WORLD NEWS: US SAYS TO DENY IMMIGRANTS VISAS OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
US immigration authorities said Wednesday they will look at social media accounts and deny visas or residence permits to people who post content considered anti-Semitic...
WORLD NEWS: TRUMP PAUSES TARIFFS FOR 90 DAYS BUT HITS CHINA HARDER
US President Donald Trump abruptly backed down Wednesday in his global trade war with a 90 day pause for most countries – but slapped even...
WORLD NEWS: SAUDI STOCKS TAKE 5-YEAR RECORD FALL AFTER US TARIFFS
The Saudi stock exchange was down 6.78 percent on Sunday, the worst daily loss since the Covid-19 pandemic according to state media, after sweeping US...
UK POLICE CHARGE COMEDIAN RUSSELL BRAND WITH RAPE
Agency Report British police charged actor-comedian Russell Brand with rape and multiple counts of assault over a number of allegations between 1999 and 2005, a...
WORLD NEWS: US TARIFFS A ‘SIGNIFICANT RISK’ TO GLOBAL ECONOMY – IMF CHIEF
Agency Report New US tariffs "clearly represent a significant risk to the global outlook," said IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday, and she encouraged Washington...
JUST IN: CHINA ANNOUNCES 34% RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON US IMPORTS
China has announced it will impose additional tariffs of 34 per cent on imports from the US in retaliation for duties of the same amount...
INMATE KILLS WIFE DURING PRISON VISIT IN GERMANY
Prosecutors said Friday that an inmate in an eastern German prison killed his wife as she was paying him a visit. The Burg prison in...
WORLD NEWS: CANADA RETALIATES WITH 25% TARIFF ON SOME US AUTO IMPORTS
Canada said it would impose a 25 per cent tariff on some autos imported from the United States, retaliating against President Donald Trump’s levies that...
WORLD NEWS: SEVEN DIE, 23 RESCUED IN GREECE BOAT ACCIDENT
Seven people, including two children, died, and 23 others were rescued Thursday when an inflatable boat carrying migrants capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos,...
HEALTH: SIERRA LEONE STARTS MPOX VACCINATION AS CASES RISE
Sierra Leone on Wednesday started injecting frontline health care workers and high risk-individuals and children from age 12 with a preventive mpox vaccination after securing...