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COVID-19: Colombia, Dominican Republic and 5 others to remain on UK’s red list  

Dale Keller, chief executive of the UK Board of Airline Representatives, has said that the the list of Red Countries was useful as...

Poverty-stricken Afghan parents sell their children

  Amid grinding poverty, some desperate Afghan parents are now forced to sell their children to deal with the scourge, according to reports....

COVID-19 claims U.S. ex-Secretary of State, Gen. Powell

  The first African-American Secretary of State, General Colin Luther Powell, has exited the world. Aged 84 years, Powell reportedly died on Monday...

British politician and Member of Parliament, David Amess, assassinated

British Conservative member of parliament, Sir David Amess was stabbed fatally on Friday while holding a constituency meeting. The 69 year-old, who represented...

Cargo ships diverted from UK port over shortage of truck drivers

  Maersk, the world’s largest cargo company, has re-routed its vessels away from Felixstowe, a port in Suffolk, England, after they were waiting...

British Airways set to rehire over 3,000 cabin crew sacked during pandemic

  British Airways is getting set to rehire over 3,000 cabin crew sacked during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Finally we are beginning to see...

Only 127 foreign fuel tanker drivers apply for UK visa – PM

Only 127 foreign fuel tanker drivers have applied for temporary work visas aimed at tackling shortages, UK prime minister Boris Johnson has said....

Why did Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram go down

Facebook on Tuesday blamed a “faulty configuration change” for the over 6 hour outage on Monday. “To all the people and businesses around...

Bomb kills 5 at Kabul mosque – Taliban

At least five civilians were killed in a bomb blast outside a Kabul mosque on Sunday, a Taliban official said. It was the...

Time of upheaval: World Bank says it is worried about debt burden of some countries, calls it unsustainable

  World Bank Group President David Malpass has expressed worry that the debt burden of some countries has become unsustainable and also getting...

Reflections on 61 years of U.S. – Nigerian Engagement

By: Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria As Nigeria celebrates its national day, we celebrate our enduring bilateral partnership with the...

Former France President Sarkozy sentenced to one year in detention after illegal campaign funds verdict

  Former France president Nicolas Sarkozy has been handed a one-year prison term after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing of his...

Priest accused of stealing over $100,000 from church to buy drugs for sex parties

An Italian priest has been put under house arrest amid accusations that he stole nearly $120,000 from a church to pay for drugs...

COVID-19 variants are getting more airborne, making them more contagious – New Study

A new University of Maryland study suggests that successive strains to the novel coronavirus are becoming more transmittable through the air. Back in...

US Air Force F-16 intercepts plane over New-York during UN Assembly meeting

A U.S Air Force F-16 intercepted a small aircraft over New York City on Wednesday, after the aircraft violated a temporary flight restriction...

How Mossad assassinated Iran’s chief nuclear scientist with remote AI gun – report

Iran’s chief military nuclear scientist and the father of its weapons program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated in November 2020 by the Mossad using...