Blockdata says that three main developments convinced many of the top banks to start providing crypto-related services to clients. A new report from blockchain research firm Blockdata suggests that over half of the world’s biggest banks are getting exposure in crypto and blockchain companies. READ ALSO: BREAKING: TALIBAN ENTERS AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AFTER GHANI FLEES … Read more
President Ashraf Ghani fled the country amid the group’s rapid advance on the capital, Kabul. Taliban fighters have entered Afghan presidential palace, after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country amid the group’s rapid advance on the capital, Kabul. Al Jazeera obtained exclusive footage of Taliban leaders, surrounded by dozens of armed fighters, addressing the media … Read more
Ghani posted on Facebook that he fled to avoid bloodshed Taliban fighters have entered the Afghan presidential palace, after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country amid the group’s rapid advance on the capital, Kabul. Al Jazeera obtained exclusive footage of Taliban leaders, surrounded by dozens of armed fighters, addressing the media from the country’s seat … Read more
More than 4,500 “men, women and children in need of shelter, food, sanitation and drinking water,” said Dujarric. At least 390,000 Afghans have been displaced in Afghanistan in 2021, CNN said on Sunday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said there has been a “huge spike” in displacements since May with about 5,800 Internally-Displaced … Read more
Hours after the fall of Jalalabad, helicopters could be seen repeatedly arriving and departing the US embassy in Kabul, as diplomatic armoured SUVs also left the site. The United States has started evacuating diplomats from its Kabul embassy, as the Taliban took control of the key eastern city of Jalalabad. Two officials of the US … Read more
Ashraf Ghani later revealed in a Facebook post that he fled to avoid bloodshed. Afghanistan’s Taliban entered the capital Kabul on Sunday and Western-backed President Ashraf Ghani left the country, with the insurgents saying they were seeking complete power. Two officials from the militant Islamist group told Reuters there would be no transitional government following … Read more
Health minister says an 18-year-old girl who travelled to Abidjan from neighbouring Guinea has tested positive for Ebola. Ivory Coast has recorded its first case of the Ebola hemorrhagic virus in 25 years, according to the country’s health minister. Pierre N’Gou Dimba said on national television on Saturday that officials confirmed the case after testing … Read more
United States President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of around 5,000 US troops for the evacuation of American personnel from war-torn Afghanistan. US President Joe Biden has ordered deployment of 5,000 troops to Afghanistan to ensure an orderly and safe drawdown of American personnel from the war-torn country. Biden said this after he and … Read more
The numbers of newly hospitalized COVID-19 patients aged 18-29, 30-39 and 40-49 also hit record highs this week, according to CDC data. The number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States hit an outrageous record of just over 1,900 on Saturday, EKOHOTBLOG reports. READ ALSO: Nigerian MAN, 48 FATALLY SHOT IN US BY … Read more
The magnitude 7.2 earthquake quake struck 8 km (5 miles) from the town of Petit Trou de Nippes, about 150 km west of the capital Port-au-Prince, at a depth of 10 km, the U.S. Geological Survey said. A major earthquake struck western Haiti on Saturday, sending shock waves across the Caribbean, where people fled their … Read more
Extreme heatwaves struck parts of the United States and Europe, the globe averaged 16.73 degrees Celsius (62.07 degrees Fahrenheit) in July, beating out the previous record set in July 2016 and tied again in 2019 and 2020, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Friday. United States on Saturday raised concerns about July’s heatwaves … Read more
Most Americans support Biden’s decision, but Republicans criticized the Democratic president’s handling of the US withdrawal. American troops have flown into Kabul, Afghanistan to help evacuate embassy personnel and other civilians in the Afghan capital, EKOHOTBLOG reports. A US official revealed this in a statement on Saturday, a day after Taliban insurgents seized the country’s … Read more
A person on the call dialed 911 when Lynn fell backward after a child appeared in the background and participants on the call heard a noise A Florida woman has died after being shot by her toddler while she was on a Zoom conference call. Shamaya Lynn, 21, was on a work-related Zoom call when … Read more
For a 48-year-old Nigerian Door Dash driver in Maryland, USA, his quest for the greener pasture came to an abrupt, tragic and premature end when he was shot while delivering food to a client. A Nigerian man Noel Njoku has been fatally shot in America while making delivery on Thursday, EKOHOTBLOG has learnt. According to … Read more
“I feel like I did the right thing. I did the right thing for the state,” – Cuomo. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Friday that he would not have been tossed out of office through an impeachment trial just days after he announced he would soon resign. Recall that EKOHOTBLOG had reported the resignation … Read more
Taliban fighters have captured Ismail Khan, the veteran local commander leading militia resistance in Herat, local officials say. This has led to the prediction of civil by the United Kingdom. Afghanistan is tipping towards civil war and the West must understand that the Taliban is not a single entity but a title for a myriad … Read more
Global oil prices fell for a second day on Friday after the International Energy Agency warned that demand growth for crude and its products had slowed sharply as surging COVID-19 cases worldwide forced governments to revive movement restrictions. According to a Reuters report, Brent crude was down 49 cents, or 0.7%, at $70.82 a … Read more
The children’s bodies were found by a farmworker at a ranch near a Baja California town. A California man has admitted to killing his two young children because of his belief in Illuminati. A 40-year-old Santa Barbara surfing school instructor Matthew Taylor Coleman, has been charged with foreign murder of US citizens after allegedly … Read more
Andrew — Queen Elizabeth II’s second son — has yet to publicly comment on the lawsuit but has previously strongly denied having sex with Giuffre Britain’s police chief has said detectives will re-examine allegations against Prince Andrew due to the US civil suit filed against him for alleged sexual abuse. Cressida Dick, the head of … Read more
Following increased pressure, the governor has finally announced that he would be stepping aside. Governor of the State of New York, Andrew Cuomo has resigned after investigations concluded that he sexually harassed several women. As gathered, at least 11 women had come out to testify against the governor, who had repeatedly repudiated calls for his … Read more