NATO, EU Look To Protect Critical Infrastructure
NATO and the EU on Wednesday announced a “joint task force” aimed at bolstering the protection of critical infrastructure in the face of threats from Russia. The move comes after a sabotage attack on the underwater Nord Stream gas pipelines last year and as the two organisations seek to bolster cooperation in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. European Commission...
Five Dead After Man Drives Into Crowd In China
Chinese police have arrested a man who drove a car into pedestrians in Guangzhou, killing five people and injuring 13 others. The incident has sparked widespread public outrage, with many accusing the man of deliberately targeting people. Videos posted online show the driver getting out of the car and throwing banknotes into the air, shortly after the crash. Police have detained the...
Spain Pledges To Help Nigeria Fight Insecurity
The government of Spain has pledged its commitment to help Nigeria tackle the rising state of insecurity across the country. This was made known when the Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, led a delegation to the Nigeria Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja on Thursday. Albares noted that his first visit evolves around bilateral and economic cooperation,...
Vietnam President Resigns Amid Anti-Corruption Probe
Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned after days of rumours he was about to be sacked as part of a major anti-corruption drive that has seen several ministers fired. The state news agency VNA said Phuc has “submitted his resignation from his assigned positions, quit his job, and retired.” Phuc’s sudden departure is a highly unusual move in communist Vietnam,...
Gates Foundation Budgets US$8.3 Billion To Fight Poverty, Disease In 2023
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established by the former world’s richest person Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, to combat poverty, disease, and inequity in developing countries and other parts of the world, has announced a sizable budget for the new year. Mark Suzman, the foundation’s chief executive officer (CEO), says that the non-governmental organization has allocated US$8.3 billion...
Sierra Leone: President Bio Signs Law Reserving 30% Of Positions For Women
Sierra Leone: President Bio Signs Law Reserving 30% Of Positions For Women Enyichukwu Enemanna It's a good time for women in Sierra Leone as the country's president, Julius Maada Bio on Thursday signed into law a bill which allows public and private organizations to cede at least thirty percent of their employment slots to women, including positions of leadership in a...
Mass Shooting In California During Lunar New Year Festival Kills 9 (Video)
At least nine people are dead and multiple others are injured after a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California late Saturday evening, Sgt. Bob Boese of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to the Associated Press Sunday morning. The shooting took place in an area where people were gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year. A heavy police presence responded...
Russia Lunches Hypersonic Missile Into Atlantic Ocean
The new Zirkon hypersonic missile was successfully tested by the Russian Navy using computer simulation during a manoeuvre in the Atlantic Ocean, it was announced on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Defence’s Telegram channel, this was done by the frigate Admiral Gorshkov during a training exercise in the western Atlantic Ocean. Commander Igor Kromal, who appeared in a ministry-released video, attested...
Court Orders Ugandan Woman To Pay Ex-Fiancé Compensation For Not Marrying Him After 4 Years Relationship
An Ugandan court had ordered a woman to pay back a total of 9.4 million shillings ($2,550; £2,060) to her ex-fiancé for failing to marry him after four years of marital relationship. Magistrate Asanasio Mukobi of the court in Kanungu gave the verdict on Thursday saying the woman, Fortunate Kyarikunda broke her promise to Richard Tumwine. Mukobi said the amount was...
Current Wave Of Covid In China Is Coming To An End, Officials Reveals
Chinese health officials say the country's current wave of Covid-19 infections is "coming to an end". The number of severe Covid cases and deaths is trending downward, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a report. It also said there had been "no obvious rebound" during the Lunar New Year holidays last week, where millions reunited for family...
