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Israel declared a “tactical pause” in fighting in parts of Gaza on Sunday and said it would allow the UN and aid agencies to open secure land routes to tackle a deepening hunger crisis. The military also said it had begun air-dropping food into the territory and angrily rejected allegations it was using starvation as […]
Thousands of junior doctors in the United Kingdom on Friday commenced a five-day nationwide strike, following the breakdown of negotiations with the Labour government over pay increases. The walkout, which began early Friday morning, saw striking doctors gather on picket lines outside hospitals across the country. Talks between the British Medical Association (BMA) and government […]
A Nigerian man, Abiola Quadri, has been sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison in the United States for orchestrating a $1.3 million fraud scheme involving stolen identities to claim COVID-19 pandemic unemployment and disability benefits. The 43-year-old, a permanent resident of Pasadena, California, used the illicit funds to construct a nightclub, shopping mall, […]
Tokyo’s Nikkei index surged more than three percent on Wednesday, hitting a one-year high after Japan and the United States struck a long-anticipated trade agreement that eased tariffs on key goods, including automobiles. The breakthrough, announced Tuesday by former US President Donald Trump, includes a reduction in tariffs on Japanese goods to 15 percent from […]
Global markets are treading cautiously ahead of a looming August 1 deadline for new US tariffs, as investors weigh the risk of fresh trade tensions alongside major corporate earnings announcements this week. Asian stocks were mixed on Tuesday. Gains in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Sydney were offset by losses in Singapore, Seoul, Wellington, and […]
The Nigerian presidency has responded sharply to recent claims made by UK Conservative Party leader and Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch regarding her inability to pass Nigerian citizenship to her children. Badenoch, in an interview aired Sunday on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, said it was “virtually impossible” to get Nigerian citizenship and asserted that her children […]
The United States, under President Donald Trump, has formally rejected amendments to the World Health Organisation’s International Health Regulations (IHR), citing concerns over national sovereignty and individual liberties. In a statement released Friday by the U.S. State Department, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that […]
South Korean ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted for abuse of power Saturday over his declaration of martial law last year, as investigators widened an insurrection probe. Yoon plunged South Korea into a political crisis when he sought to subvert civilian rule on December 3, sending troops to parliament in a bid to prevent lawmakers […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a long-term but non-life-threatening vein condition, following recent public speculation over visible swelling in his legs and discolouration on his right hand. The White House made the announcement on Thursday through Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who said the 79-year-old president began noticing mild swelling […]
Israel said it bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland where a monitor says sectarian clashes have killed nearly 250 people. Syrian government forces entered the majority-Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday with the stated aim of overseeing a […]
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