Four Nigerian students in Muntinlupa City, Philippine have been arrested for alleged involvement in an international syndicate that hacks and siphons funds from banks. The National Bureau of Investigation made this known in a statement on Tuesday, ABS CBN News reports. However, following their arrest, the students denied the allegations. According to the statement which … Read more
A Sicilian mafia boss serving a life sentence bit off and swallowed a prison guard’s finger during an altercation, an Italian news report said on Tuesday. Guiseppe Fanara, 60, who was serving a life sentence at Rome’s Rebibbia prison, attacked seven guards in June when they came to inspect his cell, the daily Il Messagero … Read more
China’s leaders have held a triumphant ceremony to celebrate beating the coronavirus on Tuesday, September 8. Ekohotblog understands that the country was able to overcome the virus through a combination of lockdowns and travel restrictions earlier in the year that have officials touting the nation as a coronavirus success story. President Xi Jinping said China … Read more
It has been revealed that Kanye West has spent $6.8 million on his Presidential campaign so far, despite failing to file paperwork in time to get his name on the ballots in several states. The Billionaire rapper, 43, whose political party is called The Birthday Party, has only made the ballot in 10 states, including … Read more
India has become the world’s third country to pass four million coronavirus infections, setting a new record daily surge in cases on Saturday as the crisis shows no sign of peaking. The 86,432 new cases took India to 4,023,179 infections, third behind the United States which has more than 6.3 million, and just trailing Brazil … Read more
France’s education minister on Friday said 22 schools have had to shutdown on French territory due to the coronavirus since pupils returned to school this week, emphasising that over half of these were in the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion. Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer told Europe 1 radio that he was however pleased with … Read more
China issued a fierce rebuke Friday to UN experts who said a draconian national security law imposed upon Hong Kong poses a serious risk to the city’s freedoms and breaches international legal obligations. Beijing has faced a barrage of criticism over the legislation, imposed late June after pro-democracy protests rocked the semi-autonomous city last year. … Read more
The United States Department of Agriculture has warned its citizens not to handle or plant strange agricultural seeds received from mails appearing to have originated from China. The department received questions from New Yorkers who have received unsolicited packages, appearing to be sent from China, that are marked as containing jewelry or other items but … Read more
Japan and the U.S. are sharing information about Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections at U.S. military bases after an outbreak provoked ire in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, a top Japanese official said on Monday. Of the 62 individuals Okinawa confirmed had tested positive from Tuesday to Sunday, 39 were at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, 22 … Read more
Democrat Joe Biden outraised President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign for the second straight month and for the second quarter of 2020, figures released Wednesday showed, highlighting robust enthusiasm for the White House challenger. Biden, the Democratic National Committee and related fundraisers brought in a staggering $141 million in June, the campaign’s best fundraising month ever … Read more
US President, Donald Trump has publicly called the Black Lives Matter a mural ‘a symbol of hate’, criticized the mayor of New York City, Bill De Blasio over plans to paint a large ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural on Fifth Avenue, the street where his hotel, Trump Towers is located in New York. Cities across the US … Read more
President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the Supreme Court Thursday to strike down Obamacare, which has provided health insurance to tens of millions of Americans. The third challenge to the landmark law, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, comes as the United States records some of its highest coronavirus infection rates since the contagion … Read more
Barack Obama helped raise $11 million for White House hopeful Joe Biden during a virtual fundraiser where the former president said a “great awakening” among Americans could help defeat Donald Trump in November’s election. The two-term Democrat proved a major draw, bringing in a substantial audience and raising over $11 million in total, making it … Read more
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, added New York and Kentucky to his already insurmountable delegate lead Tuesday. The Associated Press called the New York race for Biden just after polls closed at 9 pm. The former vice president is running alone as all his challengers have all bowed out of the race. However, … Read more
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign hit out at protesters and the media on Sunday as it scrambled to reset after a disappointing relaunch at a rally beset by missteps. Trump’s campaign in Tulsa, Oklahoma was marred by empty seats, coronavirus infections within the campaign, and a rambling speech by Trump that was criticized for having … Read more
A lawsuit filed to stop the publication of a tell-all book by John Bolton, Donald Trump’s third national security adviser has been struck out by a federal judge. Judge Royce Lamberth of the US District Court in Washington DC who noted that Mr Bolton had “gambled” with US national security and “exposed his country to … Read more
Leading members of the U.S. COVID-19 task force have warned President Donald Trump about the health risks of holding large-scale indoor campaign rallies. But Trump and his campaign advisers are proceeding with the event in Tulsa, Oklahoma on today Saturday, June, 20. The rally is expected to draw as many as 19,000 people. READ ALSO: … Read more
Facebook on Thursday deleted President Donald Trump’s re-election ads that contained a symbol used in Nazi Germany for political prisoners. The leading social network, which has drawn fire over its hands-off approach to political speech in recent months, said in a statement the campaign messages violated a policy against “organized hate” and were taken down … Read more
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, on Wednesday, echoed the organization’s call for concerted global action against racism. In a passionate speech during a virtual meeting of the Human Rights Council, Mohammed said the “poison of racism still rages”. Hence, the need to stop and must be fought to stop. She highlighted the suffering of … Read more
The United States has on Monday withdrawn emergency use authorizations for two Covid-19 treatments favored by President Donald Trump, citing their lack of efficacy and safety concerns. “It is no longer reasonable to believe that oral formulations of HCQ (hydroxychloroquine) and CQ (chloroquine) may be effective in treating COVID-19,” Denise Hinton, chief scientist of the … Read more