NORMALCY RETURNS AS US LIFT RESTRICTIONS ON FLIGHT
The Federal Aviation Administration announced that US airlines will resume their regular schedules on Monday following the lifting of cuts made during a government shutdown. On Sunday night, the FAA announced that limitations will be removed and that "normal operations can resume" nationwide starting Monday at 6:00 am Washington time (1100 GMT). Understaffing caused thousands of flights to be canceled during the shutdown, which lasted a record 43 days. 40 of the major US airports had a 10% reduction in domestic flights due to a lack of control tower employees, who were required to work unpaid as the budget impasse continued. President Donald Trump's threat to withhold pay from air traffic controllers who called in sick during the shutdown, claiming they were being disloyal, further stretched the aviation sector.
TRUMP SEEKS REPUBLICAN VOTES FOR RELEASE OF EPSTEIN FILES
BY BARAKAT ADELEKE Despite earlier opposition to the legislation, US President Donald Trump stated on Sunday that he supported lawmakers’ efforts to make additional papers pertaining to sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein public. Trump said on his Truth Social platform, "House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, since we have nothing to hide." Following the release of emails in which the disgraced financier implied Trump "knew about the girls," the 79-year-old Republican has charged Democrats of spreading a "Epstein hoax." Trump has been accused by some critics of attempting to obstruct the vote in order to hide information about his own alleged misconduct, which the president denies. In addition to causing a gap between Trump and some of his closest supporters inside his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, the issue has split his normally devoted Republican party. Trump retracted his support for Congresswoman and MAGA mainstay Marjorie Taylor Greene's 2026 reelection campaign over the weekend. A vote on a proposal to compel the Justice Department to make the remaining documents from the Epstein investigation public is scheduled for this week, according to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. Trump wrote in his post, "We can not let that happen," referring to politicians who supported Democrats' demand that the data be made public. "Some'members' of the Republican Party are being 'used,'" he continued. The Justice Department's investigation Following the conclusion of the longest government shutdown in US history last week, members of the US House of Representatives made public a wealth of emails that were taken from Epstein's estate. In one, Epstein claimed that Trump "spent hours" at his home with one of the victims, while in another, the president was called "filthy." Democrats on the House Oversight Committee said the messages “raise...
ZELENSKYY IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER AMID $100M CORRUPTION SCANDAL ROCKING UKRAINE
[caption id="attachment_201240" align="alignnone" width="300"] This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press-service on November 13, 2025 shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ordering a...
POLICE ARRESTS SUSPECTS AFTER DEADLY SUICIDE BOMBING IN PAKISTAN
Pakistani security agencies have arrested several suspects in connection with a deadly suicide bombing in the capital, Islamabad, this week, sources said on Thursday, as...
BREXIT, AI THREATS CLOUD BRITAIN’S £8BN MUSIC INDUSTRY – REPORT
Britain’s music industry contributed £8 billion ($10.5 billion) to the UK economy in 2024, but the combined effects of Brexit and artificial intelligence (AI) have...
37 KILLED, 24 INJURED AS DOUBLE-DECKER BUS PLUNGES INTO RAVINE IN PERU
By Aishat Momoh. O. At least 37 people were killed and 24 others injured on Wednesday when a double-decker passenger bus plunged into a deep...
WORLD BANK REVEALS MOST SOCIAL BENEFITS MISS NIGERIA’S POOREST HOUSEHOLDS
A new World Bank report has revealed that only 44 per cent of Nigeria’s social welfare benefits reach poor households, despite government efforts to support...
GERMAN COURT JAILS FIVE MEN FOR RUNNING DARKNET CHILD ABUSE PLATFORM
Agency Report A German court on Monday sentenced five men to lengthy prison terms for operating a darknet platform where hundreds of thousands of users...
TINUBU SENDS DELEGATION TO UK OVER EKWEREMADU’S IMPRISONMENT
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent out a high-level delegation to the United Kingdom to engage with British authorities over the ongoing detention of former...
UK TO REVIEW BBC CHARTER FOLLOWING TRUMP SPEECH EDITING CONTROVERSY
The BBC is anticipated to express regret on Monday for altering a speech that implied Donald Trump had directly provoked an assault on the US...
