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...
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...