The Director General of the World Trade Organization Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala on X applauded the creativity of a Nigerian in compiling her photos of various occasions to mark her reappointment as the DG of the organization.Dr. Iweala had urged Nigerians to dance to the traditional music emanating from the video.Her post read: “A video...
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US JUDGE REJECTS MUSK’S $101BN TESLA PAY PACKAGE
Chancellor Kathaleen St Jude McCormick has upheld a decision to deny Tesla CEO Elon Musk a multibillion-dollar pay package despite shareholders voting to restore the compensation deal.The decision by the Delaware judge on Monday reaffirmed an earlier ruling to void the pay deal on the basis that Tesla’s board was too close to Musk and...
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TRUMP’S FBI PICK PLANS TO RESHAPE THE BUREAU.
Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and intelligence community. But he’s receiving fresh attention, from the public and from Congress, now that Trump has picked him to lead the FBI.As he braces for a bruising and likely protracted Senate...
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ITALIAN PROSECUTORS DEMAND LIFE IMPRISONMENT OVER MAN WHO STABS HIS EX-GIRL FRIEND TO DEATH
Filippo Turetta, a student who admitted murdering his ex-girlfriend Giulia Cecchettin in a brutal case that sparked outrage and soul searching in Italy will be sentenced on Tuesday. Prosecutors have asked for life in prison for Turetta, for killing Cecchettin in November last year, just days before she was due to graduate from the University...
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ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES DEC. 3rd AND 4th AS PUBLIC HOLIDAY OVER PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ONLY VISIT.
US President Joe Biden is in Angola on Tuesday for his only visit to sub-Saharan Africa of his presidency, which is focused on a major infrastructure project that is a counterpoint to China’s investments. Biden arrived in the oil-rich Portuguese-speaking country late Monday for a two-day visit centered on a multinational project to rehabilitate a...
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VIETNAM COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TYCOON IN $12 BILLION FRAUD CASE
According to state media report, a court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld a death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan after rejecting her appeal against a conviction for embezzlement and bribery.Lan, the chairwoman of real estate developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, was sentenced to death in April for her role in a...
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P.M. SHARIF VOWS TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST RIOTERS INVOLVED IN PRO-IMRAN KHAN PROTESTS
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday vowed legal action against “rioters” involved in anti-government protests led by ex-premier Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) last month, as the party decried a state-backed crackdown against its supporters. Thousands of supporters of the PTI stormed Islamabad last month, demanding Khan’s release from prison. The government said protesters killed...
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SEXUALIZED DEEPFAKE VIDEO HIT PUNJAB PROVISIONAL MINISTER FOR INFORMATION
The Information Minister of Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab, Azma Bukhari is disturbed by a counterfeit image of herself: a sexualized deepfake video published to discredit her role as one of the nation’s few female leaders. Bukhari in a comment said: “I was shattered when it came into my knowledge.” Deepfakes — which manipulate...
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RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW! Trump Demands
President-elect of the United State, Donald Trump on Monday demanded that the hostages taken in the Hamas-led attack on Israel be released from Gaza before his inauguration in January, or there will be “hell to pay” in the Middle East for those responsible.Without pointing finger at any militant group, Mr. Trump said in his post on Social...