57 Confirmed Dead In Greek Train Crash, As Protests And Strikes Erupt
The death toll from Tuesday's train crash in Greece has increased to 57, a coroner has told the BBC. Eleni Zaggelidou, one of ten coroners working on the investigation, said DNA had been taken from 57 intact bodies. A government minister said austerity during Greece's economic crisis in the 2000s had contributed to a lack of investment in the railways. Rail workers...
US Secretary Of State Blinken Blasts Buhari, FG Over Twitter ban
United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has lashed out at the Federal Government and President Muhammadu Buhari over the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria. He said restriction of social media use has no place in a democracy. In a statement on Thursday signed by Blinken’s spokesman, Ned Price, ‘Nigeria’s Twitter Suspension’, Blinken condemned the suspension of Twitter. READ ALSO: Suspension...
Meta Founder, Mark Zuckerberg Tenders Apologies To US Families Over Social Media Harms In Contentious Senate Hearing
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to families who say their children had been harmed by social media, during a fiery hearing in the US Senate. Mr Zuckerberg - who runs Instagram and Facebook - turned to them and said "no-one should go through" what they had. He and the bosses of TikTok, Snap, X and Discord were questioned for almost...
France Defends Palestinian State Recognition Amid Global Backlash
France defended its decision to recognize Palestinian statehood amid domestic and international criticism on Friday, including against the charge that the move plays into the hands of militant group Hamas. President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that his country would formally recognize a Palestinian state during a UN meeting in September, the most powerful European nation to announce such a move. Macron’s...
Bill Gates Tests Positive For COVID, Says He’s Fortunate To Be Vaccinated
Billionaire businessman and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has stated that he tested positive for COVID-19. This was announced on Tuesday by Gates in a post on Twitter. Gates added that he is experiencing mild symptoms. “I’ve tested positiv...
Panama’s Supreme Court Rules Against Same-Sex Marriage
Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is not a human right and the country, therefore, does not have to recognize such unions, according to a judgment published Wednesday. Following several appeals from same-sex couples who claimed the country’s family code was unconstitutional because it only recognized marriages between a man and a woman, the court began debating the...
Madagascar Send COVID-19 Cure To Nigeria, Other African Countries
The Republic of Madagascar has offered its herbal drug for COVID-19, COVID Organics (COV) to Nigeria and other African countries. The drug which was developed in Madagascar is for prevention and cure of Coronavirus. Nigeria’s consignment has been sent to Equatorial Guinea from where it will be airlifted to Abuja. For ease of transportation, African countries were divided into zones leading to...
Trump Attends World Economic Forum Virtually
Donald Trump is scheduled to make a highly anticipated virtual appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. Trump’s name has come up in almost every conversation in the Swiss Alpine village this week—in formal panel discussions, in shuttles ferrying people up and down the mountain, and in exclusive parties along the promenade. Davos will finally hear from the...
Ukraine Faces Shortage Of Military Assistance, As Europe Struggles To Close US Deficit
Military aid for Ukraine plummeted in the second half of 2025 as falling European contributions failed to make up for the halt in US support, data from the Kiel Institute showed Wednesday. As US President Donald Trump wound down US contributions at the beginning of the year, Europe stepped up with record pledges of almost 20 billion euros ($23 billion)...
Iran Accuses Detained French Couple Of Undermining Security
Iran on Wednesday accused a French couple detained in May while on a holiday of allegedly “undermining the security” of the country, the judicial authority said. French teachers’ union official Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris were a...
