BREAKING: Boris Johnson In Intensive Care After COVID-19 Symptoms Worsen
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken into intensive care in hospital with coronavirus. A Downing Street spokesman has confirmed Boris Johnson has been taken to intensive care this evening, he is understood to still be conscious. The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has been asked to deputise for him. A No10 spokesman said: "Since Sunday evening, the Prime Minister has...
Harvard Takes Legal Action Against Trump Over Ban On Foreign Students
Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday in response to the government’s attempt to block the university from enrolling and hosting foreign students, according to a court filing. On Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked Harvard’s permission to enroll foreign nationals, putting the futures of thousands of students at risk. President Donald Trump is reportedly angry...
Trump’s Administration Restores Foreign Student Visas Following Legal Opposition
Government officials confirmed Friday that the Trump administration is reintroducing visas for hundreds of international students whose legal status was abruptly revoked, causing widespread fear of deportation. The move follows more than 100 lawsuits filed by students who lost their legal right to study at U.S. universities. A BBC report on Friday noted that Justice Department attorney Elizabeth Kurlan informed a...
Canada Elects First Indigenous Provincial Leader
Canada’s province of Manitoba elected First Nations politician Wab Kinew as its leader on Tuesday, making him the first Indigenous person voted in to head a provincial government. Kinew, of the New Democratic Party, will take power with a majority government. “This is a great victory for all of us in Manitoba,” Kinew told a crowd of cheering supporters in provincial...
ECOWAS To Reduce Air Travel Cost In Nigeria, Others
The Economic community of West African States has approved major changes aimed at reducing the high cost of flying within Nigeria and the entire West Africa region. In a statement yesterday, the Commission said Heads of State and Government had, at their December 2024 summit in Abuja, adopted a measure that will remove taxes applied to air transport and reduce...
US Reduced Nigerians’ Visa Validity To 3-Months
The United States Department of State has announced an update to its non-immigrant visa policy for Nigerian citizens. According to a press release issued by the US Embassy in Abuja on Tuesday, “most non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas issued to citizens of Nigeria will be single-entry visas with a three-month validity period.” The new visa restrictions take immediate effect. However, the embassy clarified...
Thousands Attend Funeral Of Ex-Pakistan Military Leader Pervez Musharraf
Thousands have attended funeral prayers for Pakistan's divisive former president General Pervez Musharraf. The ex-military ruler, who was president from 2001-2008, died in Dubai on Sunday after a long illness, and his body was repatriated to Pakistan. The prayers took place at a military compound in Karachi, but senior figures were notably absent, including the army chief and Pakistan's current president. He...
US National Who Spied On Ukraine Obtains Russian Passport
An American who spied on Ukrainian troops to aid Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine has been granted Russian citizenship, according to Moscow-installed authorities. Daniel Martindale reportedly spent two years inside Ukraine after Russia launched its offensive, providing coordinates of military facilities to Russian intelligence, as reported by Russian state media. “By decree of our president Vladimir Putin, a passport of a...
8.8-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Russia, Triggers Pacific-Wide Tsunami Warnings
A powerful earthquake measuring 8.8 struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, generating tsunami waves up to four meters (12 feet) high and prompting widespread evacuations across the Pacific region—from Hawaii to Japan. The quake, one of the strongest recorded globally in recent history, hit near Petropavlovsk and is the most significant in the area since a...
Trump Restates US Support For Moroccan Sovereignty Over Western Sahara
U.S. President Donald Trump has reaffirmed his country's recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, describing Morocco’s autonomy proposal as the only viable solution to the long-standing territorial dispute, according to a report by state news agency MAP, cited by Reuters. In a message of congratulations sent to King Mohammed VI on the occasion of Morocco’s Throne Day, President Trump...
