U.S. FACES WORST MEASLES OUTBREAK IN OVER 30 YEARS AMID FALLING VACCINATION RATES
Agency Report The United States is grappling with its most severe measles epidemic since 1992, with 1,277 confirmed cases reported across nearly 40 states, according...
TRUMP IMPOSES 25% TARIFFS ON JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA, WARNS OF ESCALATION AHEAD OF TRADE DEADLINE
By Aishat Momoh. O. U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday the imposition of 25 percent tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea, escalating...
KENYA STREETS DESERTED AS POLICE BLOCK ROADS TO DETER ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS ON SABA SABA DAY
By Aishat Momoh. O. Streets in Kenya’s capital Nairobi were largely deserted on Monday as police mounted roadblocks and deployed heavily across key routes...
GERMAN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION SURGES IN MAY, BOOSTING HOPES OF ECONOMIC TURNAROUND
By Aishat Momoh. O. Germany’s industrial sector delivered a welcome surprise in May, with production rising sharply despite ongoing trade tensions with the United...
DOZENS MISSING, 78 DEAD IN TEXAS FLASH FLOODS AS RESCUERS RACE AGAINST TIME
Agency Report Rescuers in central Texas were racing against time on Sunday to locate dozens of missing people, including children, after devastating flash floods killed...
RUSSIA BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNISE TALIBAN GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN
Agency Report Russia has become the first nation to officially recognise the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan, a move that Afghan authorities have hailed as a...
BALTASAR ENGONGA FACES 18-YEAR JAIL TERM IN CORRUPTION TRIAL AMID SEXTAPE SCANDAL
By Aishat Momoh. O. The former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency, Baltasar Engonga, is facing up to 18 years in...
WILDFIRES FORCE MASS EVACUATIONS IN GREECE AND TURKEY AS STRONG WINDS FUEL FLAMES
Agency Report Wildfires fanned by gale-force winds have triggered mass evacuations on the southern Greek island of Crete and in Turkey’s western province of...
TRUMP SCORES MAJOR WIN AS CONGRESS PASSES CONTROVERSIAL TAX AND SPENDING BILL
By Aishat Momoh. O. U.S. President Donald Trump secured a significant political victory on Thursday as Congress narrowly passed his sweeping tax and spending...
FRENCH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS’ STRIKE GROUNDS HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS, DISRUPTS EUROPEAN TRAVEL
Agency Report Tens of thousands of passengers across Europe faced travel chaos on Thursday as French air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike, citing...