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Singapore announces new work visa for tech execs

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Singapore on Thursday announced a new work visa for foreign executives of technology firms, in hopes to attract future economic…

Kamala Harris’s husband quits job for White House role

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Douglas Emhoff, the husband of US vice president-elect Kamala Harris, has left his private law practice to focus on his…

US President-elect Biden appoints chief of staff

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden appointed top Democratic official Ron Klain as his chief of staff and assistant to the president…

Trump’s hope dashed in Georgia: Official debunks vote fraud

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State deflated US President Trump's claim that widespread voter fraud made him to lose the White…

Putin orders constant checks on Russian nukes

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered boosting the survivability of the country’s nuclear forces control systems.

Jonathan sends message to Mali on death of ex-President Toure

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commiserated with the Government and people of Mali on the death of the…

Myanmar’s President Myint wins parliament seat

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Myanmar’s President U Win Myint has won a seat in the lower house of the next parliament in Sunday’s general…

Coronavirus: Vanuatu confirms 1st case

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday confirmed its first case of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

Iran ready to cooperate with Biden – President Rouhani

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Iranian President Hassan Rowhani on Wednesday said he was ready to cooperate with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden.

Iranian president ready to cooperate with Biden

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Iranian President Hassan Rowhani on Wednesday said he was ready to cooperate with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden.

Sheikh Khalifa, world’s longest serving prime minister, dies

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, who served as Bahrain’s prime minister since 1971, is dead at age 84, the royal…

Jailed Iranian activist Sotoudeh tests positive for coronavirus

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Iranian human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, her husband Resa Chandrin wrote on Facebook…

U.S. reports 131,000 COVID-19 infections, highest daily figure

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

The U.S. on Tuesday reported 131,000 new cases of COVID-19, the country’s highest single-day infection since the start of the…

Trump’s election fraud claims collapse, Pennsylvania witness recants

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Election officials in many battleground states of the United States, have trashed President Donald Trump's accusation of fraud.

We plan to rescue Nigerians wrongfully incarcerated in prisons globally – NIDCOM

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has emphasised the need for accurate and comprehensive database of Nigerians…

Liberia to pay impeached Supreme Court Judge $200,000

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

By Obi Vincent The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered Liberia to pay Counsellor Kabineh Muhammad Jan’neh, an impeached Judge…

Biden to Trump: You can’t stop power transfer

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden said on Tuesday that nothing would stop the transfer of power in the U.S. government on 20…

Only 3 percent of Americans believe Trump beat Biden

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Only 3% of Americans believe President Trump won the 3 November election, according to a new Reuters/IPSOS poll.

2 British diplomats expelled from Belarus

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Belarus said that it had expelled two British diplomats for activities of a “destructive nature," Belarusian state media reported on…

Trump fights over 180 Arizona votes, Biden leads with 14,946

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Arizona is one of the battleground states that sit-tight American President Donald Trump thinks he could snatch from President-elect Joe…

Coronavirus: Norwegian Air’s record increase in loss

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Norway-based budget airline Norwegian Air reported a third-quarter net loss of 980 million kroner (108 million dollars), as the coronavirus…

Palestinian Saeb Erekat dies at 65

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Palestinian political party Fatah on Tuesday announced the death of a senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat, following complications related…

Jordanians to elect new parliament

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Jordanians are set to vote for a new parliament, in polls that come as the kingdom struggles with a rising…

Pilger head of U.S. DOJ’s election crimes unit quits after A-G Barr’s memo

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Richard Pilger, the head of the branch of the US Justice Department that prosecutes election crimes has resigned.

Kosovo ex-president Thaci appears in Hague court, denies war crimes

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Kosovo’s former president Hashim Thaci pleaded not guilty to war crimes charges in the 1990s war against Serbia as he…

Ethiopian civilians, soldiers flee Tigray for Sudan

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Many Ethiopians, including soldiers, fled the escalating conflict in the restive Tigray region to neighbouring Sudan on Monday

Peru’s parliament sacks President Vizcarra over corruption

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Peru’s Congress voted to oust President Martín Vizcarra on Monday in an impeachment trial over corruption allegations, the second effort…

US Attorney General Barr orders probe of alleged voting fraud

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

U.S. Attorney General William Barr succumbed to pressure from President Donald Trump and some Republican leaders alleging voting fraud in…

UN Chief Guterres congratulates Biden, Harris

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has congratulated U.S President-elect Joe Biden and the Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

Global COVID-19 cases surpass 50 million – WHO

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

World Health Organisation (WHO) figures on Monday showed that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 50 million.

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