A white supremacist who shot dead 10 black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket last year has been sentenced to life in prison in a dramatic court hearing. Payton Gendron, 19, pleaded guilty to 25 counts, including first-degree murder and terrorism motivated by hate. Ahead of the sentencing on …
Read More »South African Rand Unchanged As Dollar Eases
South Africa’s rand was flat in early trade on Thursday, despite gains in other emerging market currencies as the U.S. dollar fell. At 0717 GMT, the rand traded at 18.0300 against the dollar, compared to its previous close of 18.0275. The dollar was down about .08% against a basket of …
Read More »Ethiopia Commission Accuses Oromiya Rebels Of Killing 50 People
At least 50 people were killed in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region this month in an attack by a banned rebel group, the state-appointed human rights commission said on Wednesday. Oromiya is home to Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group and has experienced unrest for many years, rooted in grievances about political marginalisation and …
Read More »U.S. Congress Members Seek Halt To $1 Billion Nigeria Weapons Deal
Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to rescind a nearly $1 billion arms sale to Nigeria following Reuters reports on an illegal abortion program and the targeted killing of children carried out by the Nigerian military. Democrat Sara …
Read More »North Korea Bans Naming Girls With Same Name As Kim Jong Un’s Daughter
North Korea is banning its people from using the same name as Kim Jong Un’s daughter, RFA reported.Anyone with the name “Ju Ae” now must change their birth certificate, two unnamed sources told RFA.The attention on Kim’s daughter shows he wants her to be seen, said an expert on North …
Read More »Mystery Surrounds Objects Shot Down By US Military
The US military is unsure what three flying objects it shot out of the skies over North America were – and how they were able to stay aloft. President Joe Biden ordered another object – the fourth in total this month – to be downed on Sunday. As it was …
Read More »Turkey Probes Contractors As Death Toll Tops 33 000
Turkish authorities are targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed in the powerful Feb. 6 earthquakes as rescuers found more survivors in the rubble Sunday, including a pregnant woman and two children, in the disaster that killed over 33,000 people. The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 …
Read More »Inflation & Recession: Can The World Defeat Both In 2023?
When global leaders gathered at the annual World Economic Forum conclave in Davos last month, they were looking at a bleak economic scenario. Two-thirds of the economists polled by the WEF for its Chief Economists Outlook report said a global recession – a shrinking of the world’s gross domestic product …
Read More »Another New-Born Saved After Four Days In Rubble
A new-born baby and his mother have been rescued from rubble in Turkey, around 90 hours after the first of Monday’s deadly earthquakes. The 10-day-old boy, named Yagiz, was retrieved from a ruined structure in the southern Hatay province. Footage showed the child being carefully taken out overnight – a …
Read More »Thousands Offer To Adopt Baby Girl Born Under Rubble As Quake Wipes Entire Family
Thousands of people have offered to adopt the baby girl who was born under the rubble of a collapsed building in north-west Syria, following Monday’s earthquake. When she was rescued, baby Aya – meaning miracle in Arabic – was still connected to her mother by her umbilical cord. Her mother, …
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