WORLD NEWS: POPE LEO XIV WARNS AGAINST EXPLOITATION AT INAUGURAL MASS
Agency Report Pope Leo XIV, the first US pontiff, made his debut tour of St Peter’s Square on Sunday in a popemobile, greeting tens of...
US SUPREME COURT REJECTS TRUMP’S BID TO RESUME DEPORTATION
Agency report The US Supreme Court on Friday rejected an effort by the Trump administration to restart deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members by invoking...
EMMANUEL KUNDE, LINCHPIN OF CAMEROON’S 1990 WORLD CUP TEAM, DIES AGED 68
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Cameroonian football association announced on Friday the death of Emmanuel Kunde, a key member of the 1990 squad that advanced...
RUSSIA, UKRAINE HOLD FIRST TALKS SINCE 2022
Agency Report With little hope that the two sides can reach an agreement to end Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II, direct negotiations between...
WORLD NEWS: GABON FREES EX-PRESIDENT ALI BONGO, FAMILY MEMBERS
Agency Report Gabon former leader Ali Bongo Ondimba and his family have been released from detention and arrived in Angola’s capital, Luanda. “Following the initiatives...
WORLD NEWS: S’KOREA POLICE ARREST TWO OVER SON HEUNG-MIN ‘BLACKMAIL’
Agency Report According to authorities on Thursday, two people have been taken into custody for allegedly blackmailing South Korea captain Son Heung-min and Spurs. A...
ENTERTAINMENT: MEXICAN INFLUENCER SHOT DEAD DURING LIVE STREAM
A Mexican social media influencer was shot dead during a live stream on TikTok, where she had tens of thousands of followers, authorities said Wednesday....
NETANYAHU ACCUSES MACRON OF SIDING WITH ‘TERRORIST ORGANISATION’ AFTER ISRAEL CRITICISM
By Oduola F.A. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused French President Emmanuel Macron of siding with a “murderous Islamist terrorist organisation” after Macron...
MICROSOFT TO LAY OFF 6,000 EMPLOYEES GLOBALLY IN COST-CUTTING MOVE
By Oduola F.A. Microsoft is planning to lay off 6,000 employees, roughly 3% of its global workforce, according to a report by The Guardian....
UK UNEMPLOYMENT HITS HIGHEST SINCE 2021
AFP The rate climbed to 4.5 percent in the first quarter, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. That compared with 4.4 percent...