US Media Name Suspect In Assassination Attempt On Donald Trump
US media named Ryan Wesley Routh, whom AFP interviewed in Kyiv in 2022 where he had traveled to support the war effort, as the suspected would-be assassin of Donald Trump. US media said it was Routh, 58, who was arrested after US Secret Service agents “opened fire on a gunman” carrying an AK-47 style rifle near the boundary of Trump’s...
Russia Says It Will “Drastically Reduce” Military Assault On Kyiv And Chernihiv
Moscow says it will “drastically reduce military activity” on two fronts — Kyiv and Chernihiv — according to the Russian Ministry of Defense Telegram channel. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine earlier claimed “certain units” of Russia’s military are withdrawing from battlefronts in the capital, Kyiv, and from the northern city of Chernihiv. “The Russian enemy did not...
Iranian President, Raisi Dies In Helicopter Crash
Iranian state media said President Ebrahim Raisi died on Monday after his helicopter crashed in a mountainous region of the country. Rescue teams had been scouring the area since Sunday afternoon after a helicopter carrying Raisi, the foreign minister and other officials had gone missing. Early Monday, relief workers located the missing helicopter, with state TV saying the president had died. READ...
Senate Affirms Donald Trump’s Impeachment Trial
Donald Trump’s unprecedented second impeachment trial kicked off Tuesday with the Senate affirming the constitutionality of the proceeding itself after Democratic prosecutors used video montages and tearful personal anecdotes to press the case that the former president made the Founding Fathers’ “worst nightmare come to life” by inciting last month’s deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. Six Republican senators joined...
Usain Bolt Welcomes A Baby Girl With His Partner, Kasi Bennett
Olympic sprint legend Usain Bolt has become a father for the first time after welcoming the birth of a baby girl with partner Kasi Bennett. Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness appeared to confirm the birth of Bolt’s daughter in a social media post. “Congratulations to our sprint legend Usain Bolt and Kasi Bennett on the arrival of their baby girl!” Holness...
Somalia Gets W’Bank, IMF $4.5bn Debt Relief
Somalia Prime Minister, Hamza Barre, on Wednesday, disclosed that the country has been granted a debt relief of $4.5 billion by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Barre noted that the relief is “equivalent to relieving every Somali person of a debt of more than $300,” adding that it’s a “testament that our country and our people are...
Netanyahu Denounces Bid To Arrest Him Over Gaza War
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has angrily condemned the International Criminal Court's prosecutor for seeking arrest warrants for him alongside Hamas's leaders over alleged war crimes in the Gaza conflict. Mr Netanyahu said he rejected with disgust that "democratic Israel" had been compared with what he called "mass murderers". Mr Netanyahu's comments have been echoed by US President Joe Biden, who...
Joe Biden’s Inauguration Likely To Witness Insider Attack, US Defense Officials Say [VIDEO]
U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event. The massive undertaking reflects the extraordinary security concerns that have gripped Washington following the deadly January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters. It also...
Coronavirus: Italy Sees 743 Deaths In A Day [VIDEO]
Italy's daily COVID-19 death toll shot back up today with 743 in one day, but more evidence emerged that the coronavirus infection rate is slowing thanks to a painful national lockdown. Three weeks into a lockdown restricting movement across the country, Italy's daily bulletin about its COVID-19 outbreak added thousands of more infections, pushing the nation's overall total up by...
Isabel dos Santos: Africa’s richest woman eyes Angola presidency
Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, who is embroiled in a huge financial scandal, has suggested that she may seek to become the country's president. In a BBC interview, Ms Dos Santos pointedly declined four times to rule out running for the presidency. Her father José Eduardo dos Santos ruled Angola for 38 years. Prosecutors are seeking to recover $1bn (£760m) Ms...
