Trump Lifts Restrictions, Allowing Arrests In Sensitive Locations
U.S. immigration and border officials can now resume arresting migrants at "sensitive" locations after the Trump administration reversed policies that had limited such actions. Under the new directive, officers are authorized to make arrests at locations such as houses of worship, schools, and hospitals—places that had been off-limits for enforcement since 2011. The Biden administration had expanded these restrictions, further limiting...
One Dead, 4 Critically Injured In California Church Shooting
One person was killed and four others were gravely injured in a mass shooting at a church in Laguna Woods, California. It was the second mass shooting in 24 hours, following the massacre at Buffalo Tops in New York. According to the Orange County She...
US Attempting To Prolong Ukraine War — Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Washington on Tuesday of drawing out the war in Ukraine, as explosions rocked a Russian military facility on the Kremlin-controlled peninsula of Crimea. The first UN-chartered vessel laden with grain meanwhile left Ukraine for Africa following a hallmark deal brokered by Turkey and the UN to relieve a global food crisis. "The situation in Ukraine shows...
Head Of Guinea Junta Elevates Self To Army General
Mamadi, the head of Guinea's junta, has become an army general, marking the creation of the country's powerful military forces following the coup. Doumbouya, 43, seized power by force in September 2021 by overthrowing President Alpha Conde, who had placed the then-colonel in charge of an elite force tasked with protecting the head of state from such coups. The military leader...
Trump To Sit For Probation Interview On Monday
Donald Trump will sit for a virtual interview with a probation officer from his home in Florida on Monday, part of the sentencing process for his felony conviction in the New York hush-money case. The first former US president criminally convicted, Trump will appear from Mar-a-Lago and will be seated alongside his lawyer Todd Blanche, a source with knowledge of...
Wuhan Officially Bans Eating Of Wild Animals
Authorities in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, have officially banned eating, hunting and breeding wild animals. A notice on the city's municipal government website said the ban will come into immediate effect and will last for five years. ABN TV reported that the novel coronavirus was first recorded in Wuhan late last year and the outbreak was linked to a seafood market where live animals...
Nancy Pelosi Endorses Joe Biden For US Presidency
Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Joe Biden for US president in a video statement released Monday, ABN TV Reports “Today I am proud to endorse Joe Biden for president of the United States because he will be an extraordinary president,” the speaker of the House of Representatives said in the pre-recorded message. Pelosi was the last leading Democrat to endorse formally Biden’s...
Malaysia Set To Resume Search For Missing Flight MH370 After Over Ten Years
On Friday, Malaysia declared that it had agreed to begin a new search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which vanished ten years ago in one of the most enduring mysteries in aviation. The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people disappeared from radar screens on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Despite the largest search in aviation history,...
US Confiscates $200,000 In Cryptocurrency Connected To Hamas
The Justice Department has disrupted an ongoing terrorist funding scheme by seizing about $201,400 in cryptocurrency meant to finance Hamas. The funds were traced to Hamas-controlled fundraising addresses, which have laundered over $1.5 million in virtual currency since October 2024. “At Attorney General Pam Bondi’s direction, the Department of Justice is committed to dismantling Hamas using every tool at our disposal,” said Sue...
Ghana’s Famous Author And Feminist Ama Ata Aidoo Dies At 81
One of Africa's most celebrated authors and playwrights, Ghanaian Ama Ata Aidoo, has died aged 81. A renowned feminist, she depicted and celebrated the condition of African women in works such as The Dilemma of a Ghost, Our Sister Killjoy, and Changes. She opposed what she described as a "Western perception that the African female is a downtrodden wretch". She also served...
