South Korea Resumes Tariff Talks With US
South Korea will resume tariff talks with Washington on the sidelines of a key APEC meeting Friday, as ministers jostle to meet US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Trade ministers from the top economies that make up APEC are meeting on South Korea’s Jeju Island amid concerns over the global trading system after US President Donald Trump unveiled bombshell levies on...
Ethiopia Calls For Investigation Of WHO Chief Over Links To Tigrayan Forces
Ethiopia's foreign ministry has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate its leader for supporting rebellious forces fighting the Ethiopian government. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who previously served as the Ethiopian health minister and foreign minister, said earlier this week that aid was being blocked from getting through to his home region of Tigray, where rebellious forces...
Ukraine, Russia Conduct Another POW Swap Amid Ongoing Conflict
Ukraine and Russia conducted their fourth prisoner of war exchange in a week, following agreements made in Istanbul earlier this month. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the swap on social media, stating, “We continue to take our people out of Russian captivity.” Russia’s defence ministry said another group of Russian servicemen was returned from territory controlled by Kyiv. Kyiv also...
Judge Orders Trump To Admit 12,000 Refugees Into US
President Donald Trump's administration's attempts to change American immigration policy were thwarted on Monday when a judge ordered the admission of about 12,000 refugees. The order clarifies the limits imposed by an appeals court ruling, which allowed the Trump administration to suspend the refugee admissions system, but said it must admit people already granted refugee status with travel plans to...
Simon Ekpa Arrested By Finland Authorities (Photos)
Finland authorities on Thursday arrested a man said to be a Nigerian popular separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, ABN TV learnt. According to a Finland news outlet HS, the police escorted the separatist out of his apartment in Lahti. The platform claimed that they had gone to Ekpa’s residence for an interview but to their surprise, the Finland police, KRP, answered when...
Trump, Wife Visit Another Church, Threatening To Unleash Military On Protesters
The President of United States, Donald Trump along with his wife, Lady Melania on Tuesday visited the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington D.C., ABN TV reports. The President also gave a speech saying he is the ‘president of law and order’, threatening to unleash the U.S. military on civilian protesters who are demanding justice over the killing...
Trump To Impose 100% Film Tariffs
President Donald Trump on Monday said he would impose a 100 per cent tariff on all films produced overseas and imported into the United States, a move that could upend Hollywood’s global business model, according to Reuters. The policy marks an extension of Trump’s protectionist trade stance into cultural industries, raising uncertainty for U.S. studios that rely on cross-border productions...
French Doctor Apologizes For Suggesting Coronavirus Treatment Be Tested In Africa
A French doctor apologized on Friday for suggesting a possible treatment for COVID-19 should be tested in Africa after the remarks sparked an outcry on social media. Jean-Paul Mira, the head of the intensive care unit at the Cochin hospital in Paris, made the comments on Wednesday during an interview on French television channel LCI with the research director of...
Elon Musk Dissolves Twitter’s Board Of Directors
Elon Musk has dissolved Twitter’s Board of Directors, four days after acquiring the social media company. The development was announced in a document filed by the company to the US Security and Exchange Commission, Business Insider reports. The filing which was published on Monday read in part, “On October 27, 2022, and as a result of the consummation of the Merger,...
President Biden Overturns Trump Ban On Transgender US Troops
US President Joe Biden on Monday overturned Donald Trump’s ban on transgender personnel serving in the military, saying “all Americans” qualified to serve should be able to do so. Biden’s new policy was set in an executive order signed at the White House. “Simply put, transgender service members will no longer be subject to the possibility of discharge or separation on...
