Tag: world news
Obama blasts US reps for abandoning duty for polls
US President Barack Obama urged members of Congress Saturday to pass a series of measures stimulating economic growth and job…
Australian Catholic Church admits 620 sexual abuses of kids
The Catholic Church in one Australian state has revealed that at least 620 children have been abused by its clergy…
Anniversary of 9/11: US Consulate burnt in Benghazi
An armed mob protesting over a film they said offended Islam, attacked the US consulate in the Libyan city of…
Like Nigeria, corruption China’s biggest threat
Like Nigeria, where a mind-blowing $400 billion has been stolen in five decades by corrupt officials, China is also grappling…
US blames Iran for rising Al-Qaeda threats
Al-Qaeda affiliates pose a rising threat exploiting poverty and upheavals in the world’s most vulnerable regions even as the core…
Anti-Assad forces take battle to Damascus
Syria’s military deployed armoured vehicles near central Damascus on Monday as troops battled rebels around the capital in what activists…
Scots begin move to break away from UK
With rousing speeches, patriotic music and support from actor Sean Connery, supporters of independence for Scotland launched a campaign on…
Meteorite falls on Oslo home
A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through…
Okonjo Iweala, others Tipped for World Bank Presidency
Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is among the candidates being proposed to take over the presidency of the World Bank,…