Burkina Faso’s Leader Captain Ibrahim Takes First Steps Towards Constitutional Order – Russia’s Embassy
Burkina Faso’s new authorities, including the newly-appointed president, Captain Ibrahim Traore, have already taken the first steps towards restoring constitutional order, Russia’s embassy to Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso told reporters on Friday. "On October 5, the new authorities of Burkina Faso signed a fundamental act on the further functioning of the state in the transitional period. The new authorities...
WHO Adopts Landmark Pandemic Agreement To Strengthen Global Preparedness
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday adopted a landmark Pandemic Agreement aimed at improving global coordination and preparedness for future health crises. The accord comes after more than three years of negotiations triggered by the chaotic global response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Adopted during the WHO’s annual decision-making assembly in Geneva, the agreement seeks to prevent the disjointed and...
Buhari Approves $8.5m To Evacuate 5,000 Nigerians From Ukraine
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of $8.5 million for immediate evacuation of about 5,000 Nigerians that flee the Russia, Ukrainian war to Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. The Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by...
BREAKING: President Rushed To Hospital, In Intensive Care (Photo)
ABN TV reports that the Czech President Milos Zeman was taken to an intensive care unit on Sunday, a day after the country held a general election, his doctor said. “At the moment, the patient is hospitalised at an intensive care unit of Prague’s Military University Hospital,” Zeman’s doctor Miroslav Zavoral told reporters, adding he could not yet publicise the...
US Secretary Of State Blinken Blasts Buhari, FG Over Twitter ban
United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has lashed out at the Federal Government and President Muhammadu Buhari over the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria. He said restriction of social media use has no place in a democracy. In a statement on Thursday signed by Blinken’s spokesman, Ned Price, ‘Nigeria’s Twitter Suspension’, Blinken condemned the suspension of Twitter. READ ALSO: Suspension...
I’m Ready To Give Out All My Wealth, Bill Gates Reveals
The founder of Microsoft company and Bill & Melinda Foundation, Bill Gates says he wants to give away all of his wealth. He also added that he wants to be removed from the list of world richest people. He wrote: "As I look to the future, I plan to gi...
COVID-19: UK Lockdown For 3 More Weeks [VIDEO]
Britain will stay in lockdown for at least three more weeks until it passes five key tests, Dominic Raab announced yesterday. The Foreign Secretary’s checks include ensuring the NHS is not overwhelmed by coronavirus victims and seeing a steady reduction in deaths. https://youtu.be/jBFlW9uesFw Mr Raab said yesterday that the current restrictions were helping to halt the spread of the virus. But he outlined...
New Zealand Relaxes COVID-19 Restrictions In Auckland
New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland is moving out of a strict COVID-19 lockdown, as the country contained a Delta variant outbreak. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday that the city would see restrictions slightly eased from Wednesday. The country was put in a hard lockdown within hours of a single case being detected on Aug. 18, with all schools and...
Ukrainian President Zelensky Involved In Car Accident
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's car was involved in a traffic accident in Kyiv, but he is not seriously hurt, his spokesman Serhii Nykyforov said in a Facebook post early on Thursday. Nykyforov - who did not say when the accident occurred - said Zelenskiy's car had collided with a private vehicle. "The president was examined by a doctor, no serious injuries...
Harvard Faces $2.2bn Funding Freeze After Defying Trump’s Demands
Harvard University faced a $2.2 billion freeze in federal funding on Monday after it declined to comply with a series of broad demands from the White House aimed at combating anti-Semitism on campus. The call for changes to its governance, hiring practices, and admissions procedures expands a list Harvard received on April 3, which ordered officials to shut diversity offices...
