US Senate Confirms First Black Woman As Supreme Court Justice
History was made on Thursday, April 7 as the United States Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confir...
Canada To Restrict Non-Resident Nigerians, Others From Buying Houses
The Canadian government has revealed that it will restrict foreign nationals including Nigerians from acquiring ‘non-recreational, residential property in Canada for a period of two years. The rest...
Actor Will Smith Banned From Attending Oscars For 10 Years After Slapping Chris Rock On Stage
Will Smith has been banned from attending the Academy Awards for the next decade after slapping Chris Rock during the ceremony last month. On Friday, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences c...
EU Discussing A Sixth Package Of Sanctions Against Russia, Danish Foreign Minster Says
The European Union is “already discussing a sixth package of sanctions” in an effort “to keep increasing pressure on Russia to stop the war,” Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said Monday.
New Zealand To Send Hercules Aircraft, Personnel To Europe To Aid Ukraine
New Zealand will deploy a C-130H Hercules transport aircraft and 50 support personnel to Europe on Wednesday for two months, a statement from the New Zealand government said Monday. The team will tr...
Russian Invasion Will Shrink Ukraine’s Economy By Half, World Bank Estimates
The World Bank has warned Ukraine’s economy will shrink by half this year because of the Russian invasion. In an economic update of the region, the World Bank said Sunday that Ukraine’s economy is...
Volodymyr Zelensky Asks South Korea For Weapons
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has used his address to South Korea's parliament on Monday to ask for weapons to aid his country's defense against Russia -- even though South Korea's Defence Mi...
Austrian Chancellor will tell Vladimir Putin the truth about the war, “eye to eye”
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer intends to tell Russian President Vladimir Putin “the truth” about the war in Ukraine during their face to face meeting in Moscow on Monday, according to a top Au...
German Forces Prepare First Evacuation Flight For Injured Ukrainians
German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, are preparing the first evacuation flight carrying injured Ukrainian civilians since the beginning of the Russian invasion, a spokesperson told CNN Monday. A speci...
Kremlin Warns Again Against Further NATO Expansion
As Finland and Sweden consider joining NATO, the Kremlin has warned Monday that expanding the alliance won't bring any more stability to Europe. "We have repeatedly said that the alliance itself is mo...
