Three die as 2 planes collide in Australia
Two light aircraft collided near Australia’s largest city, Sydney, killing three people on Saturday, local police said. Emergency services received reports just before midday that two planes had collided near…
Israel hits Iran missiles, bases in retaliatory strikes
Israel said it conducted air strikes against Iran on Saturday that hit military bases and missile sites in retaliation for the Islamic republic’s attacks, warning it would “pay a heavy…
Biden apologizes for Native American boarding school atrocities
US President Joe Biden delivered a historic apology Friday for one of the country’s “most horrific chapters”: abducting Native American children from their families and placing them in government boarding…
Israeli raids block West Bank residents from critical care
JENIN (Palestinian Territories) – Israel raids have left wrecked roads, bullet-riddled buildings and debris-strewn streets in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, preventing ambulances from reaching those in desperate…
Brazil’s Lula cancels trip to COP16 after head injury
BRASILIA – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has canceled a trip to the United Nations COP16 summit in Colombia, his office said on Friday, following medical advice after…
Suspected fake traffic warden confesses to making ₦750,000 monthly from motorists in Nigeria’s Lagos state
Bella Ifasola LAGOS, Nigeria – A man has been arrested for disguising as a traffic warden in Nigeria’s southwestern Lagos state. Adewunmi Taiwo, 45, was arrested by the Lagos State…
Northern Irish man jailed for sexual extortion of girls on ‘industrial scale’
BELFAST – A Northern Irish man was given a life sentence on Friday for the mass online child sexual abuse and blackmail of young girls around the world, with police…
Nigeria targets diaspora cash, $1 bln monthly remittances, central bank chief says
WASHINGTON D.C. – Nigeria is considering a diaspora bond in the United States next year and is targeting remittance inflows of $1 billion a month, its central bank chief told…
US, Russian ISS astronauts in medical facility after SpaceX splashdown
Three American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut were taken to a medical facility “out of an abundance of caution” on Friday after returning to Earth from a nearly eight-month mission…
After many thrown into abject poverty over Nigeria’s economic crisis, IMF denies asking President Tinubu government to remove fuel subsidy
Morakinyo Akinosun The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has clarified that it was not behind the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria, and acknowledged the impact of economic hardship on Nigerians.…