US INTRODUCES NEW VISA POLICY: APPLICANTS MUST INTERVIEW IN COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY OR RESIDENCE
By Aishat Momoh. O. The United States Department of State has announced a sweeping policy change for non-immigrant visa applicants, mandating that interviews be...
15 KILLED, 16 INJURED AS TOURIST BUS CRASHES INTO RAVINE IN SRI LANKA
A Sri Lankan bus carrying local tourists visiting lush tea plantation hill towns plunged nearly 1,000 feet (300 metres), with the crash killing 15 people,...
AUSTRALIAN BANK FIRES 65-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE AFTER TRAINING CHATBOT TO REPLACE HER
By Aishat Momoh. O. A 65-year-old former bank teller at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Kathryn Sullivan, has revealed she was dismissed after unknowingly...
MANDELA’S GRANDSON TO JOIN PRO-PALESTINIAN FLOTILLA SAILING FROM TUNISIA
Agency Report Mandla Mandela, grandson of South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, has announced that he will join pro-Palestinian activists seeking to break Israel’s...
UK TO CONDUCT NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY ALERT TEST SEPTEMBER 7
AGENCY REPORT Tens of millions of mobile phones across the UK will blare a siren sound at the same time on Sunday as part of...
TEACHER STABBED AT GERMAN COLLEGE, SUSPECT ARRESTED
[caption id="attachment_193109" align="alignnone" width="300"] Policemen are seen on September 5, 2025 outside a vocational college in Essen, western Germany, where a teacher has been injured...
CHINA IMPOSES TEMPORARY DUTIES ON EU PORK OVER DUMPING CLAIMS
AGENCY REPORT China’s commerce ministry said Friday it would impose temporary duties on European Union pork imports, after an investigation found evidence of dumping. Beijing...
CHINA REJECTS TRUMP’S CALL FOR ECONOMIC PRESSURE OVER UKRAINE WAR
AGENCY REPORT. Beijing said Friday it “strongly opposes” calls to put economic pressure on China, after US President Donald Trump urged European countries to do...
UK TO PROHIBIT SALE OF ENERGY DRINKS TO CHILDREN
BY OWOLABI OLUWADARA The government of the United Kingdom has announced initiatives to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy beverages, including well-known brands such as...
UK IMPOSES NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA OVER ‘DEPORTED’ UKRAINIAN CHILDREN
AGENCY REPORT Britain on Wednesday announced new sanctions against Russian officials and youth organisations linked to what London called Moscow’s policy to “deport, indoctrinate and...