Plane carrying 132 people crashes in China, casualties unknown

A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 133 people has crashed in South-West China with casualties unknown, state broadcaster CCTV reported Monday. The Boeing 737 plane crashed in the rural countryside near Wuzhou city, Guangxi region and “caused a mountain fire”, CCTV said, citing the provincial emergency management bureau. The report added that rescue teams were dispatched to the scene. […]

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Ukraine reportedly kills Russian commander, Lieut-Gen. Andrei Mordvichev, fifth Russian General killed

A fifth Russian military General has reportedly been killed near the southern city of Kherson, Ukrainian officials have claimed. In a post on social media, the general staff of Ukraine’s army claimed that the Russian Lieutenant-General Andrei Mordvichev had died when Ukrainian forces hit an airfield in Chornobayivka, near Kherson airport. The Kremlin has not confirmed […]

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US, Russia make first contact at high-level since Ukraine invasion

The United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke Wednesday with General Nikolay Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, in the first high-level contact between Washington and Moscow since Russia invaded Ukraine, the White House said. Sullivan reiterated US opposition to the invasion, which began on February 24, and told Patrushev “that if Russia […]

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Ukraine President visits wounded soldiers in hospital, handed out ‘Heroes of Ukraine’ medals to them (Photos)

Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky has visited more than 100 soldiers injured during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, awarding them medals for their bravery. The president who has received widespread praises for the way he’s led his country during the over two weeks war, visited a military hospital in the Kyiv region on Sunday, March 13, to […]

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Switzerland adopts all sanctions imposed by European Union on Russia

Switzerland will adopt all the sanctions that the European Union has imposed on Russian people and companies and freeze their assets to punish the invasion of Ukraine, the government said in a sharp deviation from the country’s traditional neutrality. “We are in an extraordinary situation where extraordinary measures could be decided,” President and Foreign Minister […]

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Putin must fail, we must succeed in protecting Ukraine ―Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson has vowed that Russian president, Vladimir Putin must fail saying the invasion of Ukraine is “worse than our predictions,” . The UK Prime Minister who has pledged to send weapons and aid to Ukraine says the East European country faces an “unfolding disaster” Johnson made the statement on Tuesday, March 1 while on […]

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Russian Ruble crashes 30% against the dollar following sanctions

Russia currency, the Ruble has crashed by 30% against the US dollar, after the US and its allies announced new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The new record low for the Russian currency is coming after some of the country’s major banks were banned from using the Swift international payment system over […]

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Czech Republic, Netherlands, Poland and Portugal to send military reinforcements to assist Ukraine

Four NATO members, Portugal, Czech Republic, Poland and the Netherlands have announced they would send reinforcements to assist Ukraine in its battle against Russia. The Czech Republic committed on Saturday, February 26, to send a “shipment of weapons to Ukraine” worth over $8.5 million to a “place of Ukrainians choice.” “The government has approved a […]

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Russia claims it has destroyed 74 Ukrainian ground military facilities

Russian airstrikes have destroyed 74 ground facilities belonging to the Ukrainian military, according to reports. This includes 11 airfields, three command centers and a naval base, Russian Ministry of Defense spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said Thursday, February 24. About 18 radio-locating stations for anti-aircraft missile systems were also destroyed, according to Konashenkov. However, Konashenkov noted that […]

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Trump loses at the U.S. Supreme Court to stop records of Jan. 6 Capitol attack

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday brought a formal end to former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of White House records sought by the Democratic-led congressional panel investigating last year’s deadly attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters. The court’s decision to formally reject Trump’s appeal follows its Jan. […]

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Trump is wrong to say I had right to overturn election results ―Mike Pence, former US VP says

Former US Vice President, Mike Pence has spoken out against his former boss Donald Trump saying the former president was wrong to say he had the right to overturn the 2020 election as Trump demanded. Pence made the statement in a speech to the Federalist Society in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on Friday, February 4. […]

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Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore arrested, detained at military camp

Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers. Reports of his detention on Monday January 24, came a day after soldiers staged mutinies at several army barracks, prompting fears of a coup in the conflict-hit country. Later on Sunday, heavy gunfire was also heard near Kabore’s residence in the capital, Ouagadougou. It […]

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For blasphemy against Islam, Pakistani Pastor sentenced to death

58-year-old Pakistani Protestant Pastor, Zafar Bhatti has been sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam. Zafar was handed the sentence by a district court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Anglican Ink reported that the Pastor who has been in prison since 2012, was accused of sending blasphemous SMS text messages. The Pastor who ran a house church […]

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Pope Francis picks Nigerian Priest as Permanent Representative to United Nations

Pope Francis has appointed a Nigerian priest of the Catholic Diocese of Abia, Abia State, an Apostolic Nuncio to the Antilles, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu as the Permanent Observer of the Holy See – the Vatican – to the United Nations Office and Specialised Institutions in Geneva. Pope Francis also appointed Archbishop Nwachukwu as permanent observer […]

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Six people killed in Illinois tornado’s Amazon warehouse collapse

About six people have been confirmed dead following an Amazon (AMZN) warehouse building collapse after an EF-3 tornado caused major structural damage to the building Friday December 10, according to the Edwardsville Fire Department in Illinois. Tornadoes ripped through six U.S. states on Friday night, leaving a trail of death and destruction at homes and businesses […]

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Governor General, Sandra Mason replaces Queen Elizabeth as Barbados becomes a republic

Barbados is about to cut ties with the British monarchy to become the world’s newest republic. Barbados will this week replace its head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, with her current representative, Governor-General Sandra Mason. The swearing ceremony will take place on Monday evening into Tuesday. It will include military parades and celebrations as Mason is inaugurated […]

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Uganda may lose its only international airport to China over loan

The Uganda government, on Tuesday, 17 November 2015, signed an agreement with Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) to borrow $207 million at two per cent upon disbursement. The loan had a maturity period of 20 years including a seven-year grace period. It has now emerged that the deal signed with the Chinese lenders virtually […]

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After 43 years in prison for murders he didn’t commit, man freed for wrongful conviction

A man who was in jail for 43 years for a triple murder he says he didn’t commit has been exonerated and released. Kevin Strickland, 62, from Missouri in the United States, was wrongly convicted of the crimes in 1978, and was found guilty on all charges the following year. He has pleaded innocence ever since he […]

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