Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African President appeared to respond to threats from President Donald Trump by saying in his annual speech to the nation Thursday that his country would “not be bullied.” The comment by Ramaphosa was seen as a reaction to Trump’s pledge to cut all funding to South Africa over a new land expropriation law — although Ramaphosa...
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House Of Rep Committee Proposes Creation Of Additional 31 States
The House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee has proposed creating 31 additional states in addition to the country’s 36 existing states. This was contained in a letter to the House of Representatives, which was read during plenary by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who presided over the plenary session in Abuja. The committee is proposing...
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Argentina Withdraws From WHO Due “To Profound Differences In Health Management.”
President Javier Milei of Argentina has ordered the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to “profound differences” with the U.N. agency. A presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni told a news conference in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. He said WHO guidelines at the time led to the largest shutdown “in the history of mankind.” That Argentina’s...
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Bill Gates Meets With President Trump To Advocate For USAID Disbursement Continuity
Billionaire Bill Gates, a philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, said he met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to advocate for continuing foreign aid disbursements from the U.S. Agency for International Development. “I went by the White House because there’s a lot in this transition, what we keep, in terms of...
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Philippine Impeaches V.P. Duterte Over President Marcos Threatening Assassination Remark And Allegation Of Corruption
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached Wednesday on a range of accusations that include plotting to assassinate the president, large-scale corruption and failing to strongly denounce China’s aggressive actions against Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea. The move by legislators in the House of Representatives, many of them allies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., deepens a bitter...
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Ousted Bangladesh P.M Demands For Justice As Protesters Vandalized And Set Family Home Afire
The former familyhome of ousted prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, as well as those of other members of her party have vandalized and set afire by protesters. The deposed P.M had in a facebook livestream condemned the attack while she demanded for ‘justice’, taunting further by stating: “They can demolish a building, but they...
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Authorities Bans Access Coastal Areas, Shut Schools For The Week As Earthquakes Rattles Greece’s Volcanic Island Of Santorini
Earthquakes rattled Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes as authorities bolstered emergency plans in case the hundreds of temblors over the past few days are a harbinger of a larger quake to come. A coast guard vessel and a military landing craft were in the wider area in case an evacuation is required, Civil...
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Argentina Bans Gender-Affirming Care For People Under Age 18, Declares It ‘Child Abuse’
The president of Argentina Javier Milei, on Wednesday signed a decree banning gender-affirming care for people under age 18. This was made known by the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni in a statement to the press announced the repeal of a 2012 gender identity law provision allowing such practices with parental or guardian consent. “Gender ideology...
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Iran Praises U.S. For Cutting Foreign Aid Funding As It Looks For A Trump Message On Nuclear Talks
Iran’s government seems to be welcoming some recent decisions by the United States — even though they happen to come from a man Iranian operatives have allegedly been plotting to assassinate. President Donald Trump’s moves to freeze spending on foreign aid and overhaul, maybe even end, the U.S. Agency for International Development have been lauded in Iranian state media. The reports...