Friday, March 29, 2024

World

Four killed during stabbing spree in Illinois

Illinois, USA - Four people have been killed and at least five injured after a man armed with a knife went on a rampage in the US state of...

Disgraced ‘Crypto King’ to be sentenced

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former billionaire crypto boss who was convicted of fraud and money laundering last year, will...

Gayle and T20 trophy ‘on top of the world’!

Former West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle lit up the iconic Empire State Building in New York recently as...

Joe Lieberman, former vice presidential candidate, dies at 82

Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall,...

Haiti: US guns pour into Port-au-Prince, fuelling surge in violence

Haiti is a state out of action. More than two weeks after the country's prime minister resigned, following a...

Iran’s supreme leader bans negotiations with the United States

DUBAI – Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday banned any further negotiations between Iran and the United States, putting the brakes on...

Kerry arrives in Haiti to offer US support ahead of elections

PORT-AU-PRINCE – UNITED STATES Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to underscore US support for elections later this month and...

NATO rejects Russia explanation on Turkish air space

BRUSSELS – NATO on Tuesday rejected Moscow's explanation that its warplanes violated the air space of alliance member Turkey at the weekend by mistake and...

South Carolina hit by torrential rainfall, eight dead

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Torrential rainfall that South Carolina's governor called a once-in-a-millennium downpour triggered flooding in the south-eastern US state on Sunday, causing at...

Still against gay marriage

VATICAN CITY- Pope Francis on Sunday reaffirmed Catholic opposition to gay marriage as he opened a three-week gathering of bishops from around the world...

Ex-Nigerian oil minister arrested

LAGOS – Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was arrested in London on Friday, a source from Nigeria’s presidency circle and another with links...