Truck Driver Kills 52 In Horrifying Crash [PICTURES]
In a horrible Kenya crash, a truck driver kills 52 people when he ploughs through eight automobiles, many motorcycles, and roadside merchants and vendors. President William Ruto expressed his sympathies after learning of the fatalities in a truck carrying a shipping container that drove off the road on Friday evening. Kipchumba Murkomen, the Transport Minister, described the incident as "terrible and...
Putin Cautions West To Threat Of Nuclear War
President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday of a “real” risk of nuclear war if the West escalates the conflict in Ukraine, offering a defiant and emboldened stance in his annual speech to Russians. Speaking in Moscow, Putin said his soldiers were advancing in Ukraine and warned the West of “tragic consequences” for any country that dared to send troops to Kyiv. “They...
Volodymyr Zelensky Asks South Korea For Weapons
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has used his address to South Korea's parliament on Monday to ask for weapons to aid his country's defense against Russia -- even though South Korea's Defence Mi...
Biden Promises Ukraine ‘Advanced Air Defense Systems’ After Missile Strikes
President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday after a deluge of Russian missiles targeted cities across Ukraine, condemning the strikes and pledging continued US security assistance “including advanced air defense systems.” During the call, a White House statement said, Biden “expressed his condemnation of Russia’s missile strikes across Ukraine, including in Kyiv, and conveyed his condolences...
13 Killed In Overnight Israeli Airstrikes , Gaza Civil Defence Confirms
13 people have been killed by Israeli airstrikes on Palestinian territory since midnight, according to a statement released by Gaza's civil defense agency on Wednesday. Israel “carried out several air strikes... which resulted in the deaths of 13 people and wounded dozens, including women and children, in Khan Yunes and Gaza City," Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the agency, told AFP. Israel...
Liberian President, Bokai Declares April 12 National Fast And Prayer Day
The President of the Republic of Liberia, Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has declared Friday, April 12, 2024, as “National Fast and Prayer Day” and is to be observed throughout Liberia as a National Holiday. A release by the Foreign Ministry said the day is to be observed as a day of supplication, prayer, fasting and meditation. The statement said the proclamation...
Nigeria’s Enekwechi Comes Last In Tokyo’s Shot Put Final
Nigeria’s Chukwuebuka Enekwechi on Thursday failed to impress in the final of the men’s shot put event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The 28-year-old who threw 21.28 metres to win the 2019 African Games gold in Rabat could only record a throw of 19.74 to place last on Thursday in the 12-man field. Ryan Crouser of the U.S set...
Trump’s Snub Forces Biden To Fly Chattered Plane To Washington D.C
Donald Trump delivered Joe Biden one more snub Tuesday, forcing him to charter his own plane to fly from Delaware to Washington D.C. instead of authorizing an Air Force jet. The president-elect flew the short hop from his home state, after a tear-stained speech eulogizing his dead son Beau, on a private Boeing 737 – then as he landed at...
Samsung Electronics Chair, Lee Kun-Hee Is Dead
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee, who transformed the South Korean firm into a global tech titan, died at the age of 78 on Sunday, the company said. Under Lee’s leadership, Samsung rose to become the world’s largest producer of smartphones and memory chips, and the firm’s overall turnover today is equivalent to a fifth of South Korea’s GDP. Samsung’s meteoric rise...
U.S Secretary of State To Visit SA, DRC, Rwanda Next Week As Russia, West Scramble For Africa’s Support
Few days after the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Africa, the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken will next week travel to East Asia and Africa next week seeking to counter the influence of Russia and China in a fight...
