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J.K. Rowling has slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin after he compared the West’s treatment of his country to a public backlash faced by the Harry Potter author. In a message shared on her Twitter account on Friday, the writer said ...

A teenage student allegedly killed two teachers at a high school in southern Sweden on Monday – then reportedly called police and confessed to the grisly attack. The 18-year-old suspect allegedly carried out the killings on the third floor of ...

Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday night that she has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild” cold-like symptoms. The former secretary of state revealed her diagnosis on Twitter, where she said she is “feeling fine” and credited vaccines for protecting ...

    Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal tour of the Caribbean in celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee continues to encounter resistance as a movement to remove the monarch as head of state of Jamaica is reportedly gaining traction. ...

No survivors have been found yet in the horrific Monday crash of the China Eastern plane that plunged into forested mountainous area with 132 people on board, state media confirmed Tuesday. “Wreckage of the plane was found at the scene, ...

A China Eastern Boeing 737 with 132 people on board has crashed. It crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday, officials said. The Civil Aviation Administration of China said in a statement the crash occurred near the city ...

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has warned that it would end in a third World War if President Vladimir Putin of Russia fails to come to the negotiation table. Zelensky said he is ready to meet Putin on the negotiation table ...

  David Beckham handed his Instagram account over to a doctor in Ukraine on Sunday amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country. Manchester United legend Beckham, who also won 115 caps for England as a player and is the current ...

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, on Sunday, said that in areas where heavy fighting has taken place, the front line of defense is littered with corpses of Russian soldiers. He said this while insisting that the Russian military has sustained “unprecedented ...

The United Kingdom Prime minister, Boris Johnson has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is in “total panic.” According to Johnson, Putin is in fear over the idea of a revolution in Moscow. Johnson said this at a Conservative Party ...

Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets has been killed in a Russian rocket attack on a residential building in Kyiv. The Young Theater — a Ukrainian theater troupe she had been part of since 1980 — announced the star’s death. In a ...

  Morale has dropped so low within Putin’s army that troops have started shooting themselves in the leg to escape the fighting in Ukraine, it has been reported. The soldiers, some of whom were conscripted into fighting, appear to be ...

More than 2,000 civilians have been killed in the occupied Ukrainian port city of Mariupol so far, local authorities has said. The Mariupol city council said since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started on Feb. 24, 2,357 people have been ...

Russia announced sanctions Tuesday against Americans including President Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In a statement, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the restrictions which came amid waves of sanctions by the US and ...

  China appears to be losing the battle to contain COVID-19, but it’s not yet ready to admit defeat. Facing the worst national outbreak since the first wave of the pandemic, authorities have introduced lockdown restrictions in cities across the ...

Former President Barack Obama announced Sunday afternoon: ‘I just tested positive for COVID’, but said Michelle is still clear of coronavirus. ‘I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,’ the former president tweeted in ...

Ukrainian police said Sunday that a U.S. video journalist was killed in the Kyiv suburb of Irpin, which has been devastated by Russian attacks as Moscow’s invasion enters its third week. Although the police statement described the filmmaker, Brent Renaud, ...

Saudi Arabia at the weekend executed 81 men, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian. They were convicted on charges bordering on terrorism and holding “deviant beliefs”, according to state news agency SPA. The authorities say the accused were provided with ...

A former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Professor Bola Akinteriwa has revealed why the Russian government may take a sanctionary measure against Nigeria as the war against Ukraine continues. Akinteriwa who spoke during a Seminar entitled: “Russia-Ukraine ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said authorities had managed to evacuate around 100,000 from several cities in the past two days, but warned the threat of Russian forces deploying chemical weapons is ‘very real’ as the invasion enters its third week. ...

  At present, NATO Member States comprises 30 countries from the original 12 countries that signed the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Check the complete NATO countries list below. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO also called the ...

  Three people have been killed in a Russian bomb attack on a Ukraine hospital in southern Ukraine, Mariupol city council said Thursday. “As of today, we know that after the terrorist bombing by Russian aircraft of the children’s hospital ...

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. will ban imports of Russian oil and other energy products. The move is expected to trigger sharply higher gasoline and other energy prices in the U.S. and worldwide. Speaking from the White ...

  Consumer giants including McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and Starbucks have joined the list of firms halting business in Russia due to the invasion in Ukraine. McDonald’s said it was temporarily closing its roughly 850 restaurants in Russia, while Starbucks also said ...

Facility to strengthen FirstBank’s commitment to gender financing with US$30 million targeted to women-owned and led businesses Partnership will enhance funding to local SMEs to boost growth and promote financial and social inclusion across Nigeria The facility adds US$100 million ...