Cancer remained South Korea’s top cause of death in 2022, the country’s statistical office showed on Thursday. A total of 162.7 deaths rate per 100,000 people were recorded in 2022, up from 161.1 deaths in the previous year of people who died of cancer, according to Statistics Korea. Cancer...
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says “humanity has opened the gates to hell’’ with extreme weather having horrendous effects on the global population. Guterres said this on Wednesday as a broad global coalition of “movers and doers” politicians, business and civil society gathered in New York for the...
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Wednesday called for expansion of the UN Security Council and reform of the right of veto granted to its permanent members. Zelenskyy spoke in his first in-person address around the iconic horseshoe table in a meeting in the Security Council chamber at the...
France and the United States were two countries that championed so-called international condemnation of and outrage against the 26 July 2023 military coup in Niger. But some two months on, both countries appear to be working at cross purposes in relation to efforts for the restoration of constitutional order...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said he plans to run for a fourth term in elections due to be held next year. A former rebel chief, Kagame became president in April 2000 but has been regarded as the country’s de facto leader since the end of the 1994...
Russia on Wednesday called on both Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop hostilities following Baku’s launch of a military operation in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the southern Caucasus. “Due to the rapid escalation of armed clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh, we call on the parties to the conflict to...
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine told world leaders in the UN General Assembly that alongside its ongoing nuclear threat, Russia is also weaponising essentials like global food and energy markets, and using them “not only against our country, but all of yours as well.” Since the start...
The Congolese Government has quashed rumours of a coup attempt against President Denis Nguesso. Thierry Moungalla, the country’s Minister of Information, spoke via a tweet on the X platform, formerly Tweeter on Sunday. Earlier, some social media accounts and news reports claimed a coup attempt was underway...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy and thundery weather activities from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted cloudy skies on Monday with sunshine intervals over the northern region. The agency envisaged localised thunderstorms over parts...
African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina has called on Korean investors to seize untapped investment opportunities in Africa, especially in the energy and agriculture sectors. Adesina, in a statement on the Bank’s website said the Africa continent could not be ignored by investors. He spoke at a business...
A son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, who was arrested after a bloody firefight with Mexican authorities earlier this year, has been extradited to Chicago. He is expected to face sweeping narcotics trafficking charges. Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 32, is reputed to have taken...
France does not intend to cut cultural ties with Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, the culture minister, Rima Abdul-Malak said. Abdul-Malak said this after entertainment businesses slammed a decision this week to ban all partnerships with artists from these African countries. “France has always been an open and...
A body was found in the landing gear of a Turkish Airlines plane after it landed in Istanbul from Amsterdam late Thursday, a company spokesperson confirmed. The person’s identity and nationality were not immediately clear. The police and the airline are separately investigating the incident, the spokesperson said. An...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation to visit North Korea from leader Kim Jong Un, North Korean state media reported on Thursday. Kim extended the invitation at the end of a reception on Wednesday at the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East. Putin accepted “with pleasure,” according...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un predicted a Russian victory in Moscow’s war against Ukraine, during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I am deeply convinced that the heroic Russian army and people will brilliantly adopt the tradition of victory and demonstrate their honour and glory on...
Three children and one woman died and 21 people were rescued after their migrant ship sank off the Tunisian city of Sfax, Faouzi Masmoudi, a judge in Sfax, told Reuters on Wednesday. He said all the migrants were Tunisians. Tunisia has become a major departure point for migrant...
Russia is considering resuming production of T-80 tanks, state-owned television channel Zvezda, which is operated by the Defence Ministry, reported on Monday. Alexander Potapov, the boss of tank-maker Uralvagonzavod, said that his company was tasked with resuming production of T-80 tanks. “This is the task, or at...
U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday evening said he exchanged views with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi. Chinese President Xi Jinping did not travel to India and was represented by Qiang. “I met with Xi’s number-two person in India today,”...
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that he would invite his Russian and Chinese counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, respectively, to the next G20 summit, which will take place in Brazil in 2024. In the aftermath of the G20 summit in the Indian capital...