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Kenneth Kaunda: his life and times

Kenneth Kaunda the weeping president: His life and times

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's founding president, who was not ashamed to weep in public, dies at 97, from pneumonia
Kenneth Kaunda: his life and times

Zambia’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda is dead

Zambia’s founding president and liberation hero, Kenneth Kaunda has died at a military hospital in Lusaka where he was being…
Nigeria mulls regulation of social media over ritual killings

Russia approves bill to register Twitter, Google, Facebook, others

Duma, the lower house of the Russian legislature, passed in the third reading a draft law binding major foreign IT…

Tanzania to join COVAX vaccine-sharing facility – WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said Tanzania plans to request to join the COVAX global vaccine-sharing facility.
Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng (C), Liu Boming (R) and Tang Hongbo

China sends 3 astronauts to space station

China on Thursday launched a spacecraft carrying three astronauts up to the core module of its new space station for…
Putin, Biden in Geneva on Wednesday

Biden, Putin agree talks on cybersecurity, arms control

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday to begin cybersecurity and arms control talks following…
The plane wreckage at Kavumu Congo

3 killed in plane crash

Three persons were killed in a plane crash Wednesday at Kavumu airport in South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic…
Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng (C), Liu Boming (R) and Tang Hongbo

China sending crewed mission to space

China will tomorrow send a crewed mission to space, who will establish its space station, Xinhua, its news agency reported…
The Palestinian city of Khan Younis was targeted by intensive airstrikes as Israel pursued its ramped-up offensive across the Gaza Strip.

Israel launches airstrikes in Gaza

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) said it struck targets in Gaza overnight on Wednesday. But reports in Palestine said the…
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte not cooperating with ICC

Duterte shuts doors against ICC probe of drug killings

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will not cooperate with an investigation of the country’s drug war killings planned by the International…

UN: Mali at critical juncture, democratic future at risk

UN Envoy El-Ghassim Wane said immediate action is required to initiate critical reforms and lay the groundwork for credible elections…
Christiane Amanpour says she is being treated for ovarian cancer

CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour reveals battle with ovarian cancer

CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour has revealed she is being treated for ovarian cancer and had recently undergone surgery for the…

Nationalist flag march in Jerusalem triggers fears

Israel was bracing Tuesday for a controversial flag march through Jerusalem, with fears of a fresh outbreak of violence in…
Fire

Pregnant woman, 5 others die in early morning fire

Six people died after a blaze engulfed a three-story house early Tuesday in a city in central Vietnam, police said
Mali Military President Assimi Goita

UN calls for free and fair election in Mali

A large majority of the 15-nation UN Security Council called on Monday for free and fair elections to go ahead…
U.S. Covid-19 deaths hit another milestone

U.S. COVID-19 death toll surpasses 600,000

The United States has now lost over 600,000 people to COVID-19, about 15% of the world's total fatalities of around…
Kenneth Kaunda: his life and times

Ex-Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda hospitalised

Zambia’s former president Kenneth Kaunda has been admitted into a military hospital in the capital Lusaka, his office said on…
Peter Taylor and his dad Michael Taylor docked in Japan over Carlos Ghosn escape

Americans Taylor and son plead guilty for helping Ghosn escape from Japan

Americans Michael Taylor and his son Peter pleaded guilty in Tokyo on Monday to charges that they illegally helped former…
Netanyahu

Netanyahu shuns handover ceremony with successor Bennett

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, grumpy like Donald Trump, shied away on Monday from a handover ceremony with successor…
Single dose J&J COVID-19 vaccine costs Nigeria $7.50 per dose,

G7 hailed for plan to share 870m doses of COVID-19 vaccine

World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF and COVAX partners on Sunday applauded G7 nations’ commitment to sharing 870 million doses of…
The Bidens with Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle

Biden gushes about Queen Elizabeth

U.S. President Joe Biden said Britain’s Queen Elizabeth reminded him of his mother after their private meeting at Windsor Castle
Naftali Bennett new Israeli Prime Minister

Updated: Bennett in, Netanyahu kicked out in Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year run as Israel’s prime minister ended on Sunday with “government of change”, led by nationalist Naftali…

Zambian President Edgar Lungu collapses

The Zambian President, Edgar Lungi, collapsed on Sunday, during the 45th Defence Force Day Commemoration and Investiture ceremony.
Naftali Bennett set to succeed Netanyahu as Israeli Prime Minister today

Netanyahu out, Bennett to step in as new Israeli Prime Minister

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year hold on power will give way to new government, to be headed by Naftali…

Joe Biden meets Queen Elizabeth to cap off G7 summit

U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife Jill are scheduled to meet with Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday at Windsor…
Saudi shuts mosque after Imam tests positive for COVID-19

Saudi shuts mosque after Imam tests positive for COVID-19

Saudi Arabia shuts Al Budaiyah Mosque in the Jazan area of the Abu Arish governorate after its imam tested positive…
UN Security Council in session: Ghana, Gabon elected non-permanent members

Ghana, Gabon, 3 others elected into UN Security Council

The 75th session of the UN General Assembly on Friday elected Ghana, Gabon, Albania, Brazil and United Arab Emirates (UAE)…
President Macron and Damien Tarel

Damien Tarel bags four months jail term for slapping French president

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku and Agency Report Damien Tarel has been sentenced to four months in jail after admitting he slapped…
Faces of Damien Tarel who slapped President Macron

Faces of Damien Tarel who slapped President Macron

Damien Tarel, who slapped French President, Emmanuel Macron will appear before a judge in a fast-track trial on Thursday.

Experts detect lumpy skin disease cases

More than 11,000 cattle and buffaloes in 126 villages in seven provinces have contracted lumpy skin disease, according to the…
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