INTERNATIONAL

Nigeria ranked 97 out of 153 countries in 2023 on the Competitive Industrial Performance Index, partly because of the government’s foreign exchange (FX) access restrictions and import bans, according to the World Bank. This was revealed in its latest Nigeria Development Update for…

The Vatican sought on Thursday to clarify the Catholic Church’s recent approval of blessings for same-sex couples, denying it had strayed from doctrine while urging “prudence” in certain countries. The clarification by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith came after an…

The court system for Australia’s second-most-populated state was hit by a ransomware attack that potentially exposed sensitive recordings of some court hearings. Court Services Victoria (CSV), an administrative body that supports the operations of the courts in the state of Victoria, detected the…

A convicted criminal attacked and assaulted a Las Vegas judge during a hearing after she refused to grant him bail. Convicted offender Deobra Delone Redden attacked Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus on Wednesday as she was in the middle of…

Japanese investigators on Wednesday probed a near-catastrophic collision at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport between a coast guard plane and a passenger jet that airline executives have said was permitted to land. Five people on the Coast Guard aircraft died, but all 379 passengers and…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has charged Odogwu Banye Mmobuosi, CEO of Tingo Group with securities fraud, making false filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and conspiracy. The Tingo CEO is still at large according to the FBI. The charges were filed by…

Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard University, has resigned after being accused of plagiarism and coming under attack over her response to anti-Semitism on campus. Dr Gay, who was appointed to the post in July, is Harvard’s shortest-serving president since the university was founded in…

Israel’s Supreme Court has struck down a highly disputed law passed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government that rolled back some of the high court’s power and sparked nationwide protests. The law, passed in July, was part of a broader judicial overhaul proposed…

The head of Guinea’s ruling junta says a constitutional referendum will be held in 2024, a key step towards the return of civilian rule after seizing power in a coup. Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who has ruled since overthrowing the country’s first democratically elected…