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US National Who Spied On Ukraine Obtains Russian Passport

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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...

European Union Reports Nigeria To WTO

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The European Union has reported Nigeria to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The complaint was about Nigeria’s policy on dairy. Director-General of the WTO Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made this disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday when she visited the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Okonjo-Iweala said the WTO has received a letter from the European Union complaining about Nigeria’s restrictions on milk and...

US Senate Confirms First Black Woman As Supreme Court Justice

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US Senate Confirms First Black Woman As Supreme Court Justice

History was made on Thursday, April 7 as the United States Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confir...

Ex-Burkina Faso President Jailed For Life Over Thomas Sankara’s Murder

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Ex-Burkina Faso President Jailed For Life Over Thomas Sankara’s Murder

A military court in Burkina Faso on Wednesday handed down a life term to former president Blaise Compaore over the 1987 assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara. Life terms were also hande...

India Court Acquits 69 Hindus Of Murder Of 11 Muslims During 2002 Riots

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Court Sentences Police Officer To Death For Murder

An Indian court on Thursday acquitted 69 Hindus, including a former minister from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of the murder of 11 Muslims during communal riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002. The killings occurred in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002, a day after a suspected Muslim mob set fire to a train carrying Hindu pilgrims,...

Trump Calls Putin “Crazy” While Russia Launches Massive Drone Attack On Ukraine

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US-China Trade Deal Reduces Tariff Tension

On Sunday, US President Donald Trump referred to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as "crazy" after Moscow launched a lethal volley of drones against Ukraine, despite the fact that the warring nations had just finished exchanging many prisoners. ‎ ‎At least 13 people were killed when Russia launched a record number of drones against Ukraine overnight to Sunday. ‎ ‎”I’ve always had...

Sen. Kalu Salutes Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan For Winning Gold At World Athletics Championship

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Amusan Set For First Hurdles Race In Seven Months

Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr Orji Kalu has congratulated the first Nigerian athlete to win a Gold medal at the World Athletics Championship, Tobi Amusan, after winning the women's 100M hurdles in Oregon on Sunday. De...

Trump Reprimand Netanyahu Over Qatar Strikes

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Trump Reprimand Netanyahu Over Qatar Strikes

US President Donald Trump gave Benjamin Netanyahu a rare slap on the wrist Tuesday over Israel’s strikes against Hamas in Qatar, as he insisted he played no role in the attack by one close US ally against another. Trump said he was not notified in advance of the Israeli attack on the Gulf state, a crucial broker in the negotiations...

Fears As America Becomes Number One Country To Record 1,000 Coronavirus Deaths In A Day

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The US was the first country to report 1,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day on Wednesday as the death toll soared past 5,000.  With more than 216,000 infections across the country, America is now worse affected by COVID-19 than any other country in the world has been. The virus shows no signs of slowing down, despite the entire nation is...

Israel-Gaza War: US, UK, France, Others Back Jerusalem

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Israel-Gaza War: US, UK, France, Others Back Jerusalem

Today, the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America released the following joint statement following their call: Today, we — President Macron of France, Chancellor Scholz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Sunak of the United Kingdom, and President Biden of the United States — express our steadfast and united...

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