The US has declared Russia’s Wagner Group a “criminal organisation”. The Wagner Group has an estimated 50,000 fighters in Ukraine, 80 per cent of them drawn from Russian prisons. The US said Wagner group “is a criminal organisation that is committing widespread atrocities and human rights abuses”. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States … Read more
Collier Gwin, 71, has been charged with misdemeanour battery He faces up to six months in prison and a $2,000 (£1,600) fine Mr Gwin has since apologised for his actions Eko Hot Blog reports that a San Francisco art gallery owner who sprayed a homeless woman with a hose has been arrested, police have said. … Read more
Buhari said the former US President queried him during a private meeting at the White House. The Nigerian president accused some individuals of using religion to drive political agenda. He made the accusation on Tuesday when he met with a US ambassador in Mauritania. Eko Hot Blog reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has recounted his … Read more
Mr Jeremy was indicted on 34 counts of sexual assault Mr Jeremy became one of the most prolific performers in the adult film industry during a career that began in the 1970s. Prosecutors said he attacked 21 women Eko Hot Blog reports that US adult film star Ron Jeremy has been declared mentally incompetent to … Read more
The US is set to declare Nigeria a “state sponsor of terrorism” over the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu. Bruce Fein said President Buhari is depriving Kanu of his liberty and thus violating 16 international human rights covenants. Fein asked Buhari to comply with the order of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Working … Read more
The Croatian President has slammed US and NATO’s involvement in the ongoing war in Ukraine. President Zoran Milanovic described some aspects of Western involvement as “absurd” Croatia’s President spoke out and said he wouldn’t be a “slave to America” as the country continues to resist further involvement in Ukraine. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the … Read more
Just a few days before what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.’s 94th birthday, “Embrace,” a monument dedicated to King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, has been unveiled in Boston, where they first met. Eko Hot Blog reports that the enormous monument was unveiled on Friday, according to a blog post from Embrace … Read more
Before five-year-old Kyle Doan went missing, swept away by a brutal winter storm pounding central California, he told his mother to be calm. Eko Hot Blog reports that his family stated that he said, “Don’t worry, Mommy, don’t panic,” just before the flood took him. EDITOR’S PICKS US: Justice Department Investigates Potentially Classified Files Found … Read more
A sharp drop in energy prices, in particular petrol, is helping to ease cost-of-living pressures in the US. Eko Hot Blog reports that US inflation was 6.5% over the 12 months to the end of December, down from 7.1% in November, the US Labor Department said. That was the smallest increase in more than a … Read more
Police in Washington DC are facing pressure to charge a homeowner who fatally shot a 13-year-old boy. Eko Hot Blog reports that Karon Blake, who is black, was gunned down in the early hours of last Saturday, investigators said. EDITOR’S PICKS US: Justice Department Investigates Potentially Classified Files Found In Biden’s Private Office Mali Pardons … Read more
US First Lady Jill Biden has undergone surgery to remove two cancerous skin lesions, the president’s doctor has said. Eko Hot Blog reports that both were consistent with basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, Dr Kevin O’Connor wrote in a memo on Wednesday. EDITOR’S PICKS US: Justice Department Investigates Potentially Classified … Read more
Putin’s close ally has alleged that Russia ‘is at war with Britain and US,’ not Ukraine. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russia’s security council secretary, Nikolai Patrushev, has said the war in Ukraine has become “a military confrontation between Russia and NATO, and above all the US and Britain.” Patrushev, who is one of Putin’s … Read more
A six-year-old boy has been detained by police after shooting a teacher in the US state of Virginia, officers say. Eko Hot Blog reports that the shooting happened shortly after 14:00 local time (19:00 GMT) at Richneck Elementary School in the city of Newport News, Chief Steve Drew said. EDITOR’S PICKS US: House Of Reps … Read more
Kevin McCarthy has been elected the US House Speaker after a historic 15th vote. Eko Hot Blog reports that that Kevin McCarthy has been elected as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives after four days of negotiations and 15 rounds of voting. EDITOR’S PICKS NBA Leadership Visits Lagos Attorney-general Amid Prosecution Of … Read more
The US has announced a fresh round of military assistance packages for Ukraine. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States has announced a new $3.75bn military assistance package to help Ukraine and its neighbours on NATO’s eastern flank as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grinds on. The latest tranche of assistance will include for the … Read more
Kevin McCarthy says he now has enough support to become Speaker of the US House of Representatives, amid the longest such congressional stalemate in more than 150 years. Eko Hot Blog reports that the front-runner has lost 13 rounds of ballots over four days despite his Republicans holding a majority of seats in the lower … Read more
Members of the US House of Representatives will try for a fourth day to elect a Speaker on Friday in an attempt to end a political impasse. Eko Hot Blog reports that the frontrunner, Republican Kevin McCarthy, has so far failed to reach the 218 votes required for election. EDITOR’S PICKS US: House Of Reps … Read more
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Kevin McCarthy for Speaker yesterday, but it’s unclear whether his words hold the weight they once did. Eko Hot Blog reports that Even though the 20 Republican holdouts come from the Trumpian wing of the party, they have not changed their minds and continue to oppose McCarthy. EDITOR’S PICKS US: … Read more
The Republican leader of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, has failed in his latest bid to get elected speaker in a paralysis of US government not seen since the pre-Civil War era. Eko Hot Blog reports that a cohort of right-wingers in his party derailed an 11th attempt to elect him on the third … Read more
A family of eight – including five children – have been found shot dead inside a rural home in Enoch City, in the US state of Utah. Eko Hot Blog reports that Police found the bodies on Wednesday while conducting a welfare check at the property, about 245 miles (394km) south of Salt Lake City. … Read more