Trump Arrested On 13 Felony Charges (See Mugshot)
Former President Donald Trump was booked at the Fulton County jail Thursday night on state charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Trump was fingerprinted and a booking photo, commonly known as a mugshot, was taken of the former president and later released to the public. Trump is facing charges in four...
One Dead In New York City Multi-Storey Car Park Collapse
One person has died and five others were injured when a multi-story car park partially collapsed in New York City, officials say. The second floor of the four-story structure in Manhattan's Financial District collapsed first, reports CBS, the BBC's US partner. Authorities said all the workers in the building have been accounted for. A video posted online shows cars and debris stacked...
New Nepal Interim PM Sworn In Ministers After Protests
Nepal’s new interim prime minister unveiled her first ministers Monday, as the Himalayan nation seeks to restore order after deadly youth-led anti-corruption protests that ousted the previous government. Under an outdoor awning and against the backdrop of the fire-damaged presidential office, President Ram Chandra Paudel gave the oath of office to three key ministers in a ceremony broadcast on television. Protests,...
47 Inmates Escape From Liberia Prison
Forty-seven inmates have escaped from a maximum security prison in Liberia's Margibi County, a rural area east of the West African country's capital Monrovia, the justice ministry said on Monday. Initial investigations suggested the inmates had managed to escape at the weekend because of a breach in the prison's security system, the ministry said. "The Ministry of Justice is deeply concerned...
Equatorial Guinea Scraps Punishment By Death
Equatorial Guinea abolished the death penalty, state television announced Monday, citing a new law signed by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. The president's son who serves as one of the country's vice-presidents lauded the move he called "historic" on Twitter. The last official execution in the small country was carried out in 2014, according to Amnesty International. Still, international NGOs and...
Don’t Go Near Those Who Have Been Vaccinated, They’ve Become Homosexuals — Iran Cleric
Iran’s regime has executed 4,000 to 6,000 gays and lesbians since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, according to a 2008 British WikiLeaks cable. An Iranian regime cleric in the holy city of Qom on Tuesday issued a homophobic rant against people vaccinated for COVID-19, claiming that they become gay after receiving the vaccine. Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian wrote on his Telegram social-media...
Biden Appoints Another Nigerian, Funmi Badejo Into His White House Cabinet
United States of America President-elect, Joe Biden has appointed Nigerian-born Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo into his White House cabinet. Biden made the announcement on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, when he named additional 20 members of the office of the White House counsel. Badejo is a lawyer and an alumna of Berkeley Law College in the US, and served as ethics counsel in...
Donald Trump Declares 2024 Presidential Bid
Donald Trump pulled the trigger on a third White House run on Tuesday night, setting the stage for a bruising Republican nomination battle after a poor midterm election showing by his hand-picked candidates weakened his grip on the party. Trump officially launched a campaign for president in 2024, filing papers with the Federal Election Commission in which he declared himself a candidate...
India To Surpass China In Population This Year — UN
United Nations has predicted that India may likely become the most populous country in the world by the middle of this year. According to data released by the global body, India’s population is expected to reach 1.4286 billion, 2.9 million more than China which stands at 1.4257 billion. The two Asian countries have for over seventy years accounted for more than...
President Biden Orders Another $600-Million Military Aid Package To Ukraine
US President Joe Biden ordered his administration to allocate another military aid package to Ukraine worth up to $600 million, the White House press service said in a statement on Thursday. According to the document, Biden delegated to the US Secretary of State "the authority <…> to direct the drawdown of up to $600 million in defense articles and services...
