Chinese-born Researcher Arrested in US for Spying, Stealing American Scientific Advances A Chinese-born former employee of the Cleveland Clinic was arrested on fraud charges related to $3.6 million in federal grants, the FBI said on Thursday, the latest move in a US crackdown on alleged attempts by China to steal American scientific advances. The FBI … Read more
China on Tuesday released a list of 79 items from the United States that will be exempted from trade war tariffs, a day after the US ruled out renegotiating their earlier trade deal. The list of goods posted online by the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council, includes medical disinfectant, rare-earth metal ores, and … Read more
The United States (US) has recorded 1,565 more deaths from COVID-19 in one day. The country is the worst hit by the pandemic, leapfrogging China — where the pandemic broke out and, for a while, its epicenter — in terms of cases and deaths recorded. The country has a total of 1,309,164 infections and over … Read more
A dramatic deterioration in US-China relations in recent days has convinced current and former government advisers on both sides that bilateral ties have plummeted to their lowest point in decades. Over the past week, the Trump administration has threatened to scrap an initial trade deal and increase tariffs on China, backed tough new export controls … Read more
The federal government on Monday announced that it now had in its custody $311,797,866.11, part of the money siphoned by former military despot, Sani Abacha. The funds, which are parts of the recovery assets of the dictator, were repatriated from the United States and the Bailiwick of Jersey. The federal government disclosed the receipt of … Read more
The Nigeria government has said Evacuation of Nigerians marooned in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic will commence on May 10. The Consulate of Nigeria in New York announced this on Sunday. According to the Consul-General, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, 700 Nigerians have expressed their willingness to return home. He added that the interested … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday has announced the experimental drug remdesivir authorized by US regulators for emergency use against coronavirus. It comes after the antiviral made by Gilead Sciences was shown in a major clinical trial to shorten the time to recovery in some coronavirus patients, the first time any medicine has had a proven … Read more
There appears to have been a significant breakthrough in the search for the vaccine that will cure the the virulent coronavirus infection which has brought the world to its knee. US National Institute of Health on Wednesday said that an experimental drug, Remdesivir, has proved effective against the new Coronavirus disease. The White House … Read more
By Ikechi Uko Over 50% of all Covid19 Deaths globally are from 5 Nations in Europe. More People have Died from these 5 Nations of Europe than the Whole World Put together. The Media is focused on China as a Cause, Donald Trump as a Failure and Africa as the Victims. Not Much is heard … Read more
How India Is Leading The Pack In The War Against COVID-19 — Ahead Of UK, US, China India might be seen as a country trying to break from the yoke of the developing country tag largely because of the sheer size of its population among which the majority is still very much poor and living … Read more
Recently, the United States President, Donald Trump placed a travel ban as a result of Coronavirus outbreak. However, Founder of the , Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, Prophet T.B. Joshua, has issued a stern warning to the American president that the 30 days travel ban imposed on flights from Europe by Trump would cause … Read more
Two more persons died of coronavirus in the US State of Washington, bringing the nationwide toll to 19 as confirmed cases in New York jumped by 21 overnight and the disease spread to more than half of all U.S. states. The two latest deaths were in Washington’s King County, the hardest hit area in the … Read more
Iran’ s President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday dismissed a US offer to help the Islamic republic fight its coronavirus outbreak, charging that “ vicious” American sanctions are depriving the country of medicine. Iran has scrambled to halt the rapid spread of the virus that has claimed 92 lives out of 2 , 922 confirmed infections … Read more
Iran’s aviation authority said that it would not give to Americans the recovered black boxes of a Boeing 737 that crashed Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers and crew. “We will not give the black boxes to the manufacturer (Boeing) and the Americans,” Iran Civil Aviation Organisation head Ali Abedzadeh said, quoted by Mehr news agency. … Read more
Iran has launched a missile attack on an Iraqi airbase in the country’s west early Wednesday where US and coalition forces are based, Iranian state media said. Security sources told AFP that nine rockets hit the sprawling Ain al-Asad airbase, the largest of the Iraqi military compounds where foreign troops are based. The attack came … Read more
Following the national humiliation of Iran by the United States of America, the Iranian government has placed $80m bounty on the head of President Trump for ordering the killing of the top Iranian general. It could be recalled that the Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, was killed by a US drone strike following the order of … Read more
Nigerian artist, Davido has raised concerns over fears of third world war, saying he would not visit America until later. This comes after the United States forces in Iraq killed the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, whom US President Donald Trump said should have been killed many years ago. … Read more
Reacting to the recent addition of Nigeria to the watch list by the United States of America, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the US government to always be mindful of her source of information. Buhari also stressed that he was doing his best to honor the oath of office he took. He disclosed this when … Read more
An editor at The Christian Post, Napp Nazworth has resigned from the publication after it aligned itself with President Donald Trump, sign of the schism within the US evangelical community. The president lashed at Christianity Today, calling the publication founded by the Rev. Billy Graham a “far left magazine,” and the Christian Post accused its … Read more
Zambian President Edgar Lungu wants the US to recall its ambassador to Lusaka for criticising the southern African nation over a 15-year jail term slammed on two gay men for consensual sex. Daniel Foote came under fire in Zambia after he expressed horror over the high court ruling late last month and urged Lusaka to … Read more