European leaders are gathering in Copenhagen on Thursday for a summit focused on the war in Ukraine and wider European security. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to attend the seventh meeting of the European Political Community (EPC), which follows an informal meeting EU leaders’ summit in the Danish capital on Wednesday. Security around the...
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Full Statement Of Peter Obi, The 2023 Labour Party Presidential Candidate On Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary
Fellow Nigerians, Today should be a day of joy and remembrance, a day to celebrate the struggles of our heroes who fought to free Nigeria from colonial rule. It should be a day for gratitude to Almighty God for His blessings on our nation. On 1 October 1960, Nigeria gained independence to global acclaim as...
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Tributes Pour In As World Leaders Mourn Jane Goodall, The Celebrated Primatologist And Conservationist
Leaders all over the world has paid tribute to the famous and celebrated Primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall who died at 91. Goodall has been described as a trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in the African wild produced powerful insights that transformed basic conceptions of humankind. Who dedicated her live to protecting animals....
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Four Caribbean Nations Sign Deal Allowing Citizens To Move Freely Without Visas Or Work Permits
Four Caribbean nations are making it easier for their citizens to pack up and move to neighboring countries to start a new life without the need for visas or work permits. Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines signed a free movement agreement that went into effect on Wednesday. Officials said that when citizens from...
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Rohingya Muslims Plead For Help At The UN To Stop The Killings In Myanmar
Rohingya Muslims pleaded with the international community at the first United Nations high-level meeting on the plight of the ethnic minority to prevent the mass killings taking place in Myanmar and to help those in the persecuted group lead normal lives. “This is a historic occasion for Myanmar, but this is long overdue,” Wai Wai Nu,...
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Tennessee Court Sets Execution Date For The State’s Only Woman On Death Row And 3 Male Inmates
The Tennessee Supreme Court on Tuesday set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row. Christa Pike received the death sentence at age 18 for the 1995 torture slaying of Colleen Slemmer, who was a fellow Knoxville Job Corps student. Slemmer, 18, was stabbed and beaten by Pike...
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At Least 25 Worshippers Die In A Collapse At A Church Under Construction In Ethiopia
The scaffolding supporting a church under construction in Ethiopia’s Amhara region collapsed Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring scores of others, authorities said. The accident happened in the morning at Menjar Shenkora Arerti Mariam Church in Amhara, northern Ethiopia, as worshippers gathered for an annual event celebrating St. Mary. Many worshippers had climbed...
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South Korea’s President Apologizes Over Poorly Managed Foreign Adoption Programs
South Korea’s president apologized Thursday for poorly managed foreign adoption programs that were rife with abuses and fraud, months after the country’s truth commission admitted state responsibilities for such practices for the first time. President Lee Jae Myung said in a Facebook post that he was offering “heartfelt apology and words of comfort” on behalf of the...