Israel The second week of the Israel-Iran war started with a renewed round of strikes despite talks between European ministers and Iran’s top diplomat. Friday’s talks, which aimed at de-escalating the fighting between the two adversaries, lasted for four hours in Geneva, but failed to
Zimbabwe It’s before sunrise on a Saturday and a small group has gathered at Socialite Bar in on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital. Instead of nursing hangovers, they sit with eyes closed and bodies in meditative poses on the bare floor. It’s an unlikely setting for a yoga class. In Zimbabwe, the practice is rare […]
USA President Donald Trump on Thursday called for fewer federal holidays, saying the days off cost America billions of dollars in losses. “Too many non-working holidays in America. It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed,” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Juneteenth, a newly designated federal holiday […]
Florida A robotic prostatectomy surgery was performed remotely from Florida on a patient in Angola as part of an FDA-approved clinical trial. “We will operate from the United States to Africa in an FDA-approved clinical trial. We’ll be performing a robotic prostatectomy for a man in Angola who otherwise would not have access to high-end […]
Nigeria A youth leader in Nigeria’s Northcentral Benue State, Magagi Alidu, in this interview with journalists, decries the massacre of Benue people and the state of the displaced people in the state. Alidu, who is the President of Ochetoha K’Idoma Youth Wing Worldwide, also spoke on the causes of the recent gruesome murder of over […]
Zambia What was expected to be a dignified farewell to Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu has turned into a diplomatic and political standoff, ending with his burial being moved outside the country he once led. Lungu, who died earlier this month in a South African hospital from an undisclosed illness, will not be laid to […]
Iran Tens of thousands of people in Yemen took to the streets of the country’ capital, Sanaa, on Friday to show solidarity with Iran and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Protesters carried the Iranian and Palestinian flags and chanted against Israel, and the U.S.. The war between Israel and Iran erupted June 13, with Israeli […]
Nigeria Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, said police have arrested a number of people and that actions were being taken, following the killings that took place in northcentral Benue state. Musa disclosed this on Thursday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme. Recall that over 200 residents of Guma LGA […]
Belgin “Wake up, wake up.” That’s the rallying cry at the heart of a powerful new choreography by Belgian dancer Jeny BSG, created for the Dance4Refugees campaign. Speaking to Euronews ahead of World Refugee Day, observed every year on June 20, Jeny described the project as a call to action in support of the world’s […]
China A Chinese PhD student found guilty of drugging and raping 10 women has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years. Zhenhao Zou, 28, was convicted of multiple sexual assaults on women in the UK and China in March, where he used drugs to incapacitate his victims before raping them. The trial at […]