US Judge Exonerates Inmate After 48 Years In Prison
An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who spent 48 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, the longest known wrongful sentence in the US. Glynn Simmons, 70, was freed in July after a district court found that crucial evidence in his case was not turned over to his defence lawyers. On Monday, a county district attorney said there...
8-Year-Old Schoolgirl Wins Best Female European Chess Player
A British schoolgirl has emerged Europe’s top female chess player after winning a continental Chess competition at the age of eight. Bodhana Sivanandan, from Harrow, northwest London, was named the best female player at the European Rapid and Blitz Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Daily Mail reports. Sivanandan, who began playing chess at the age of five during the COVID-19 pandemic, defeated...
Trump Ineligible To Run For President Over Capitol Attack Role, Court Rules
The Colorado’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former United States President, Donald Trump, is ineligible to run for the White House because of his role in the 2021 assault on the Capitol by his supporters and should be removed from the state’s primary ballot. The historic decision based on the 14th Amendment, barring Trump from the presidential primary ballot,...
Supreme Court Disqualifies Trump From 2024 Ballot
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday barred former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s ballots for next year’s election due to his inciting the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot, but paused the decision from taking effect until Jan. 4. The delay allows Trump to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Colorado ruling, which found that Trump had engaged in “insurrection,” thus disqualifying...
Pope Francis Approves Catholic Blessings For Same-Sex Couples
Priests can now bless same-sex couples, the Vatican announced on Monday. The development makes the Roman Catholic Church more welcoming to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (L.G.B.T.Q.) members. The Vatican had long said it could not bless same-sex couples because it would undermine the church doctrine that marriage is only between a man and a woman. The new rule was issued in...
Biden Safe After Car Rams Into Presidential Convoy
The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, left the scene of a car crash unhurt after a car rammed into an SUV that was a part of his presidential convoy on Sunday night. Videos of the incident circulating on social media on Monday, showed President Biden staring in shock for a few seconds before the Secret Service...
Many Injured In Guinea Fuel Depot Explosion
Guinean authorities closed schools and urged workers to stay home in the capital Monday after a blaze erupted at the country’s main fuel depot, causing a number of injuries. The explosion and accompanying fire in Conakry sent thick black clouds of smoke into the sky early Monday as residents fled the area where the blast occurred, images on social networks...
South Korea Deploys Fighter Jets As Chinese, Russian Warplanes Approach
South Korea’s military said Thursday it scrambled fighter jets as two Chinese and four Russian military planes entered its air defence zone, an area wider than the country’s airspace. The Chinese and Russian planes entered and exited the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, from 11.53am (0253 GMT) to...
Somalia Gets W’Bank, IMF $4.5bn Debt Relief
Somalia Prime Minister, Hamza Barre, on Wednesday, disclosed that the country has been granted a debt relief of $4.5 billion by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Barre noted that the relief is “equivalent to relieving every Somali person of a debt of more than $300,” adding that it’s a “testament that our country and our people are...
Pope Says Has Chosen His Tomb In Rome, Not Vatican
Pope Francis has chosen to be buried not in St Peter’s Basilica alongside his immediate predecessors but in a basilica in Rome, he revealed in an interview broadcast on Wednesday. “The place is already prepared. I want to be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore,” the pontiff, who turns 87 this weekend, told Mexican broadcaster Televisa’s N+ streaming service. In the same...
