Two people were reported dead and 16 others feared trapped on Tuesday after a residential building collapsed in Western India, Ekohotblog reports. The five-storey building said to house several families, collapsed in Maharashtra state’s Raigad district on Tuesday. Police officer Shashikiran Kashid said two people died in the accident and the seven injured people were … Read more
Another row over government corruption allegations broke out in Malaysia on Tuesday, after former Finance Minister Lim Eng demanded incumbent Tengku Abdul Aziz to back up claims that Eng’s administration improperly handled government contracts. According to Eng, “I dare him to reveal everything so that the Rakyat (Malaysia’s parliament) can evaluate/compare which company succeeded in … Read more
Hundreds of people in eastern China have been infected with bacteria which can cause dysentery after drinking contaminated water, state media said Monday, prompting the closure of a local water plant. Nearly 500 people in the rural town of Baoyi — about 550 kilometres (342 miles) west of Shanghai — have developed fever and diarrhoea … Read more
Senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway has resigned. Conway announced her resignation in a statement on Monday. Conway, 53, said she was stepping down at the end of August to focus on her children, giving them “less drama, more mama”. Her husband, George, an outspoken critic of the president, will also be … Read more
The room is set and delegates begin to arrive for the first day of the Republican National Convention, Aug. 24, 2020, in Charlotte.Travis Dove/The New York Times via AP, POOL Republicans opened their scaled-back national convention Monday with a roll call vote to formally renominate President Donald Trump to top the Republican ticket in November. … Read more
US social media giant Facebook on Monday said it has agreed with the French government to pay €106m ($125m) in back taxes for its French operations over a decade-long period from 2009, and to pay 50 percent more tax in the current year. A Facebook France spokesperson said in a statement that they will take our … Read more
Black Man Shot In The Back Seven Times By Wisconsin Police A black man is in a serious condition after being shot seven times at close range by police in Wisconsin. The man, identified by the state governor as Jacob Blake, was flown by helicopter to hospital on Sunday evening after being shot repeatedly in … Read more
Two young archaeology volunteers on Monday found a trove of ancient golden coins while working on a dig in Israel, scientists confirmed. According to Liat Nadav-Ziv and Elie Haddad, scientists at the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), the two volunteers found 425 gold coins buried 1,100 years ago. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, … Read more
The number of passengers passing through Germany’s airports on Monday remained just a fraction of pre-pandemic levels five months after the coronavirus brought international air travel to a near stand-still. According to the figures released by the German Airports Association (ADV), the height of Germany’s holiday season, German airports served just fewer than 4.9 million … Read more
Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, on Monday begins a tour of five European countries that will mark his first trip abroad since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in January. Yi, also a State Councillor, will travel to Germany, Italy, France, Norway and the Netherlands during his week-long visit. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines … Read more
Austria on Monday took steps to expel a Russian diplomat, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson in Vienna said. This, the country said, was in reaction to a report that the envoy was accused of economic espionage. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Monday, August 24th, 2020 “The reason is that his conduct is not … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump put pressure on the authorities to develop and approve a vaccine for the novel coronavirus in a tweet on Saturday. “The deep state, or whoever, over at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines and … Read more
Iran is ready to pay compensations pertaining to the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed in Iran’s airspace in January, head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation told official IRNA news agency on Saturday. Touraj Zangeneh made the remarks ahead of a new round of talks between the two countries’ aviation officials to be held in October … Read more
Turkish prosecutors on Saturday ordered the detention of 47 military personnel over their suspected links to a network, believed to be behind a coup attempt in 2016. Police launched simultaneous operations in 40 provinces across the country to catch the suspects upon the order of the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in the western province of … Read more
Ivory Coast President, Mr Alassane Ouattara was formally chosen by his party to run for a third term in October election, despite the fact that the opposition has described it unconstitutional. Mr Ouattara, who has been in power since 2010, said in March that he would not stand again but changed his position after the … Read more
Canada’s transport agency said on Friday it will take a Boeing 737 MAX out, for a test flight, more than a year after two deadly crashes led to the jetliner’s grounding around the world. In a statement to AFP, Transport Canada said it would conduct the test flights in US airspace during the week of … Read more
A march with thousands planned for Saturday to commemorate the victims of a racially motivated attack earlier this year in the German city of Hanau has been called off due to fears about the coronavirus, but will be replaced by a smaller event. “As soon the number of infections has gone down significantly, we’ll reschedule … Read more
Donald Trump and his family bade farewell Friday to the U.S. president’s brother Robert, who died last week. Robert Trump’s casket was transferred to a hearse outside the White House. The president, First Lady Melania Trump and members of the Trump family took part in the procession. Robert Trump, the president’s younger brother, died at … Read more
Iraqi protesters tried late on Friday to set fire to the parliament office building in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, witnesses told dpa. They said security forces were able to disperse the demonstrators and put out the fire. Read Also: Edo 2020: DSS Invites Kabaka, 9 Other APC Members Security sources said police forces … Read more
United States President Donald Trump has urged more universities to reopen. The American President said that COVID-19 is very dangerous for older people, Trump said youths are less at risk. “For university students, the likelihood of severe illness is less than or equal to the risk of a seasonal flu,” CNBC quoted Trump as saying. … Read more