Finland Joins NATO, Becomes 31st Member
Finland has become the 31st member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Finish age of military non-alignment has ended, according to a statement delivered by President Sauli Niinisto on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. He claimed that Finland's involvement in the military alliance will provide security as well as boost its international stature. President Niinisto also showed that Finland and Sweden...
Asa Hutchinson Announces US Presidential Bid
Asa Hutchinson, the former governor of Arkansas, joined the race for the Republican nomination for president on Sunday, banking that in a crowded field, enough G.O.P. voters will be searching for an outspoken critic of Donald J. Trump to lift his dark-horse candidacy. “What struck me as I was in Orange County, California, and as I was in Iowa for...
Anthony Joshua Beats Jermaine Franklin
Anthony Joshua won his first fight in more than two years with a comprehensive points victory over a brave and resilient Jermaine Franklin. The gritty American disappointed Joshua’s supporters, who had been hoping for a sensational win by knockout, by lasting the full 12 rounds late on Saturday night. All three judges scored the fight in Joshua’s favour by accurately...
Boy, 2 Found Dead In The Mouth Of An Alligator
A missing two-year-old boy, Taylen Mosley has been found dead after his body was recovered in the mouth of an alligator. Mosley was reported missing on Thursday after his mother, Pashun Jeffery, 20 was found dead in her apartment in St Petersburg, Florida. According to the Police, she was stabbed multiple times. The child’s father, Thomas Mosley, has since been arrested and...
Trump Becomes First Ex-US President Indicted, Calls Probe Persecution
A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Donald Trump, making him the first former President of the United States to face formal charges. The charges will be made public in the following days when the grand jury's judgment is scheduled to be released. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced Thursday evening that Trump's counsel had been contacted. The office wants Trump, 76, to...
29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia
According to a security official, Tunisia's coast guard retrieved ten remains from a migrant boat that sank along the shore, the second vessel to drown within hours of Tunisia, raising the death toll to 29. A national guard official, Houssem Jebabli, stated that the boat sank off the coast of Mahdia providing no details. Earlier on Sunday, a human rights group...
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Vows To Continue With Legal Reforms
Israel's prime minister has said he will press on with his "responsible legal reforms", despite continuing protests over them. The passing of a new law on Thursday that makes it harder for courts to remove a leader deemed unfit for office has angered many people. It is considered to be in the interests of the incumbent, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on...
Ike Ekweremadu, Wife Found Guilty Of Organ Trafficking
A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, have been found guilty of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom. The duo alongside their daughter, Sonia, and a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old...
Tanzania Confirms First Cases, Casualties Of Marburg Virus
Tanzania has confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after conducting laboratory tests in the northwest Kagera region. A statement on Wednesday by the World Health Organisation (WHO) said tests were carried out after eight people developed symptoms. Five of the eight confirmed cases have died, including a health worker; the remaining three are receiving treatment. More than 160 contacts...
Earthquake In Pakistan And Afghanistan kills At least 12 People
At least 12 people have been killed and more than 200 injured after a powerful earthquake shook large parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The 6.5-magnitude quake damaged buildings, triggered landslides and sent people running into the streets. It struck on Tuesday evening, centred in a mountainous region in Afghanistan's north-east near the border with Pakistan. Tremors from the remote Jurm valley were...
