Trump Is Banned From Facebook, Instagram For Two Weeks —Zuckerberg
Facebook Co-Founder, Mark Zuckerberg, says United States President, Donald Trump, is banned from Facebook and Instagram till the end of his tenure on January 20, 2020. Zuckerberg said this in a post on Facebook while reacting to the violence perpetrated at the Capitol by Trump supporters who wanted to stop the US Congress from certifying the election which Joe Biden...
South Sudan Announces Two Years Extension Of Transitional Government
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...
57 Confirmed Dead In Greek Train Crash, As Protests And Strikes Erupt
The death toll from Tuesday's train crash in Greece has increased to 57, a coroner has told the BBC. Eleni Zaggelidou, one of ten coroners working on the investigation, said DNA had been taken from 57 intact bodies. A government minister said austerity during Greece's economic crisis in the 2000s had contributed to a lack of investment in the railways. Rail workers...
Elon Musk Appoints Linda Yaccarino As First Female CEO Of Twitter
Elon Musk, the wealthy founder of Tesla Inc., has selected Linda Yaccarino for the position of Twitter's new chief executive officer (CEO). Musk announced the news in a tweet on Friday. The news comes less than 24 hours after Musk said that he had found a replacement for the role. “I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of...
Ike Ekweremadu, Wife Found Guilty Of Organ Trafficking
A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, have been found guilty of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom. The duo alongside their daughter, Sonia, and a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old...
China Stage Protest And Express Growing Anger Over Frozen Bank Deposits
Chinese authorities will start refunding bank customers whose accounts have been frozen for months, following some of the biggest protests the country has seen since the start of the pandemic. Customers from four rural banks in the central provinc...
Fears Of Disruption To Global Supply Chains After Baltimore Bridge Crash
Fears have been raised of significant disruption to global supply chains after a container ship crashed into a bridge in the US city of Baltimore. The ship, named the Dali, hit a support column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early hours of Tuesday morning, causing it to collapse. The bridge spanned the entrance to the Port of Baltimore,...
Hamas Fighter Free More Hostages After Delays
Hamas fighters were set Sunday to release a third group of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a day after freeing captives including a young woman snatched from a desert rave. In a sign of the fragility of the exchanges, the latest swap Saturday was delayed for hours after Hamas accused Israel of breaching its side of the deal...
Coronavirus: UK declares virus serious threat, confirms another case
Britain on Monday declared coronavirus a serious and imminent threat to public health. Britain’s health ministry said it had introduced new measures aimed at delaying or preventing further transmission of the virus. “We are strengthening our regulations so we can keep individuals in supported isolation for their own safety and if public health professionals consider they may be at risk of...
War: US Vows To Defend Philippines, Japan From Chinese Attacks
President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has pledged to defend the Philippines from any attack in the South China Sea. Biden hosted the first joint summit with Manila and Tokyo amid growing tensions with Beijing. “The United States’ defence commitments to Japan and to the Philippines are ironclad,” the US president said on Thursday as he met the...
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