Spanish Tourist Trampled To Death In South Africa
A Spanish tourist was trampled to death by an elephant while trying to take photos of a small herd at a renowned South African park. The 43-year-old man was attacked on Sunday morning at the Pilanesberg National Park, a tourist magnet about 200 kilometres (130 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, according to park officials. The man, his fiancee and two women were driving...
Chinese President Tells World Leaders To Help Russia/Ukraine
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Hungarian PM, Viktor Orban, that world powers should help Russia and Ukraine re-start direct negotiations Orban’s trip to China comes a day before NATO is due to hold a summit to mark its 75th anniversary, with setbacks in Ukraine set to dominate discussions. It follows surprise visits by the Hungarian premier to Russia and...
US President Joe Biden Faces Crucial Week In Fight For Re-election Bid
The United States President, Joe Biden faces a critical week as moves to force him to quit his fight for a second White House term gather pace. The 81-year-old has so far defied calls to step aside after a disastrous debate against election rival Donald Trump last month threw into stark relief fears that he is too old to serve...
New UK PM Starmer Says He’s Not Prepared To Transfer Migrants To Rwanda
Britain’s new Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday said he was “not prepared” to continue with the previous Conservative government’s flagship scheme to deport migrants to Rwanda. “The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started… I’m not prepared to continue with gimmicks that don’t act as a deterrent,” he told reporters at his first news conference. Ex-prime minister...
Keir Starmer To Emerge Prime Minister As Labour Wins UK Election
UK Labour Party’s Keir Starmer has emerged the new Prime Minister following his landslide victory in the general election. Addressing a cheering crowd in Central London after his victory, Starmer said: “We did it, change begins now. It feels good, I have to be honest.” Labour was declared the official winner of the poll after reaching the required 326 parliamentary seats. The...
US: Biden Will Not Quit Presidential Race – White House
The White House has dismissed reports that President Joe Biden is considering quitting the presidential race. White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary and Deputy Assistant to the president, Andrew Bates, described the New York Times report as false. Posting on X, Bates wrote: “This claim is absolutely false and if we had been given more than 7 minutes we could have...
2024 US Presidential Debate ‘Worst Debate Ever’ – Davido
The Nigerian music star, Davido has ascribed the 2024 United States presidential debate to be the “worst ever” in the nation’s history. The debate, which featured a fiery exchange between incumbent President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, took place on Thursday night. The confrontation, marked by intense personal attacks, saw the Democratic Party’s Biden and the Republican Party’s Trump clash...
Amidst National Crisis, Iran Votes For New President
In a presidential election marked by a lone reformist’s bid to break through against a divided conservative field, Iranians cast their votes on Friday Around 61 million Iranians are eligible to vote in the election called after the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month. The snap election comes against a backdrop of heightened regional tensions over...
Biden/Trump Face Off In The 2024 First US Presidential Debate
President Joe Biden and the former President Donald Trump will face off on Thursday in the first presidential debate of 2024. This will be the first in U.S. history between a sitting and former president and CNN is hosting the debate. This is also the first time in more than three decades that a presidential debate isn’t organized by the...
England Doctors Commences Strike Ahead Of Election
A week before the general election, the Junior hospital doctors in England on Thursday commences a five-day strike It follows nearly a dozen similar actions by doctors below the specialist, consultant level over the last 18 months. The NHS is grappling with a massive backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and exacerbated by the repeated doctors’ strikes. As well as delays to...
