I Share In Your Pain, Putin Tells Mothers Of Soldiers Killed In War With Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday told a group of mothers whose sons are fighting in Ukraine that he shares the pain of those who have lost family members in the conflict. The meeting took place ahead of Mother’s Day, which Russia will mark on Sunday, and amid mounting anger from Russian soldiers’ families after a chaotic military draft. “I want...
After 43 Years In Office, Obiang Wins By 94 Percent As President Of Equatorial Guinea
President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has won his re-election bid for a sixth term as president of the West African country. Obiang received 94.9% of the votes cast, election officials announced on Saturday, putting turnout for the vote at 98%. The two opposing candidates, Andrès Esono Ondo and Buenaventura Monsuy Asumu, each received around 9,700 and 2,900 of...
Elon Musk To Pardon All Banned, Suspended Twitter Accounts
Owners of sanctioned accounts on the microblogging platform, Twitter, will be pardoned and will get their accounts back, Twitter owner Elon Musk has said in what’s a system-wide clemency. A wide range of processes to restore Twitter accounts that were suspended under the former ownership will commence next week, Musk confirmed. The decision followed an online poll. Multiple Twitter accounts, especially those...
Millions of Lives Under Threat In Ukraine This Winter – WHO
The lives of millions will be under threat in Ukraine this winter, the World Health Organization has said. Half of Ukraine's energy infrastructure is either damaged or destroyed, and 10 million are currently without power, said Dr. Hans Henri P Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe. Temperatures are predicted to plummet as low as -20C (-4F) in some areas. The WHO has...
Appeal Court Orders Ex-South African President Zuma Back To Jail
An appeal court in South Africa said on Monday that former president, Jacob Zuma, was unlawfully given medical parole from a jail term last year and should return to prison to complete his sentence. Zuma, 80, had been handed a 15-month term in June 2021 for contempt of court, a move that triggered deadly unrest.But he served only two months...
Trump’s Twitter Account Reactivated
The Twitter account of former United States President, Donald Trump, has being reinstated on the social media platform. Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, had set up a poll on Saturday to ask users on the platform whether the former president should be allowed back on the app or not. Over 15 million users participated in the poll with a narrow majority...
Donald Trump Back On Twitter
The Twitter account of former United States President, Donald Trump, has been reinstated on the social media platform. Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, had set up a poll on Saturday to ask users on the platform whether the former president should be allowed back on the app or not. Over 15 million users participated in the poll with a narrow majority...
Ivory Coast Joins Western Countries In Pulling Out Troops From Mali’s Peacekeeping Mission
Ivory Coast on Wednesday announced plans to gradually withdraw its troops and police from United Nations peacekeeping force in neighbouring Mali, joining Western countries, including France and UK to back out from the mission. A Reuters report indicates that two senior Ivory Coast security sources confirmed the development. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and the...
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...
Deputy Governor Appointed By Russia In Ukraine Territory Dies In Auto Crash
The deputy governor of Kherson installed by Moscow, Kirill Stremousov, has been killed, according to Russian state media. They quoted the regional governor’s press service as saying he died in a car crash. Kherson, the only Ukrainian regional centre captured by Russian troops after the February invasion, is being targeted by a Ukrainian counter-offensive. Mr Stremousov, 45, was appointed to his job...
