Gorman came to limelight after her poem reading at the inauguration of United States President, Joe Biden on January 20 African-American poet Amanda Gorman, who became a star after her reading at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, has said a security guard claimed she looked “suspicious” and followed her as she walked home. “This is the … Read more
Police in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state have arrested a man who confessed to beheading his teenage daughter. Sarvesh Kumar was arrested as he was walking toward a police station in Hardoi district on Wednesday night, carrying the severed head of his 17-year-old daughter. “He was making his way on foot to the police station to confess … Read more
Trump was impeached by the Democratic-majority House of Representatives for his role in inciting the attack on the Capitol but acquitted by the Senate A Democratic congressman filed a lawsuit on Friday against former president Donald Trump, his son Donald Jr, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and a Republican lawmaker for allegedly inciting the January 6 … Read more
South Korea’s health authorities on Friday unveiled plan to revamp the country’s COVID-19 social distancing rules, in an effort to impose fairer restrictions, give simpler messages on containment to the public. The nation’s current five-tier social distancing rules have faced growing criticism as they strictly ban specific businesses of small merchants, while exposing loopholes in … Read more
Former US president Donald Trump will be allowed back on YouTube but only when the threat of his inciting violence abates, the head of the popular online video sharing platform said Thursday. YouTube in late January suspended Trump’s channel, joining other social media platforms in banning his accounts following the deadly January 6 Capitol riot. … Read more
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said he would not quit over sexual harassment allegations made against him by three women. “I’m not going to resign,” Cuomo told reporters, in his first appearance since the accusations came to light last week. The governor apologized for any “hurt” he had caused, adding he now understood … Read more
On Wednesday, AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L, AZN) announced that the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York ruled in its favor in a case involving Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc and Kindeva Drug Delivery LP. It found that three of AstraZeneca’s patents covering Symbicort in the United States were not invalid. In October 2018, … Read more
The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions on senior Russian government officials and Russian entities in response to what U.S. officials said was Moscow’s attempt to kill opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent. The announcement, made by senior Biden administration officials, marked a sharp turn away from former President Donald Trump’s reluctance to … Read more
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala resumes as the World Trade Organization Director-General on Monday amid hopes that she will spur the beleaguered body into addressing its towering challenges. The 66-year-old Nigerian former finance minister takes the helm after the WTO was left adrift for seven months. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes over the World Trade Organization on Monday amid hopes … Read more
Pope Francis has joined bishops in Nigeria in seeking the release of 317 schoolgirls abducted in northwest Nigeria on Feb. 26. At the Sunday Angelus on Feb. 28, the pope condemned the “vile kidnapping of 317 girls” in Zamfara state and urged the faithful to pray for their safe return home. “I am near to … Read more
Trump as expected took swipes at Biden, saying the Democrat just concluded a “disastrous” first month in office Donald Trump told conservatives Sunday he was considering running for president again in 2024, as he reasserted dominance over the Republican Party and warned of a “struggle” for America’s very survival. Echoing the grievance politics of his 2016 campaign … Read more
At least 16 civilians were killed overnight from Saturday to Sunday in several simultaneous attacks by ADF-Ugandan rebels. The attacks took place in North Kivu province and Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to military sources. In North Kivu, at least 10 civilians were killed in the attack. Read … Read more
Andrew Cuomo is an author and lawyer serving as the 56th governor of New York since 2011 He is in deep waters as his name is trending for the wrong reasons. The news has garnered reactions from Political figures This is coming, after his former Aide Charlotte Bennett, 25 on Saturday said Andrew Cuomo told … Read more
A rooster has killed its owner during a cockfight in southern India. The owner, Thangulla Satish, met his end after a knife fitted to the leg of his rooster during the illegal cockfight hit and inflicted serious wounds to his groin as it tried to flee the scene of the fight. According to police, Satish, … Read more
The House vote came just days after the COVID-19 death toll surpassed 500,000 in the United States, the world’s worst total. United States President, Joe Biden on Saturday welcomed the overnight passage by the US House of Representatives of an enormous, $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, saying it moves the country closer to full COVID-19 … Read more
Fifty two year old Catherine Chepkemoi has left Kenyans with more questions than answers due to the preference of what she consumes. According to a report aired by NTV on Saturday evening, Chepkemoi who lives in Mulot area in Narok County travels a distance of approximately 7kilometeres to acquire soil with a jembe and a … Read more
The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the attack on Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Talata-Mafara Local Government of Zamfara State, where a number of girls were kidnapped. This is contained in a statement issued by the UNICEF representative in Nigeria, Mr Peter Hawkins, through the UNICEF Communications Specialist, Mr Sam Kaalu, … Read more
Eight soldiers were killed and five others injured in an attack on an army base in Bandiagara, in Mali’s central region of Mopti, the military confirmed on its website on Friday. Unidentified armed individuals attacked the base of Malian army and the gendarmerie squadron in Bandiagara at about 9:30 p.m. local time on Thursday, the … Read more
Khashoggi was brutally murdered and dismembered in October 2018 President Joe Biden spoke with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud on Thursday ahead of the release of a long-awaited US intelligence report on the killing of Saudi insider turned dissident Jamal Khashoggi. The congressionally mandated release of the report, which is expected to further implicate … Read more
Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday they are studying adding a third dose to their vaccine regime and testing a new version targeting the South African variant of the coronavirus. As countries around the world rush to vaccinate people, concerns have risen that more transmissible variants such as the one first detected in South Africa or … Read more