UN experts call for global system to trace critical minerals
AFP UN experts called Wednesday for the creation of a global system to trace the extraction and production of critical minerals that are needed in the transition away from fossil…
Argentine Congress upholds Milei veto of pensions increase
AFP Argentina’s Congress on Wednesday upheld a veto by President Javier Milei of a bill to increase pensions, as protesters clashed with police outside the building. Thousands gathered to protest…
Venezuelans seek help of Brazil’s Lula to free ‘political prisoners’
AFP CARACAS, Venezuela – Hundreds of Venezuelans marched on the Brazilian embassy in Caracas Wednesday to appeal for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s help in securing the freedom of…
Tajikistan’s chief mufti injured in attack, interior ministry says
Reuters DUSHANBE – Tajikistan’s top Muslim cleric Sayeedmukarram Abduqodirzoda was injured in an attack outside a central mosque in the capital Dushanbe on Wednesday, the interior ministry said. The ministry…
Slavery reparations backed by all candidates vying for Commonwealth boss
Reuters LONDON – All three candidates running to become the next secretary-general of the Commonwealth, a 56-nation club headed by Britain’s King Charles, said on Wednesday they supported reparations for…
Exclusive: Samsung Electronics plans global job cuts of up to 30% in some divisions
Reuters Samsung Electronics, the world’s top maker of smartphones, TVs and memory chips, is cutting up to 30% of its overseas staff at some divisions, three sources with direct knowledge…
US bans European charter flight officials over migrant trips
Reuters WASHINGTON – The U.S. has imposed visa restrictions on senior officials at a European charter flight company for “facilitating irregular migration” through Nicaragua as the Biden administration seeks to…
Nigerian prophet charges Ooni of Ife, Pastor Adeboye, other South-West stakeholders to speak up over prevailing hardship in the country, and to tell President Bola Tinubu the “hard truth” about the current hardship being faced by Nigerians
Morakinyo Akinosun A Nigerian prophet, Sam Olu Alo has charged South-West leaders to tell President Bola Ahmed Tinubu the “hard truth” about the current hardship being faced by Nigerians. Prophet…
Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government sliding into fascism: Afenifere
Opeyemi Olamilekan Lagos – A Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere has accused Nigerian President Bola Tinubu of sliding into fascism reminiscence of Gen. Sanni Abacha’s days. This is as the group…
UK court jails Nigerian nurse for leaving her 10-week-old baby to die
MANCHESTER – A Nigerian woman working as a nurse in the United Kingdom has been sentenced to three years in prison for neglecting her ten-week-old baby, who died while she…