INTERNATIONAL

South Korean Prosecutors Indict President On Insurrection Charges

South Korean prosecutors indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol Sunday for being the “ringleader of an insurrection” after his abortive declaration of martial law, ordering the suspended leader to remain in detention. Yoon plunged the country into political chaos with his December 3…

27/01/2025

Clinical Sinner Surges Past Zverev To Retain Australian Open Title

A clinical Jannik Sinner swept past Alexander Zverev to retain his Australian Open title on Sunday and cement his status as the world’s dominant player in men’s tennis. The 23-year-old Italian came through a tense final between the two highest-ranked players 6-3, 7-6…

27/01/2025

Two-Hundred Inmates Freed by Israel in Gaza Hostage-Prisoner Swap

Israeli authorities released on Saturday 200 inmates, nearly all Palestinian, in exchange for four Israeli women soldiers held hostage since Hamas’s October 2023 attack that sparked the war in the Gaza Strip. Of the 200 prisoners, described by the Israel Prison Service as…

26/01/2025

Covid ‘More Likely’ To Have Leaked From Lab – CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency has shifted its official stance on the origin of Covid-19, saying Saturday that the virus was “more likely” leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals. The new assessment came after John Ratcliffe was confirmed Thursday as the…

26/01/2025

Trump Declassifies JFK, Martin Luther King Jr Assassination Files

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declassifying files on the 1960s assassinations of president John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. “A lot of people have been waiting for this for…

24/01/2025

‘Evil’ UK Child Stabbing Spree Killer Jailed For Life

A judge on Thursday jailed for life a British teenager who killed three young girls in a frenzied stabbing spree, as the families wept in court at the horrific details of the “extreme violence” they suffered. Sentencing Axel Rudakubana to 13 life terms…

24/01/2025

WTO Chief Warns Against ‘Catastrophic’ Tit-For-Tat Tariffs

World Trade Organisation chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged nations Thursday to keep calm over tariffs, warning that a tit-for-tat trade war would be “catastrophic” for the world economy. Okonjo-Iweala issued her appeal during a panel discussion on tariffs at the World Economic Forum in…

24/01/2025

Judge Blocks Trump Bid To Restrict Birthright Citizenship

A federal judge in the United States on Thursday put a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship. The ruling imposes a 14-day halt on the enforcement of one of the most controversial executive orders Trump signed hours after…

24/01/2025

Wilben Trade Files $68 Million Lawsuit against Ecobank in UAE Court

Wilben Trade Limited, a global merchant trading company has filed a $68 million legal claim against Ecobank Transnational Incorporated’s (ETI) executives, including the CEO, Jeremy Awori; ETI Specialised Resolutions Company (ETISRC), Ecobank Nigeria (ENG), and Oladele Alabi, Managing Director of ETISRC. The case,…

23/01/2025

Chris Brown Sues Warner Bros for $500 Million Over Docuseries

Chris Brown is suing Warner Bros. for $500 million over a docuseries titled: “Chris Brown: A History of Violence,” Brown accuses the producers of libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress as he said the docuseries made defamatory claims against him. He claimed the…

23/01/2025