West Openly Blanks Out Truth About Ukraine, Lavrov Says
Western nations have been concealing, and sometimes openly blanking out, the truth about military crimes committed by pro-Kiev forces, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Thursday’s Ukraine-themed ministerial session of the UN Security Council. "Inconvenient truths that contradict Ukraine’s image of a victim of a so-called aggression are being actively hushed up, and in some cases even openly blanked out,"...
Father Commits Suicide After Killing Three Children In US Church Shooting
A father shot dead three of his children Monday before turning the gun on himself in a US church, police said. A fifth person also died in the incident near Sacramento, California, though it was not clear if that person was related to what police said was a “domestic incident.” All three children who died were under the age of 15,...
45,000 Ukrainians Affected By Power Outages Amid Russian Attacks — Official
Tens of thousands of people in southern Ukraine are without power, Kyiv reported on Tuesday, following Russian strikes, despite Kremlin claims that it is not targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Russia has rejected a joint US-Ukrainian proposal for an unconditional and full ceasefire but says it agreed a temporary halt on Ukrainian energy sites. Kyiv says Russia has repeatedly hit energy...
Trump Pledged To ‘Aggressively’ Oust Chinese Students From US
President Donald Trump's administration pledged Wednesday to "aggressively" revoke the visas of Chinese students, one of the biggest sources of funding for American universities, in his most recent tirade against US higher education. The announcement by Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked a show of defiance after China criticized his decision a day earlier to suspend visa appointments for students...
Harvard Faces $2.2bn Funding Freeze After Defying Trump’s Demands
Harvard University faced a $2.2 billion freeze in federal funding on Monday after it declined to comply with a series of broad demands from the White House aimed at combating anti-Semitism on campus. The call for changes to its governance, hiring practices, and admissions procedures expands a list Harvard received on April 3, which ordered officials to shut diversity offices...
Trump Returns To White House Takes Off Mask Even As Cases Rise Among His Own Staffers
President Donald Trump left the Walter Reed hospital on Monday night and was taken by helicopter back to the White House, taking off his face mask when he arrived back at the White House on Monday night, despite two staffers standing behind him and his still being infected with the coronavirus. He exited from Marine One after leaving Walter Reed...
FG Dismisses Badenoch’s Citizenship Claim
The Federal Government has dismissed the claims of the UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch that Nigeria law does not allow women to pass on citizenship to their children. Badenoch had claimed that she is unable to pass on Nigerian citizenship to her children because she is a woman. While speaking with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria during an interview, Ms Badenoch said on...
Trump Spotted First Time Since Sunday [Photos, Video]
President Donald Trump was seen for the first time in days on Wednesday as he and first lady Melania braved the rain to participate in the wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery for the observance of Veterans Day. Vice President Mike Pence and Trump's daughter and Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump, donning a face mask. also joined the president...
Japan’s Beloved Zoologist Masanori Hata Dies At 87
Japanese zoologist and filmmaker Masanori Hata, who made connecting humans with animals his life's purpose, died at 87. Mutsugoro, as he was fondly known, was famous for directing The Adventures of Milo and Otis, an 80s classic about the unlikely friendship between a kitten and a pug. Back home in Japan, he also served as an oracle of sorts for TV...
Explosion In South Africa’s Johannesburg Kills One, 48 Injured
One man died and at least 48 people were injured after a suspected underground gas explosion ripped open roads and flipped vehicles in the heart of South Africa’s biggest city, authorities and emergency services said Thursday. Firefighters found the man’s body found under a vehicle. The cause of the blast at evening rush hour Wednesday in downtown Johannesburg remained unclear. The...
