Japan’s popular Princess Aiko marked her 23rd birthday on Sunday while she takes on more official duties even while her future in the imperial family remains in doubt.According to the Imperial Household Agency, Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, graduated from university earlier this year and has since been participating in official duties and palace...
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ICC FACES PUSHBACK AND DOUBTS AS MEMBER STATES MEET
The International Criminal Court’s member states open their annual meeting Monday while the court faces pushback over arrest warrants for Israeli officials, sexual harassment allegations against the court’s chief prosecutor and a very empty docket.The Assembly of States Parties, which represents the ICC’s 124 member countries, will convene its 23rd conference to elect committee members and...
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BIDEN GRANT SON PRESIDENTIAL PARDON AGAINST FACING SENTENCES THIS MONTH
President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he was pardoning his son Hunter Biden, who faced sentencing later this month in two federal cases. The younger Biden was convicted of federal gun charges, and he pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges in September.The president had previously maintained that he would not pardon his son, and his...
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STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE – PRESIDENT TINUBU TO CO-CHAIR 11TH SESSION OF THE BI-NATIONAL COMMISSION WITH PRESIDENT RAMAPHO
President Bola Tinubu will leave France on Monday for Cape Town, South Africa, to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa. The presidential BNC, scheduled for Tuesday, December 3, will be preceded by a ministerial meeting on December 2, 2024, at the South African Parliament Building in Cape...
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Authorities Investigate Russian Stowaway Who Boarded New York-To-Paris Flight Without A Ticket
Authorities are investigating after a Russian national who did not have a ticket boarded a Paris-bound Delta flight at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport this week and was arrested when the plane touched down.Report revealed that Delta Flight 264 took off Tuesday night from Kennedy and landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport in...
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166 WTO MEMBERS REACHES AGREEMENT TO REAPPOINTS DR. OKONJO-IWEALA
“It is with humility and a great sense of honour that I thank each and every one of the 166 WTO members for the consensus they achieved in supporting my reappointment!“Thank you for the wonderful words of recognition and support. I don’t take this lightly. I also want to thank my colleagues in the Secretariat...
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BRITISH LAWMAKERS TO VOTE ON ‘ASSISTED DYING’ AFTER DEBATE
British lawmakers are set to vote Friday on a landmark bill that would for the first time help terminally ill adults end their lives.If passed, it would see the U.K. follow other countries such as Canada and Australia, as well as some U.S. states, and represent one of the most significant social reforms in a generation.The bill would allow mentally...
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WHITE HOUSE PRESSES UKRAINE TO DRAFT 18-YEAR-OLDS TO INCREASE ITS MILITARY SIZE
President Joe Biden’s administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of those as young as 18.A senior Biden administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private consultations, said Wednesday that the outgoing...
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SENATOR SANI WARNS NIGERIA AGAINST BECOMING A “POLITICAL STOOGE” IN AFRICA
Nigerian senator and human right activist Shehu sani in a post on Thursday applauded the move of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu in cultivating friendship with France but warned that Nigeria should not be made into a joke in Africa.”Sani’s post read: “Improving Trade, Business, Educational, Scientific and Cultural relations with France is welcome development.“But we...