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...
Rwanda To Receive 250 US Migrants Under New Deportation Deal
Rwanda has agreed to take in as many as 250 migrants from the United States, according to a government announcement made on Tuesday. However, officials did not disclose who exactly would be covered under the agreement. The move comes amid ongoing efforts by Washington to accelerate deportations. The Trump administration has been pursuing controversial deals to relocate migrants to third...
Days Before End Of His Administration, Trump Executes 13th Convict
The U.S. government on Saturday carried out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump’s administration. The execution comes days before Trump’s successor Joe Biden takes office with a promise to try to end the death penalty. Dustin Higgs, 48, was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m. EST (0623 GMT), the federal Bureau of Prisons said in a statement. The convict’s...
COVID-19: Bill Gates Estimate 18 Months Before Normalcy Will Return Globally
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has said that life may return to normal in the next eighteen months if everything goes perfectly well following the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) across the world. According to Gates, the Coronavirus pandemic across the globe is unprecedented and is proving very tough, but a vaccine will bring the ordeal to an end. “We want...
Vietnamese Woman Sentenced To Death Over $44bn Bank Fraud
A Vietnamese billionaire, Truong My Lan, has been sentenced to death for looting one of the country’s largest banks over a period of 11 years. It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen. Truong My Lan was sentenced at the stately yellow portico of the colonial-era courthouse...
USA Approves 5-Minute Test For COVID-19
A USA company, Abbott, has received authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the fastest available molecular point-of-care test for the detection of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), delivering positive results in as little as five minutes and negative results in 13 minutes. What makes this test so different is where it can be used: outside the four walls of...
British Foreign Secretary Truss Announces Her Candidacy For Tory Leader And PM
Fifteen passengers on the 16-passenger boat that capsized on July 8 at Ojo area of Lagos State have been found dead. General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Mr Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, confirmed that 11 bodies were recovered on Su...
Biden Looks Forward In Signing Protocols On Sweden’s, Finland’s Accession To NATO
US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he will sign protocols on Sweden’s and Finland’s accession to NATO. Earlier in the day, US Congress passed a resolution on the ratification of documents on these countries accession to the Alliance. Under ...
COVID-19: 67 Italian Priests Have Died So Far
3017A total of 67 Italian priests infected with the novel coronavirus have died since the pandemic reached the Mediterranean country last month, the Avvenire newspaper said Wednesday. The youngest of those listed by the Catholic Church-affiliated paper was 53. “Priests get sick and die like everybody else, maybe even more than the rest,” the Avvenire wrote. The paper said 22 of the...
Trump Planned Stopping $1.5 Billion Aid To Nigeria – Ex-NSA, John Bolton
A former United States National Security Adviser says President Donald Trump once argued that the $1.5bn aid given to Nigeria annually should be stopped, while funding for military operations in Afghanistan and Syria should be cut. The former NSA, John Bolton, stated this in his highly anticipated book titled, ‘In the Room Where It Happened’. Bolton, who left Trump’s administration last...
