Colombian superstar Shakira has paid 6.6 million euros ($7.2 million) to a Spanish court investigating her for unpaid taxes, her agent said Friday, just days after she reached a deal to avoid trial in another tax case. Spanish prosecutors in July opened a second case against...
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A total of 24 hostages — 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino — were handed over Friday to the Red Cross in Gaza by Hamas, Qatar, which mediated the deal, said. “Those released include 13 Israeli citizens, some of whom are dual citizens, in addition...
South African former Paralympic star, Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2014 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will stand for parole hearing on Friday and may get another chance for an early release. Known as the “Blade Runner” for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, Pistorius went from a public hero...
An agreed ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas came into force on Friday morning. The first pause in fighting in nearly seven weeks of war began at 7:00 am (0500 GMT) and was set to last at least four days. An extension of up to 10...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast sunshine and dust haze from Saturday to Monday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja anticipated moderate dust haze on Friday with horizontal visibility of 2Km to 5Km over the North and the North central States. ”...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described a ceasefire agreement with Islamist Hamas to trade citizens as the right decision. The war will continue even after the implementation of the agreement to exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, he emphasised at a press conference in Tel Aviv. The...
The United Nation on Thursday said that around 89, 000 women and girls were killed in 2022 across the globe. According to UN report, this is the highest annual figure recorded in the past two decades. “The alarming number of femicides is a stark reminder that humanity is...
President Bola Tinubu has called for regional integration amongst the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) at the 2nd Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Parliament 2023 in Abuja. Tinubu, who was represented by Deputy Senate President Jibirn Barau at the Legislature of 2023 Second Ordinary Session of the...
The planned Israel-Hamas ceasefire will last a maximum of 10 days, when up to 300 Palestinian prisoners are to be exchanged for up to 100 live hostages from Israel, a report in the Times of Israel on Wednesday said, citing the Israeli Cabinet. After that, the fighting in...
MONROVIA, Liberia, Wednesday, November 22, 2023: On the heels of an emergency meeting of President George Manneh Weah’s cabinet today, there seems to be continuing bitterness within the ruling Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), days after its defeat to main challengers, Joseph N. Baoakai. The special meeting, according to...
Pope Francis on Wednesday met separately with Israeli relatives of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinians with family in Gaza and said the conflict had gone beyond war to become “terrorism”. Speaking in unscripted remarks at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square shortly after the early...
Israeli Army on Tuesday said it has broken open the sealed blast-door at the end of a suspected Hamas tunnel under the al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip. The military published two pictures on social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, Tuesday evening showing the open door in...
A 34-year old man has been arrested and charged with the rape of a 90-year old woman in an aged care home in the town of Bateau Bay, 100km north of Sydney in Australia. An Australian Guardian report on Tuesday, citing the police, said that the suspect entered...
Nigeria’s First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Thursday to join her counterpart, Fatima Jannie-Bio, to mark this year’s UN Day Against Rape and Girl-Child Exploitation. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that she was received on arrival by Mrs Jannie-Bio, with the duo...
At least 25 people died in a fire on Thursday in the building of a coal mining company in the northwest Chinese province of Shanxi, Chinese news agency, Xinhua reports. More than 60 people were evacuated during the rescue efforts, which were still underway. The exact cause of...
U.S. President Joe Biden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator’’ after their just concluded meeting in South of San Francisco on Wednesday. Biden made the pronouncement just days after making comments that he would like to improve communication channels with a direct line. “He’s a dictator...
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Rwanda asylum policy is unlawful, in a major blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s promise to “stop the boats”. Five justices at the UK’s highest court unanimously rejected the government’s appeal over its policy of removing asylum seekers to the...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in San Francisco, U.S., to attend a Summit with President Joe Biden. The Summit is also the 30th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting that started on November 14 and will end on November 17. In a statement on Wednesday, Chinese...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his call to stop the killing of women and children in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu again appealed for support for his country’s fight against the Islamist group Hamas. “It is not Israel that is...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday led a minute of silence at UN Headquarters in New York in honour of 101 staff killed so far during in Gaza conflict. According to UN, the number is the largest killed during a conflict in the 78-year history of the organisation....