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Ukraine war: Zelenskyy to join G7 summit

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is also scheduled to give a televised speech focusing on the war in Ukraine to mark…
Ex- UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson “fired for banging on about his book” during a guest appearance on Channel 4’s coverage of U.S. election

Boris Johnson loses control of strongholds in London

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party lost control of traditional strongholds in London and suffered losses elsewhere in local…
Karine Jean-Pierre

Biden appoints Jean-Pierre first black woman as White House Press Secretary

Jean-Pierre, 44-year-old daughter of Haitian immigrants, will replace Jen Psaki, who was originally expected to serve for only the first…
Karine Jean-Pierre replaces Jen Psaki as White House press secretary

Jean-Pierre replaces Jen Psaki as White House press secretary

Jean-Pierre, the principal deputy press secretary, will become the first openly gay person and first Black woman to hold the…

UK’s National Crime Agency recovers fresh $23.4m Abacha’s loot

The agency, in a release, said the funds form part of a larger pool of monies identified by the United…
A patient with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, in Oslo, Norway Nov. 27, 2020. (Reuters file photo).

15m die from coronavirus in 2020 and 2021 – WHO

The U.S. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation came to a similar conclusion to WHO, with an estimate of 15.4…
Putin warns NATO, confirms deployment of Russia nuclear weapons to Belarus

Russia expels seven Danish diplomats

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, there has been a spate of diplomatic expulsions. By Moscow’s count, some 400…

11 African countries in 5th COVID wave

Africa has now procured 784 million vaccine doses, but only about 17 per cent of the population in Africa has…
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

South Korea’s spy agency joins NATO cyber defence group

The centre was established in 2008 in response to a Russian cyber attack that crippled Estonia’s state networks.
coronavirus

Czech Republic ends COVID-19 epidemic emergency

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic more than two years ago, 40,194 people have died in the Czech Republic…

WHO confirms 3rd Ebola case in northwest Congo

Health workers started Ebola vaccinations last week in Mbandaka, the capital of Congo’s Equateur province.
Germany flag

Germany conducts census for first time in 11 years

German statistical authorities are to begin conducting a nationwide census on May 15 for the first time in 11 years.
U.S. Covid-19 deaths hit another milestone

U.S. surpasses 1 million COVID-19 deaths

According to World Health Organisation (WHO), COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline, but omicron sub-variants are driving an increase…
Alpha Conde

Guinea’s junta set to charge Conde, 26 aides with murder

The charges against Conde and his allies include complicity in murder and assault, sexual violence and forced disappearances arising from…
Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson faces council election test today

Votes will decide almost 7,000 council seats across the United Kingdom, determining the makeup of 140 local government authorities, which…

Turkey “neutralises’’ 24 Kurdish militants in northern Syria – Authorities

Turkish authorities said the operations aimed to eliminate terror threats against Turkey and provide a safe zone that would facilitate…
Not fewer than 31,000 companies in Europe have Russian owners, according to a recent report by the European Commission.

EU mulls ban of Russian oil, refined products

"It will not be easy. Some member states are strongly dependent on Russian oil. But we simply have to work…
South Africans queue for dole

47 percent of South Africans rely on dole

The social assistance transfers costs 204 billion rands a year, excluding special COVID-19 relief grant. This is about $12.88 billion.
Where abortion is still legal in the U.S. after Supreme Court verdict

Biden urges Americans vote pro-abortion lawmakers

Biden said his administration would respond once the Supreme Court formally rules but stopped short of calling for more radical…
Where abortion is still legal in the U.S. after Supreme Court verdict

Protesters flood Washington over Supreme Court’s potential U-Turn on abortion

A leaked initial draft majority opinion suggests the court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, Politico reported on Monday.
File: scene of an Al Shabaab bomb attack in the Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia in January 2022

Somalia’s Al Shabaab bombs AU Mission troops

Al Shabaab, which has been fighting for years to topple the central government and establish its own rule based on…
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis

Grand jury selected to probe Trump’s election influencing in Georgia

The investigation has been underway since early last year, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took this unusual step…
Boris Johnson

Britain boosts military aid to Ukraine

Britain has sent Ukraine more than 5,000 anti-tank missiles and five air defence systems as well as other munitions and…
Buhari and Erdogan

Buhari, Erdogan in telephone conversation: What they discussed

In the course of their telephone conversation, Buhari and Erdogan discussed bilateral relations and matters of global interest.
Natalia Usmanova: Heart-rending story of Ukrainian evacuated from bunkers of Azovstal

Heart-rending story of Ukrainian evacuated from bunkers of Azovstal

Natalia Usmanova said she felt her heart would stop while cowering in the labyrinth of Soviet-era bunkers far beneath the…
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler not Jewish: Israel demands Russia’s apology for false claim

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accused Lavrov of spreading anti-Semitism and belittling the Holocaust.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen

Cabinet reshuffle in Denmark

Haekkerup will also resign from parliament to take up the role as head of the Danish Brewers' Association, a lobby…
Guterres and Macky Sall in Dakar

Guterres highlights impact of Ukraine war on Africa in visit to Dakar

Guterres spoke in Dakar on the first leg of his Ramadan solidarity visits to three West African countries. He will…
Guinea coup leader Mamady Doumbouya

Guinea’s coup leader Doumbouya proposes 39-month transition

Doumbouya said he would submit the proposal to the National Transitional Council, an 80-member body set up by the junta…
Soyinka with Igboho and Akintoye in Cotonou

Moment Soyinka stormed Benin Republic for Igboho (Photos)

Igboho had been at the forefront of agitation for the Yoruba Nation in Nigeria until his house was invaded by…
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