Category: International
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Trump approves executive order barring transgender athletes from women’s’ sports
By Miracle Ogunde In his latest move targeting transgender people since returning to office, the United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports. Top Republicans including US House Speaker Mike Johnson and firebrand Congresswoman Marjorie Green were among those in the audience to watch…
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BREAKING: Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Nationwide in Landmark Ruling
According to ABC News, a federal judge in Maryland has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman delivered her ruling on Wednesday after hearing arguments from five pregnant undocumented women seeking to block the administration’s Day-1 executive order, which sought to…
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Trump Suggests Palestinians Have No Choice But to Leave Gaza
By: Bayero Ade Former President Donald Trump has stated that Palestinians have “no alternative” but to leave Gaza due to the devastation caused by the ongoing war with Israel. According to Afripost, Trump, speaking ahead of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reiterated his controversial suggestion that Palestinians could be resettled in Jordan…
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Canada Strikes Back: Trudeau Unleashes $30 Billion in Tariffs Against U.S. Trade Policies
In a bold response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the federal government of Canada has unveiled a strategic list of goods it will target in retaliation, as reported by Global News. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Saturday that Canada would impose immediate tariffs on $30 billion worth of American products, with an additional…
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EU Condemns M23 Rebel Invasion in DR Congo
By: Bayero Ade The European Union (EU) has strongly denounced the recent invasion of a territory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by M23 rebel forces, calling it a violation of the ceasefire agreement and a worsening factor in the region’s humanitarian crisis. According to NAN, speaking from Brussels on Sunday, EU Foreign…
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Nothing’ Canada can do to prevent tariffs, says Trump
…Canada ‘won’t relent’, says Trudeau U.S. President Donald Trump said there is “nothing” Canada can do to prevent the punishing tariffs expected to be unleashed tomorrow. During a press conference in the Oval Office Friday afternoon, Trump was asked if there’s “anything” Canada, China or Mexico could do to forestall the tariffs. The president left…
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Fight Breaks Out in Ghana’s Parliament, Four Lawmakers Suspended
A fight broke out in Ghana’s parliament on Thursday evening, during the ministerial vetting process, leading to the suspension of four lawmakers. The altercation occurred as members of the vetting committee, which includes lawmakers from various parties, clashed over the screening of ministerial nominees from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). The committee, tasked with…
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Ebola outbreak in Uganda claims one life – Health Ministry
By Miracle Ogunde The health ministry in Uganda on Thursday says an Ebola outbreak in the capital Kampala, has claimed the life of a nurse. The victim was described as “a 32-year-old male nurse, an employee of Mulago National Referral Hospital who initially developed fever-like symptoms,” according to AFP report. The ministry’s permanent secretary Diana…
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US Authorities Release Update on Plane Crash
By Miracle Ogunde US officials have released an update on the plane crash involving a passenger jet carrying 64 people which collided in midair with a military helicopter and crashed into the icy waters of Washington’s Potomac river Both aircraft crashed into the Potomac river and the fuselage of the passenger jet was inverted and…
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Hamas to Release 11 More Hostages
By Miracle Ogunde 11 more hostages held in Gaza, including five Thai nationals, would be freed this week as part of a fragile Gaza ceasefire agreement. This was confirmed by the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Wednesday. The announcement came shortly after Hamas officials had accused Israel of delaying aid deliveries to Gaza and…