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25 Passengers On Flight From Kano To Beirut Test Positive For COVID-19

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At least 25 passengers on a flight from Kano to Beirut on Wednesday have tested positive for COVID-19, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has confirmed. The government of Lebanon had asked Middle East Airlines to evacuate its citizens from foreign countries last month. On May 5, an aircraft with flight number ME570 took off from Kano to Beirut, according to a flight...

More Than Three Million COVID-19 Cases Recorded Worldwide

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More Than Three Million COVID-19 Cases Recorded Worldwide More than three million cases of coronavirus have been officially registered across the world, with nearly 80 per cent in Europe and the United States, according to a tally by ABN TV on Monday using official figures. At least 3,003,344 infections have been detected, including 209,388 deaths, mostly in Europe where there...

South Sudan Announces Two Years Extension Of Transitional Government

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South Sudan's unity government on Wednesday announced a two-year extension of the post-civil war "transitional period" earlier scheduled to end in 2023. This they say is a new "roadmap" to the peace deal denounced by some foreign sponsors. "After len...

Four NSWL Football Coaches Banned From Work

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Four NSWL Football Coaches Banned From Work

Four football coaches named in a National Women’s Soccer League investigation into abuse and malpractice in women’s football have been banned for life, the NWSL said in a statement on Monday. The punishments were part of a wide-ranging package of suspensions and fines against multiple individuals and organisations which followed publication of the NWSL’s findings last month in its Joint...

No American Will Be Left Behind In Afghanistan – Joe Biden

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President of United States, Joe Biden has stated that US troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond his withdrawal deadline. Biden also vowed that no American will be left behind. This was stated by the US president even as armed Taliban fighters kept desperate evacuees from reaching Kabul’s airport on Wednesday night and Thursday morning this week. Biden further stated that he wants US forces out...

Korean Actress And Model, Song Yoo-Jung Dies Mysteriously At 26

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26-year-old South Korean actress and model, Song Yoo-Jung has died mysteriously. Song Yoo-Jung’s death was confirmed by her talent agency, Sublime Artist Agency on Instagram on Monday night Jan 25th with no cause of death given. She was found dead in Seoul on Saturday amid high rate of suicides by young entertainers in the country. The actress’ agency confirmed a private funeral ceremony...

Moment White Woman Calls 911, Lies That African American Is Threatening Her Life (Video)

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An African American man captured the moment a Caucasian woman made a 911 call and pretended to be in distress while lying that "an African American man" is threatening her life. The woman was at the famous Ramble in New York's Central Park when she took her dog off the leash, an act that is clearly against the rules so...

After 43 Years In Office, Obiang Wins By 94 Percent As President Of Equatorial Guinea

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President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has won his re-election bid for a sixth term as president of the West African country. Obiang received 94.9% of the votes cast, election officials announced on Saturday, putting turnout for the vote at 98%. The two opposing candidates, Andrès Esono Ondo and Buenaventura Monsuy Asumu, each received around 9,700 and 2,900 of...

General Mahamat, Deby’s Son Named Chad’s Interim Head Of State

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The Chadian army has confirmed that General Mahamat Kaka, the late President Idriss Deby Itno’s son will replace him as the head of a military council to replace the late president. This follows the announcement by the army spokesman General Azem Bermandoa Agouna who said, Idriss Deby, 68, “has just breathed his last defending the sovereign nation on the battlefield” over...

Police Detain Man For 77 Counts Murder Following South Africa Building Fire

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Police Detain Man For 77 Counts Murder Following South Africa Building Fire

The South Africa Police Service have arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of 77 murders after telling a public inquiry he started last August’s deadly fire in a Johannesburg building. Last year fire gutted the Usindiso building in Marshalltown, where many poor people were residing, claiming 77 lives and leaving many injured. The tragedy highlighted the issue of buildings abandoned or...

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