USA U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration will “permanently pause” migration from all “Third World Countries”, following the death of a National Guard member in an attack near the White House. The comments mark a further escalation of migration
EU The European Union imposed sanctions on a top leader of Sudan’s paramilitary group over “grave and ongoing atrocities” by his forces in the more than two-year war with the Sudanese army, including in the western Darfur region where they captured the army’s last stronghold last month. The measures announced Thursday against Abdel-Rahim Hamdan Dagalo […]
Nigeria President Donald Trump was heading to Florida on Friday, watching Fox News, when he saw the network run a story on how Christians were being targeted by Islamic groups in Nigeria, two sources familiar with the matter told Sky News Africa. The president was “immediately” angered by it, one of the sources said, and […]
USA U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump made the surprise announcement on Truth Social while he was aboard his Marine One helicopter flying to meet Xi for a […]
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 reform the 80-year-old institution itself. In his opening remarks,
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 […]
















