Egypt arrests alleged serial sexual predator The United States President, Donald Trump, paid his way out of high school, hiring someone else to take an aptitude test for him, his niece, Mary Trump, reveals. Mary, in her forthcoming book- ‘Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man’, claimed Trump did not write the Scholastic …
Read MoreChina on Monday accused the U.S. of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea by conducting joint exercises with two U.S. aircraft carrier groups in the strategic waterway. Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said the exercises were performed “totally out of ulterior motives” and undermined stability in the area. “Against such a backdrop, the U.S. deliberately dispatched massive …
Read More44-year-old police officer Derek Chauvin is the man seen in a viral video holding his knee on George Floyd’s neck for more than 8 minutes. An action that many believe resulted in his death and the attendant public outrage. He is for many the face symbolizing an evil rooted in American society. He was first fired and arrested a few …
Read MoreIt was reported that Twitter on Tuesday issued a fact check on President Donald Trump’s tweets. It was the first time ever the veracity of the American leader’s claims were checked. There has been criticism against social media platforms regarding the lack of restraint on leaders who use the means to make unsubstantiated claims. Trump had tweeted that mail-in ballots …
Read MoreAmid the COVID-19 global pandemic, voters have turned out in numbers as Burundi holds its presidential election. Burundi decided to go on with the election, allowing political campaigns and gatherings even though it has recorded 42 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. After 15 years in power, President Pierre Nkurunziza will be stepping down. Seven candidates are in the running to …
Read MoreChina president, Xi Jinping, has promised that his country would make a COVID-19 vaccine and once its put into use, it would do the “global public good”. He stated this while speaking at the World Health Assembly. China has five potential vaccines in clinical trials, as the world battles to find a solution to the pandemic that has claimed over …
Read MoreThe World Health Organisation (WHO) have said that the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may never go away. The executive director of the World Health Organization health emergencies program, Mike Ryan, says the virus may just become one of the viruses around the world that kill people annually. “This virus just may become another endemic virus in our communities and this …
Read MoreGerman Chancellor, Angela Merkel has confirmed that the German Bundesliga season can resume this month, It will become the first major league in Europe to return to competition, and clubs have been told by the German Football League (DFL) that it wants to restart on 15 May. All matches will be played behind closed doors. With nine games remaining, Bayern …
Read MoreThe United States has reciprocated Nigeria’s action which slammed travel ban on Americans amid the coronavirus scare. The ban affects the US and 12 other countries A statement on US Embassy in Nigeria on Wednesday said it had stopped all visa appointments. It explained that the information was for visa applicants. It reads: “As of March 18, 2020, the United …
Read MoreChinese President Xi Jinping likes to travel big. His visit to Myanmar in January — the first for a Chinese leader in almost two decades — was no exception, capped off with no less than 33 bilateral agreements. However, the number alone overstates things. Some of the “agreements” merely saw Xi’s entourage hand over feasibility studies for proposed projects. Many …
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