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UN supports Obasanjo’s role in crisis-torn Ethiopia

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Obasanjo is the high Representative of the UN in the Horn of Africa region

Bomb threats at Yale University trigger evacuations

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

The bomb threats were directed at ‘multiple buildings’ in the Old Campus vicinity as well as the campus in New…

Baby born with 12cm tail

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

All babies develop an embryonic tail in the womb between four to eight weeks after gestation, but this is normally…

Explainer: Can rebel Tigrayan forces overrun Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa?

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

Fighting their way into the capital - home to the African Union headquarters and many international delegations - could be…

Pfizer says antiviral pill Paxlovid 89% effective against COVID-19

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

The results surpasses those seen with Merck & Co Inc's pill molnupiravir

UN: Half world’s population will be exposed to flooding, tsunamis

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said by the year 2030 an estimated 50 per cent of the world’s population will live…

U.S. DOJ sues Texas over vote restriction law

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

It was the latest effort by the Biden administration to combat new voting restrictions being enacted in Republican-controlled states across…

ANC loses ground in South Africa, votes shrink [Updated]

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

It was the party's worst election outcome since taking power at the end of white minority rule in 1994.

60 massacred in bloody clash in Niger’s Banibangou

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

The attack occurred in an area overrun by jihadists associated with a local affiliate of Islamic State that has killed…

Britain OKs COVID-19 treatment pill molnupiravir, first in the world

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

The drug was jointly developed by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, to boost the fight against the pandemic.

Japanese PM Kishida to double as foreign minister

PM NEWS Live

4 years ago

Former foreign minister Akira Amari resigned from the post of the Secretary-General of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) due…

Egypt moves to new capital December

Muhamin Olowoporoku

4 years ago

Located 45 kilometres east of Cairo, the new capital, which has no name yet, spans 170,000 acres.

Tigrayan forces close to Addis Ababa, Abiy vows to bury the enemies

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

Tigrayan forces are in the town of Kemise in Amhara state, 325 km (200 miles) from the capital, a spokesman…

U.S. Democrat Phil Murphy reelected governor New Jersey

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

Murphy is the state’s first Democratic governor to get a second straight term in 44 years, defeating Republican former Assembly…

Setback for Biden as Republican’s Youngkin wins Virginia governorship election

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Glenn Youngkin of the Republican has won the governorship election in Virginia, which represents a major upset for the Democrats.

Felicia Moore books runoff spot in Atlanta mayoral race

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

She won over 40 percent of the votes in the ballot Tuesday, but not up to 50 percent, that would…

Eric Adams wins for Democrats in New York

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

Adams, the Brooklyn borough president since 2014, will become the city's second Black mayor after easily defeating Republican Curtis Sliwa,

Republican Youngkin wins Virginia

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

The outcome of the contest is a demoralizing setback for Democrats ahead of next year's nationwide congressional elections.

Apostolic Faith member Kanyimo machetes wife, two kids to death

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

Kanyimo killed his family members amid prayer in the central city of Gweru.

U.S. CDC advisers endorse COVID vaccine for kids

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

The advisers said the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks of the vaccine.

U.S. President Biden believes McAuliffe will win Virginia

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

"We all knew from the beginning it's gonna be tight race," Biden said,

Japan’s opposition leader Edano resigns

PM NEWS Live

4 years ago

The leader of Japan’s main opposition, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ), Yukio Edano said he will quit the…

U.S. votes for governors in Virginia, New Jersey, mayors in New York, Atlanta

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

The election in Virginia is being closely watched as it has national implications for both Republicans and Democrats ahead of…

Facebook shuts ‘troll farm’ run by Nicaragua government

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Facebook’s parent company Meta, on Monday, said it shut down a “troll farm” run by the Nicaraguan Government.

Ex-Indonesian president Yudhoyono diagnosed with prostate cancer

PM NEWS Live

4 years ago

Former Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will receive treatment in the United States,…

Italian police smash drug gang in major Palermo raid

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

Warrants were issued against 58 suspects accused of crimes in relation to drug production and dealing charges, the news agency…

Israeli minister Karine Elharrar barred from COP26 for being in wheelchair

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

For two hours, organisers prevented Elharrar, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, from entering the compound

Jesse Jackson hospitalised

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition, confirmed that he was taken to hospital after he fell and hit his head on entering…

Musk sparks internet frenzy in China over ancient Chinese poem

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

Musk wrote in English "Humankind" before posting an abbreviated version of the 'Seven Steps Verse' in Chinese on his official…

France releases seized British fishing vessel

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

Britain also welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to postpone slapping trade sanctions over the fishing row.

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