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...
COTE D’IVOIRE OPPOSITION LEADER RESIGNS, PROMISES TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR VICTORY
By Aishat Momoh. O. Ivory Coast’s major opposition leader, who has been barred from participating in an October presidential election, said Monday that he was...
ECOWAS COURT ORDERS SENEGAL TO LIFT TRAVEL BAN ON EX-MINISTER LAT DIOP, AWARDS COMPENSATION
By Aishat Momoh. O. The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ruled in favor of former Senegalese minister Lat Diop, declaring that the Republic of Senegal...
UK CLAMPS DOWN ON CARE WORKER VISAS, NIGERIA, OTHERS AFFECTED
Agency report The United Kingdom has revealed plans to phase out the care worker visa route in the coming months—a policy shift that could affect...
WORLD NEWS: INDIA-PAKISTAN CEASEFIRE HOLDS DESPITE EARLY VIOLATIONS
By Aishat Momoh. O. A ceasefire appeared to hold Sunday between India and Pakistan, hours after the nuclear-armed rivals accused each other of violating a...
JUST IN: VATICAN FIXES MAY 18 FOR INAUGURATION MASS OF POPE LEO XIV
The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo XIV's inauguration service will be held in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, May 18. Ten days after Robert Francis...
WORLD NEWS: CHINA EXPORTS BEAT FORECASTS AHEAD OF US TARIFF TALKS
Agency Report Despite the ongoing trade war with the United States, Chinese exports increased last month, according to government data released Friday ahead of negotiations...