Kamala Harris Announces Running Mate
Kamala Harris names her running mate as she prepares for a tour of US battleground states aimed at wooing support that can power her to victory. All paths to the White House run through a handful of swing states, and Harris will kick off her five-day run Tuesday in the largest — Pennsylvania — as she builds momentum for her...
Turkey Blocks Citizens’ Instagram Access
Turkey has barred its citizens’ access to Instagram social media networks resulting to rise in tension across the Middle East. The national communications authority revealed this without explanation. The Speculator Index verified the development. A high-ranking Turkish official accused the US corporation of censorship, prompting this move. The BTK communications authority announced on its website that “instagram.com has been blocked by a decision...
Sudanese Military Leader, Burhan Survives Assassination Attempt
Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan the military leader of Sudan has survived an assassination attempt, the army spokesman, Nabil Abdallah said on Wednesday. Abdallah accused the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of being behind the plot to murder the country's military leader. RSF and the army have been on a deadly battle since April last in quest to take over control...
Harris Dares Trump To A Face-To-Face Debate
US presidential hopeful Kamala Harris launched a searing attack on Donald Trump Tuesday, daring the Republican to debate her face to face. Vice President Harris’s trip to Atlanta, Georgia, comes as re-energised Democrats regard the swing state as being in play again after it looked beyond hope under President Joe Biden before his shock withdrawal from the 2024 election. The presumptive...
Russia Drowns 39 Ukrainian Drones
Russia made it clear On Monday that it had drowned 39 drones fired by Ukraine overnight mainly targeting border regions. “The anti-air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 19 drones in the Kursk region, nine above Belgorod, three over Voronezh and five over Bryansk,” all bordering Ukraine, the Russian defence ministry said on Telegram. Three others were neutralised in the northwestern Leningrad...
China Congratulates Venezuela’s Maduro On Re-Election
China congratulates Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on his re-election, after a vote whose official results was initially rejected by oppositions. “China congratulates Venezuela for smoothly holding its presidential election and congratulates President Maduro on his successful re-election,” the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, Lin Jian, told a regular briefing on Monday. “China stands ready to enrich our all-weather strategic partnership and...
US Presidency: Obama Backs Kamala Harris
Former President of the US, Barack Obama has endorsed the country's Vice President, a fellow Democrat in her bid to succeed her principal, Joe Biden as the next President of the country. The backing of VP Kamala Harris on Friday for the White House is seen as a major boost to her campaign to beat the Republican candidate, Donald Trump...
Stranded Foreign Scholars Laments As FG Slashes Allowances
Federal Government has slashed allowances of foreign scholars in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria by 12.7% due to economic hardship in the country. The students in a swift reaction, lamented the debilitating impact the slash in allowances would have on the welfare of foreign lands. The government’s decision to slash the scholars’ allowances was contained in a memo signed by the Director...
VP Kamala Harris Ahead Of Trump After Biden Dropout
After US President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign, VP Kamala Harris is narrowly beating rival Donald Trump in a national presidential poll Harris holds a two-point lead over Trump, 44 percent to 42 percent, according to the Reuters/Ipsos poll. It was conducted in the two days after Biden announced Sunday he was dropping out of the race and endorsing...
Asian Markets Affected As Biden Drops Out Of Presidential Race
Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the US presidential race fuelled fresh uncertainty, drops down Asian market prices. After last weekend’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump — and the following Republican convention — boosted bets he would win November’s election, investors were trying to work out the ramifications of the latest news out of the White House. Tokyo, Shanghai, Sydney,...
