The ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement came to life again after the brutal killing of George Floyd in the United States in 2020 Several police officers were wounded when violence and looting broke out on the sidelines of a Black Lives Matter demonstration in the eastern Belgian city of Liege on Saturday, police said. The march … Read more
Dozens of protesters kicked and threw rocks at a minibus carrying Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Saturday as he visited an area devastated by forest fires, TV footage showed. Clarin reported that the demonstrators were angry over mining projects in Chubut province, which is part of Patagonia, and with the provincial governor. Dozens of protesters … Read more
Haitian authorities said Saturday that four police agents were killed and several wounded Friday during a botched anti-gang operation in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Eight other officers were wounded, three of whom remained hospitalized Saturday in stable condition, said national police director Leon Charles. Haitian authorities said Saturday that four police agents were killed and several … Read more
Over Easter weekend, the entire country will be considered a “red zone” Italy is facing another lockdown, as the government attempts to contain a recent surge of coronavirus cases, marred by the presence of new variants. According to CNN, half of Italy’s 20 regions, which include the cities Rome, Milan and Venice, will be entering … Read more
The World Health Organization on Friday approved Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, after already authorising the jabs made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca. “Every new, safe and effective tool against Covid-19 is another step closer to controlling the pandemic,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. The news comes after the single-dose jab won … Read more
The family of George Floyd, the Black man who died while being arrested by a white police officer in Minneapolis, has reached a $27 million “wrongful death” settlement with the Minnesota city, lawyers for the family announced Friday. The settlement is the “largest pre-trial settlement in a civil rights wrongful death case in US history,” … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday there was no reason to stop using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after several European countries suspended the rollout over blood clot fears. Austria on Sunday stopped using doses from one batch after a 49-year-old female nurse died 10 days after vaccination because of “severe blood coagulation problems”. The … Read more
Turkey is planning to host a round of Afghanistan peace talks in Istanbul in April, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was cited as saying by the state-owned Anadolu news agency on Friday. It said that Ankara would appoint an Afghanistan special envoy. Read Also: Post-Brexit: Turkey Signs Free Trade Agreement With Britain Cavusoglu’s comments came after … Read more
Recently, the the rate of Abduction of school children by Terrorists and Bandits are rampant Especially in the northern parts of the country United States has sent a strong message to Nigerian Government. On 11th of March, 2021 it was reported that the United States has expressed readiness to help Nigeria end the … Read more
Memorial services were held across Japan on Thursday to pay tribute to the victims of a magnitude-nine earthquake and resulting tsunami in the north-east of the country 10 years ago. The tsunami triggered the world’s worst atomic accident since the 1986 Chernobyl crisis. A decade after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, got married on the 19th of May, 2018. However, the couple surprised the British Royal family and the world when they announced they won’t be returning to the Royal Family again. During a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, the couple broke the suspense and stated the … Read more
Queen Elizabeth said on Tuesday that the British royals were saddened by the challenging experiences of her grandson, Prince Harry, and his wife, Meghan, promising to privately address revelations about a racist remark about their son. Meghan and Harry’s tell-all TV interview had dragged the royals into their biggest crisis since the death of Harry’s … Read more
Jury selection began on Tuesday in the high-profile trial of the white police officer accused of killing George Floyd, a Black man whose death was captured on video and sparked mass protests against racial injustice and police brutality in the United States and around the world. Former Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin is facing … Read more
This is coming barely two months after South Africa rejected about 1.5 million doses of the same vaccine Another country has suspended the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine adding to a growing concern about the vaccine Nigeria received 3.9m million doses of last Tuesday. Authorities in Austria on Tuesday said vaccination with the Oxford vaccines … Read more
WHO said too many countries thought the problem would simply pass them by Nearly a year after first describing Covid-19 as a pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) complained on Monday that some failed to listen to its earlier urgent warnings. The WHO sounded its highest available level of alarm on January 30, 2020 by … Read more
The couple’s interview with Oprah Winfrey has continued to elicit reactions from prominent personalities American Poet, Amanda Gorman and Tennis Star, Serena Williams have since thrown their weight behind Meghan who has accused the British Royalty of racism The White House said Monday that it took “courage” for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan to … Read more
Meghan and her husband, Prince Harry bares it all on their split with one of the oldest monarchy in the world in a set-piece interview with Oprah Winfrey Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle revealed in her interview with Oprah Winfrey that life in the royal family had driven her to suicidal thoughts Anymore When Winfrey … Read more
Switzerland has narrowly voted in favour of banning face coverings in public, including the burka or niqab worn by Muslim women. Official results showed the measure had passed by 51.2% to 48.8% in Sunday’s referendum. The proposal was put forward by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) which campaigned with slogans such as “Stop extremism”. … Read more
Former President Donald Trump is returning to New York on Sunday for the first time since leaving the White House, the New York Daily News has learned. The #MAGA leader will jet back to the Big Apple and stay until Tuesday, sources said Saturday. Trump spokesman Jason Miller refused to divulge the purpose of the … Read more
Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020 sparked a series of protests themed, ‘Black Lives Matter’ across the United States and other parts of the world Nine months after George Floyd’s death laid bare the racial wounds in the United States, the white policeman charged with murdering the 46-year-old Black man is going on trial. Jury … Read more