The US Justice Department filed a lawsuit against SpaceX on Thursday over its hiring practices, accusing Elon Musk’s rocket company of discriminating against asylum seekers and refugees.
“Our investigation found that SpaceX failed to fairly consider or hire asylees and refugees because of…
The BRICS group of nations has decided to invite six countries - Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - to become new members of the bloc, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday.
Expansion could also…
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia's civil aviation authority has said.
Earlier, Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported the Embraer aircraft was shot down by air defences in the Tver…
India on Wednesday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole, a historic triumph for the world’s most populous nation and its ambitious, cut-price space programme.
The unmanned Chandrayaan-3, which means “Mooncraft” in Sanskrit, touched down at 6:04…
The five BRICS nations are open to expanding the club to new members, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday, as it pursues greater clout in shaping the world order.
Calls to enlarge the BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa…
The Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) has said there was a need for stiff sanctions to be imposed against corrupt leaders as current efforts not comprehensive in the region.
Mr. Muazu Umaru, Director of Policy & Research, GIABA…
Canada is being confronted with the rising housing cost which may lead to placing limits on foreign student visas.
Sean Fraiser, Canadian housing minister, said this in a chat with newsmen on the sidelines of a cabinet retreat in the Atlantic province of…
Former President of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria’s oil minister, the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday.
Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail…
A former officer with London’s Metropolitan Police was on Tuesday jailed for 16 years for a series of rapes, in the latest scandal to hit the force.
Adam Provan, 44, was found guilty in June of raping a 16-year-old girl in 2010 and…
The African Union said Tuesday it had suspended Niger until civilian rule in the country is restored and would assess the implications of any armed intervention in the troubled Sahel nation.
The Peace and Security Council “requests the AU Commission to undertake an…