Pope Applauds Significant Progress’ Toward Gaza Peace
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday praised the “significant progress” towards peace in Gaza, again calling for a ceasefire in the devastated Palestinian territory and the release of Israeli hostages. His remarks join a chorus of diplomatic statements following the Islamist group Hamas’s positive response to US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Israel-Hamas war. “In recent hours… significant progress has...
The First South Korea’s Robot Officer Commits Suicide
South Korea mourns its country's first robot suicide as the administrative officer robot was found defunct after throwing itself down some stairs. South Korea’s Gumi City Council announced the robot was found unresponsive after having apparently fallen down a two-meter (six-and-a-half foot) staircase last week. Witnesses saw the robot officer “circling in one spot as if something was there” before the...
USA Approves 5-Minute Test For COVID-19
A USA company, Abbott, has received authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the fastest available molecular point-of-care test for the detection of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), delivering positive results in as little as five minutes and negative results in 13 minutes. What makes this test so different is where it can be used: outside the four walls of...
US Security Agents Seize Poisonous Package Sent To Trump
The United States law enforcement agents during the week intercepted a poisonous package addressed to President Donald Trump, sources told CNN. It was reported that two tests conducted on the package confirmed the presence of ricin, a highly toxic compound extracted from castor beans that has been used in terror plots. Ricin can be used in powder, pellet, mist, or acid form...
Netanyahu Urges Red Cross Help For Gaza Amid Outcry Over Gaza Hostage Videos
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for urgent assistance in aiding hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, following the release of distressing videos showing two captives appearing severely malnourished. According to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office on Sunday, Netanyahu spoke with Julien Lerisson, the ICRC’s regional coordinator, requesting...
Trump Dismisses Four Officials In First Truth Social Post
Four senior government officials appointed by Joe Biden have been fired by US President Donald Trump, who has hinted that more actions will follow. He made this announcement in his first Truth Social post since his inauguration as the 47th President of the United States. “Our first day in the White House is not over yet! My Presidential Personnel Office is...
About 16 Dead As Rain Triggers Landslides In Uganda
At least 16 people died in western Uganda after heavy rains in the Kasese district on Tuesday night caused a landslide early Wednesday, according to tweets from the Uganda Red Cross. Most of the recovered bodies were women and children, the red cross said. Six people were also injured and are receiving treatment at a local hospital, the red cross spokesperson Irene...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Appointed As WTO DG
Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been confirmed as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO. She is the first woman and the first African to lead the international trade body. READ ALSO: WTO: Finally, Joe Biden Endorses Okonjo-Iweala Her term is scheduled to start on March 1. More details soon . . .
N’Korea’s Kim In Russia For Putin Talks As US Warns On Arms Deal
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on Tuesday for a rare foreign visit ahead of a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, prompting warnings from Washington about a possible weaponry deal for Moscow's war in Ukraine. North Korean state media photographs showed an unsmiling Kim waving from the doorway of his heavily armored private train with green-and-gold...
Arms Supplies To Ukraine Is A Political Decision, Pope Francis Describes
Arms supplies to Ukraine are a political decision, Pope Francis told reporters en-route from Kazakhstan on Thursday. In his opinion, the use of weapons for self-defense can be morally justified, but will not lead to peace. "It is a political decision that can be accepted from the moral point of view, on the condition of being moral. There are lots of...
