Boris Johnson Self-isolating After Meeting With MP Who Tested Positive For COVID-19
Boris Johnson is self-isolating after an MP he had a meeting with later tested positive for COVID-19. The prime minister said he had been notified by NHS Test and Trace that he has to self-isolate as he has been in contact with someone who has tested positive. Mr Johnson tweeted: "I have no symptoms, but am following the rules and will be...
JUST IN! Trump Threatens To “Close Down” Social Media
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to close down social media platforms after Twitter labelled two of his tweets “unsubstantiated” and accused him of making false claims. Read Also: Woman Demands Justice For Sister After She Was Beaten Mercilessly By Husband “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices. We will strongly regulate, or close them down before...
Lisa Cook Becomes First Black Woman On US Federal Reserve’s Board
Lisa Cook, an economics professor at Michigan State University, was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve on the Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday. She is the first Black woman to serve on the Fed’s board of directors in its 109-year existe...
US Sanctions Hong Kong’s Police Chief, Justice Secretary
Hong Kong's police chief, justice secretary, and other officials were sanctioned by the United States on Monday due to human rights issues following China's crackdown in the financial center. The sanctions on Police Commissioner Raymond Siu Chak-yee and the others will block any interests they hold in the United States and generally criminalize financial transactions with them under US law. The...
Trump: Resolving Ukraine Crisis Is My Top Priority
Donald Trump said solving the Ukraine crisis would be his top priority once he assumes office next month, describing the Middle East as a “less difficult situation.” “I think we have to solve the Ukraine problem with Russia,” the US president-elect told French magazine Paris Match in an interview recorded on Saturday and released on Wednesday. “Both those countries are losing...
US Contribute $5m To UNICEF For Lifesaving Nutrition Support In Nigeria
The US Department of State has announced a contribution to humanitarian efforts in the North-West, providing $5m to the United Nations Children’s Fund to address acute malnutrition among children in the region. In a statement issued on Thursday by the US Mission to Nigeria, the funding will enable UNICEF to deliver lifesaving nutrition support to at least 70,000 children with...
UK Suspends Trade Talks With Israel, Imposes Sanctions Over Gaza Escalation
The UK government has suspended trade negotiations with Israel, summoned its ambassador, and introduced new sanctions targeting West Bank settlers, as Foreign Secretary David Lammy described the escalating military campaign in Gaza as "morally unjustifiable". This decision comes amid intensifying warnings of starvation in Gaza following Israel's latest military offensive launched over the weekend. The humanitarian situation in the region,...
Zelensky Urges Trump To Broker Ukraine Peace On Call
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine like he did in the Middle East during a phone call on Saturday, the Ukrainian leader said. “If a war can be stopped in one region, then surely other wars can be stopped as well — including the Russian war,” Zelensky wrote in a post on Facebook. Relations between...
Three Killed In Attack On Ukraine’s Children Hospital
At least three people were killed, including a young girl, in an attack on a children’s hospital in Mariupol in southern Ukraine, local officials said on Thursday. “Three people were killed, including a female child, in yesterday’s attack on a children’s and maternity hospital in Ukraine’s besieged Mariupol, according to updated figures this morning,” the city council said on its...
Putin Approved Concept Of Russian Humanitarian Policy Abroad
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the Concept of the Russian humanitarian policy abroad. The relevant decree of the head of state and the text of the concept were posted on the official web portal of legal information. "For purposes of defining tasks and key areas of the Russian humanitarian policy abroad, I decree to approve the enclosed Concept of the Russian...
