United Nations World leaders will gather in New York next week for the UN General Assembly and Secretary-General António Guterres has framed the meeting as a critical opportunity for problem-solving, not point-scoring, against a backdrop of raging conflicts, climate crisis, and pressing need to
Guinness World Record Nigeria chef Hilda Baci has made her way back into the record books after kick-starting record fever across Africa. And this time, she’s out to win the “Jollof Wars” for her home country. Alongside brand Gino Nigeria, Hilda cooked up the largest serving of Nigerian style jollof rice last Friday – a whopping 8,780 kg […]
WHO Deaths from cholera rose by 50 percent globally in 2024 compared to the previous year, the World Heath Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The WHO’s statistics also showed that reported cases of the disease were up by 5 percent. In all, nearly 560,000 infections were reported across 60 countries and regions. More than 6,000 […]
United Nations European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.5 billion) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, but the bloc’s latest move to crack down on Big Tech companies drew outrage from President Donald Trump. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive […]
United Nations Before leaving Papua New Guinea, the Secretary-General highlighted the importance of climate justice and called for reforms in international financial systems to give developing nations a stronger voice. Speaking in Port Moresby, he praised Papua New Guinea’s 50 years of uninterrupted democracy amidst its diverse linguistic and geographical challenges.
Ukraine The Soviet planners who founded Enerhodar in 1970 bestowed the city with a fitting name: “the gift of energy.” For decades, the southern Ukrainian city was an affluent company town for power plant workers and their young families, with tree-lined avenues and tall apartment blocks. But as the Russian occupation enters its fourth year, the hub […]
USA Microsoft has fired four employees who participated in protests on company premises against the firm’s ties to Israel as it wages war i Gaza, including two who took part in a sit-in this week at the office of the company’s president. Anna Hattle and Riki Fameli received voicemails informing them that they were fired, the protest […]
European Union The European Commission proposed on Thursday removing duties on imported U.S. industrial goods in return for reduced U.S. tariffs on European cars, a key part of the trade agreement the EU and the United States struck last month. The proposals mark the EU’s first step in enacting the framework agreement between U.S. President Donald […]
Spain In Carballeda de Valdeorras, 3,000 hectares have already been destroyed. In San Vicente, a church was reduced to ashes, wiping out a central community landmark. Firefighters battled multiple blazes early Monday in León and Asturias, where shifting winds forced emergency crews to act quickly as flames neared Genestoso before controlled burns halted their advance. […]
Russia Military bands from across the world converged on Moscow’s Red Square to take part in the 17th edition of the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival. Twenty-seven teams from 10 countries are taking part this year, including Ethiopia’s National Defence Force Marching Band, Zimbabwe’s Armed Forces Orchestra, and for the first time, Burkina Faso’s […]