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Thursday in Costa Rica a cargo plane carrying mail and packages skidded off the runway and broke into two during an emergency landing which has led to a temporary closure of San Jose international airport. Smoke was billowing from the bright yellow plane of German logistics giant DHL as it ground to a […]
Russia says it has suffered “significant losses of troops” in its war with Ukraine. Dmitry Peskov, Russia’s presidential spokesman, said this on Thursday in an interview with Sky News. “We’ve had significant losses of troops and it’s a huge tragedy for us,” he said. His admission is significant because Russia’s ministry of defence had […]
Australia on Thursday released the last refugees held in a former hotel where tennis superstar Novak Djokovic was spectacularly detained earlier this year, activists said. The eight men held in the Melbourne facility were originally in a group of refugees and asylum seekers transferred to Australia from offshore facilities to receive medical care. […]
Two rights groups on Wednesday said security forces and their allies in a disputed part of northern Ethiopia committed abuses against Tigrayans that amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tigrayan civilians had been targeted in “a relentless campaign of ethnic cleansing” in […]
American celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Rihanna, Elon Musk, and others have been listed by Forbes as billionaires of 2022. Forbes is an American business magazine that is owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. The magazine which features articles on finance, industry, marketing, Investment, and other topics, is published […]
Lithuania and its Baltic neighbours are urging their EU partners to join them in ending all purchases of Moscow’s “toxic” gas. Global outrage over the gruesome killing of civilians in Ukraine’s Bucha has heightened the pressure on Europe to halt its imports of Russian gas. European leaders vowed on Monday to slap fresh sanctions […]
Moscow has called for a special UN Security Council meeting Monday to address claims that Russian forces committed atrocities against Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv. Ukrainian authorities are investigating possible war crimes by Russia after finding hundreds of bodies, some bound and shot at close range, strewn around towns near […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that all EU purchases of Russian gas must be made in roubles starting April 1, a demand immediately rejected by French and German officials who said they were preparing for a possible halt in Russian supplies. Europe will not be “blackmailed” by Putin, Germany’s economy minister said. […]
After voicing concerns over the Qatar’s suitability as 2022 World Cup, England boss Gareth Southgate has been told to ‘pick his words carefully’ by Qatar 2022 chief executive Nasser Al Khater Accusations concerning the treatment of migrant workers and a poor record of human rights have plagued the Gulf state since it was […]
European Union (EU) countries Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland and the Czech Republic on Tuesday announced the expulsion of dozens of Russian diplomats suspected of spying, in coordinated action taken in the shadow of Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes said her country was kicking out 21 diplomats from Russia’s embassy in […]
Crown FM Onitsha