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Putin warns NATO, confirms deployment of Russia nuclear weapons to Belarus

President Putin shuns G20 Summit in Bali

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

The Kremlin in Moscow has confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not attend next week’s G20 Summit in Bali.
Warnock and Walker

Warnock, Walker head into run-off election in Georgia December

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The Senate race in Georgia is still close between Walker and Warnock - Walker has over 48% of the vote, while…
The Nigerian-Americans

Eight Nigerians win big in US Midterm elections

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The Nigerians are: Segun Adeyina, Gabe Okoye, Solomon Adesanya, Tish Naghise, Phil Olaleye ,Carol Kazeem, Oye Owolewa and Esther Agbaje.
Zelensky

NATO summit focuses on defence spending, Ukraine support

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

The chaotic end to the U.S. and NATO’s 20-year intervention in Afghanistan did little to help matters after years of…

Police officer injured in ‘Just Stop Oil’ London protest

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Today marks the third consecutive day of Just Stop Oil protests on the UK’s busiest motorway, and after the group…
Russia sends imprisoned U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner who is serving a nine- year jail term to a penal camp.

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner sent to Russian prison camp

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February for allegedly possessing a small amount of marijuana.
Democrat Becca Balint would become the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress from Vermont, U.S. broadcasters have projected.

Becca Balint to become Vermont’s first woman in U.S. Congress

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Balint defeated Republican nominee Liam Madden and took over from Republican Peter Welch.
Coughing COVID-positive Joe Biden appears virtually at White House meeting

Control of U.S. Congress still in the balance in midterm elections

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

A victory in the closely watched Pennsylvania race would boost Democrats’ chance of keeping control of the closely divided Senate.
Hours after polls in U.S. states began to close, it remains unclear as of Tuesday night which party would control either chamber of Congress.

Control of U.S. Congress still in the balance in midterm elections

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

In the elections midway through Biden’s four-year term, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the…
John Fetterman

Fetterman defeats Trump’s endorsed candidate, Oz to win Pennsylvania senate seat

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Trump had backed Oz to win but he crumbled to Fetterman who is still recovering from stroke he had last…
Whitmer

Michigan governor Whitmer wins re-election in midterm election

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

She defeated Republican challenger, Tudor Dixon in one of the nation’s most important political battleground states.
The diplomatic effort comes as Egypt grapples with a 60 per cent drop in canal revenue over the past 11 months — a staggering $7bn loss

COP27: Egypt, Norway unveil 100mw green hydrogen plant on Red Sea

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt and the Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre at the launch of the project on…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said overwhelming flooding has affected no fewer than 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide.

Floods: 27m children at risk, 840,000 displaced in Nigeria- UNICEF

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

According to the UN agency, the number of children affected by flooding in Chad, Gambia, Pakistan and northeast Bangladesh is…
Donald Trump

Donald Trump hints at 2024 presidential bid

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

According to Trump, Republicans would take back the House of Representatives in 2024.
Hours after polls in U.S. states began to close, it remains unclear as of Tuesday night which party would control either chamber of Congress.

US heads for midterm elections today: What is at stake

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Currently both are controlled by President Joe Biden's Democrats, and the Republicans are predicted to take the House, according to…

Tiktok committed to building environmentally aware generation

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

TikTok is at the forefront of giving their community the platform to help drive awareness and advocacy around sustainability and…
Sunak speaks on catastrophic night after Conservative collapsed in UK's election

British PM, Sunak at COP27 in 1st international outing

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

It is the Rishi Sunak’s first outing on the international stage since entering No 10, a fortnight ago.
Pope Francis angry over burning of Quran in Stockholm

Pope: Fight for women’s rights, a ‘continuous struggle’

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

However, the spiritual leader denounced male chauvinism, acknowledging there was still too much of it around the world, including in…
UN chief António Guterres s

UN weather report ‘a chronicle of climate chaos’- Guterres

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The WMO, in its provisional 2022 State of the Global Climate released on Sunday, stated that extreme heatwaves, drought and…
Tanzania plane crash

Update: 19 dead as passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria 

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

According to local authorities, rescuers in boats rushed to the wreckage, which was almost fully submerged, to pull out trapped…
Just an illustration: a plane crashing into sea

26 passengers rescued as plane crashes into Tanzania’s Lake Victoria

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Chalamila said out of the 43 people on board the plane, 39 were passengers, two pilots and two cabin crew,…

Man, 33, stabbed outside East London restaurant owned by Love Island star Kem Cetinay

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

n arrival, they found the 33-year-old suffering from stab injuries, and paramedics from the London Ambulance Service took him to…

Man, 21, stabbed to death by 3 men in South East London

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

“I would urge them, along with any road users in the area who may have captured events on dashcam to…
Anger in Russia as Ukraine shuts down all 39 drones

Ukrainian forces brace for bloody fight for Kherson

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Oleh, the commander of a Ukrainian mechanized infantry unit dug into trenches west of Kherson, is confident his Russian foes…

Dengue fever claims 4 more lives in Pakistan

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

All the deaths were reported from the eastern Punjab province, the provincial health department said on Friday, adding that three…
Nigeria’s Solar Energy Future: A Strategic, Sustainable Investment

Australian researchers make breakthrough on solar panel efficiency

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

According to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia has the highest uptake of solar globally, with one-quarter…

Bush encroachment threatens food, water security in Namibia

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Bush encroachment leads to land degradation mostly in semi-arid to arid regions. The tourism industry contributes about 15 per cent…

Hubei Province orders arrest of former vice governor

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said in a statement on Saturday that Cao's case was transferred to procuratorial authorities for…
President Joe Biden

Mexico’s Senate condemns U.S. blockade of Cuba

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

In a speech, Mexico's permanent representative to the United Nations, Juan Ramon de la Fuente, said the continuous disregard for…
Testing for COVID-19 in China

Chinese mainland reports 596 new COVID-19 cases

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

A total of 251 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Friday, said the…
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