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Biden bombs Syria

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military air strikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon…

McConnell US Senate minority leader shifts stance on Trump again

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5 years ago

US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that he would “absolutely” vote for Trump if he became the…

Queen Elizabeth to Britons: Don’t be selfish, take the COVID-19 vaccine

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5 years ago

Britain’s 94-year-old Queen Elizabeth has urged the public to take the COVID-19 vaccine, saying it does not hurt and those…

Indonesia starts mass vaccination for journalists

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Indonesia begins mass COVID-19 vaccination for journalists on Thursday with President Joko Widodo observing the activity in Jakarta.

Facebook bans Myanmar military accounts

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Facebook said it has banned all remaining accounts linked to the Myanmar military on Thursday, citing the junta’s use of…

Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news

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5 years ago

Australia’s parliament passed a law on Thursday to make Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc pay media companies for content…

Over 1.3 million Texans still grappling with water supply disruptions

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

More than 1.3 million people across over 200 counties in Texas still had issues with their water supply by Wednesday

China celebrates moving 100million people out of poverty

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5 years ago

Chinese President Xi Jinping celebrated “complete victory” in the effort to eradicate rural poverty for 100 million people at a…

Khashoggi: US declassified report nails Crown Prince Salman

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5 years ago

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a declassified version of a U.S.…

Portugal backs UN Secretary-general Guterres for second term

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5 years ago

Portugal has officially nominated UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a candidate for a second term in office.

Portugal again nominates Guterres as UN scribe

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The Portuguese government has officially nominated UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as a candidate for a second term in office.

South Africa records largest tax shortfall

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

South Africa has recorded its “largest tax shortfall on record” – 213 billion rands (14.5 billion dollars).

FACTI Panel launches Financial Integrity Report

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The United Nations High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (FACTI Panel) is…

COVID-19 pandemic derails historic advances in children’s access to school meals

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The COVID-19 pandemic risks reversing a decade of hard-won gains in global efforts to provide nutritious food to the world’s…

First batch of COVID-19 vaccine lands in Ghana

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

The first batch of Covax COVID-19 vaccine has landed in Accra, Ghana from the Serum Institute of India, the world’s…

Court orders man to pay wife $7,700 for house chores, in world’s first

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5 years ago

In world's first, a court in China has ordered a man to pay thousands of dollars in compensation to his…

Trump begs Facebook to restore suspended accounts

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5 years ago

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has appealed his suspension by social media giant Facebook, both on Facebook and Instagram.

Jonathan in three-day brainstorming session with Gambian political parties in Abuja

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Nigeria's former President, Goodluck Jonathan is currently hosting a three-day brainstorming session with leaders of the Gambia's main political parties…

Ebola infects 14 people, kills 9 in Guinea, DRC

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Two African countries of Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reported 14 Ebola virus cases and…

Jacob Zuma: Ramaphosa worried over attacks on judges

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5 years ago

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said attacks on the country's judiciary system and judges by some politicians were worrying.

UN Chief sues for peace in Myanmar

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The Secretary-General of the United Nation, Antonio Guterres has called on the Myanmar military to stop the violence, repression immediately.

Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabia’s long serving oil minister is dead

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5 years ago

Saudi Arabia’s former long-serving oil minister, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, is dead. He died at the age of 90 on Tuesday…

Kenya fires 174 judicial staff over misconduct

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Kenya’s Judicial Service Commission has sacked 174 court staff since 2018 over gross misconduct.

Trump has been committing tax fraud for decades: Mary Trump

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5 years ago

Donald Trump's niece, Mary Trump has said an investigation into the former president's taxes will reveal that he has been…

El Chapo’s wife Coronel Aispuro busted for drug trafficking in US [Court Papers]

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5 years ago

Emma Coronel Aispuro, the beauty-queen wife of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been arrested at Dulles International…

US flags at half staff as COVID-19 deaths surpass 500K

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5 years ago

President Joe Biden will order that U.S. flags on federal property be lowered to half staff for five days, as…

‘Cuomo my enemy’: Trump says after Supreme Court verdict on tax records

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5 years ago

"Governor Andrew Cuomo is my enemy", former US President Trump said on Monday hours after after the Supreme Court declined…

Trump hit hard by US Supreme Court, ordered to submit tax records

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5 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a New York City prosecutor to obtain former President Donald…

Customs seizes 17kg gold bars at airport

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Customs officials on Monday said it seized 150 gold bars weighing 17.4 kg at Bangladesh’s Shah Amanat International Airport in…

Bobi Wine withdraws case against Museveni’s re-election

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5 years ago

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has withdrawn his court case challenging President Yoweri Museveni's re-election

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