Trump Dismisses USAID Inspector General Amid Controversy
US media outlets reported Wednesday that US President Donald Trump had fired the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) independent inspector general. Paul Martin’s dismissal came a day after his office issued a report critical of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency, the Washington Post, CNN, and others reported. They cited a two-sentence email from the White House sent...
Russia Can’t Guarantee That Captured Americans Won’t Face Death Penalty – Dmitry Peskov
Russia can’t guarantee that the former Americans servicemen that were captured in Ukraine won’t face the death penalty, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with NBC television that was aired on Monday. "I cannot guarantee anythin...
Ukraine Wasting Opportunity For Talks — Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused Ukrainian authorities of wasting “an opportunity” to hold talks after Moscow’s invasion of its pro-Western neighbour. The Kremlin said that Putin had briefed Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett about “the course of a special military operation to protect Donbas”. During the call, the statement said, he “also noted that the Russian delegation is in...
Italy PM Urges ‘Stronger’ EU To Expand Eastwards
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Tuesday said the EU needs to emerge stronger from the historic challenges thrown up by the war in Ukraine, including by expanding eastwards. The conflict, he told the European Parliament in Strasbourg, was “a ...
Pope Congratulates Joe Biden
Pope Francis spoke with Joe Biden by telephone Thursday to offer “blessings and congratulations” to the US president-elect on his victory, the Democrat’s transition team said in a statement. Former vice president Biden, 77, is only the second Catholic elected to the US presidency, after John F Kennedy in 1960. “The president-elect thanked His Holiness for extending blessings and congratulations and...
US Congress To Impose Visa Bans, Freezes Asset Against Miyetti Allah
A new bill introduced in the United States Congress aims to impose targeted sanctions on the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, and Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, citing alleged severe violations of religious freedom against Christians in Nigeria. The proposed measures include visa bans and asset freezes for individuals associated with these groups. Representative Smith Christopher, who sponsored the...
Biden Administration Announces $400 Million Investment In High-Speed Internet For Rural Communities
The Biden administration on Thursday announced it would be directing more than $400 million in loans and grants to support high-speed internet projects for rural communities funding which is expected to reach about 31,000 families and businesses acro...
Pope Urges Lebanon To Elect New President
Pope Francis has urged Lebanese leaders to elect a new president immediately in order to resume regular government operations in the nation on Sunday. “I address an urgent invitation to all Lebanese politicians to elect the president of the republic immediately,” the pontiff said at Saint Peter’s Square at the end of Sunday Angelus prayer. Details later … AFP
Ex-Togolese Prime Minister, Edem Kodjo Is Dead
Former Togolese Prime Minister and diplomat, Edem Kodjo is dead at the age of 82. Edem who served as the prime minister of Togo from 1994 to 1996 and from 2005 to 2006, under the leadership of a former president Gnassingbe Eyadema, died in Paris on Saturday April 11. Togolese Foreign Minister, Robert Dussey tweeted; “A brilliant academic, and an ardent Pan-African,...
Tunisian President Says Prison Break Well Planned
Tunisia’s president said on Wednesday that the escape of five prisoners convicted of “terrorism” was a well-planned operation that had clearly been in the pipeline for “months”. The government has urged Tunisians to be vigilant following the escape of the five from Mornaguia, Tunisia’s largest prison, on Tuesday. President Kais Saied said the prison break had been a “premeditated operation”. “All the...
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