the virus surges back, the US president adopted his sternest tone yet in reprimanding the tens of millions of Americans who […]Read More
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday condemned the coup d’etat in Guinea and demanded the immediate release of President Alpha Condé. According to reports, the fate of Guinea’s President, Condé, is unclear after an unverified video showed him surrounded by soldiers who said they had seized power. They appeared on national TV claiming to have […]Read More
World number one Novak Djokovic won without playing his best to reach the second round of the US Open on Tuesday in his quest for a calendar-year Grand Slam and record 21st major title. The 34-year-old Serbian star dominated much of the way in beating 18-year-old Danish qualifier Holger Rune 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-1 […]Read More
U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday he is sticking to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing a risky airlift of Americans, endangered Afghans and others seeking to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The decision defies allied leaders who want to give the evacuation more time and opens Biden to criticism that he caved to Taliban deadline demands. “Every day […]Read More
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