Granting NATO Membership To Sweden, Finland To Require New Summit, Says Turkish Expert
Turkey won’t greenlight Sweden and Finland’s bid to join NATO at the bloc’s Madrid summit set for late June, the head of the Ankara-based Foreign Policy Institute told TASS on Monday. "Turkey cannot be expected to give the greenlight at the Mad...
Suspect In Pelosi Attack Was On Suicide Mission – Court
The man accused of attacking the husband of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer told police he also planned to target several other politicians as part of a “suicide mission,” according to court documents filed Tuesday. David DePape, 42, was arrested last week after he allegedly broke into the couple’s mansion intending to tie up Pelosi and break...
French President Macron To Discuss Food Crisis Caused By The War In Ukraine During Africa Tour
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to discuss the food shortages caused by the war in Ukraine during his four-day visit to Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau, an official from the Élysée Palace said. "The consequences of the war in Ukrai...
Pope Francis Takes Aim At Trump’s Deportation Policy
Pope Francis issued a new condemnation of US President Donald Trump's deportations of undocumented migrants on Tuesday, calling them a "major crisis" that "damages the dignity of men and women." “I exhort all the faithful of the Catholic Church, and all men and women of good will, not to give in to narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s First Day As WTO Director-General (Photos)
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes over the World Trade Organization on Monday (Today) amid hopes that she will spur the beleaguered body into addressing its towering challenges, including the pandemic-fuelled global economic crisis. “The WTO is too important to allow it to be slowed down, paralysed and moribund,” the first woman and first African to ever lead the global trade body told...
Denmark Justice Minister Resigns To Prompt Cabinet Reshuffle
Denmark announced a Cabinet reshuffle on Monday, following the resignation of Justice Minister Nick Haekkerup to become the new head of the Danish Brewers’ Association. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, of the Social Democrats, chose Integration M...
Biden Bans Offshore Drilling Across Coastal Waters In US
US President Joe Biden has prohibited offshore drilling across a vast expanse of coastal seas, In an effort to boost the output of fossil fuels. The ban encompasses the entire Atlantic coast and eastern Gulf of Mexico, as well as the Pacific coast off California, Oregon and Washington, and a section of the Bering Sea off Alaska. A White House statement...
Vietnam Noodle Vendor Jailed For Five Years
A noodle vendor in Vietnam who parodied one of the country's most powerful ministers has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for anti-state propaganda. Bui Tuan Lam became famous when he posted a video in 2021 mimicking the trademark gestures of the high-end London-based restaurateur Salt Bae. A minister had been previously filmed eating a gold-leaf-covered steak in a Salt Bae video,...
Trump To Launch Social Media Platform In Coming Months
Former US President, Donald Trump is coming back to social media but this time with his own network, a spokesperson of the former world leader had revealed. The announcement comes after Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter and other social platforms, such as Facebook, following his incitement of the US Capitol riots on January 6 — where hundreds of Trump...
FG Opens Diplomatic Talks With Burkina-Faso To Secure Military Aircraft
The Federal Government is intensifying diplomatic efforts to secure the release of Nigerian soldiers and a C-130 military aircraft currently held in Burkina Faso. The soldiers and the aircraft, now on their third day in detention, were seized by the Burkina Faso military government over alleged violations of the Sahel country’s airspace. On Wednesday, sources in the Nigerian military confirmed to...
