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...
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Lagos State Governor Pledges Timely Completion Of Adiyan Water Works Project
The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday paid a working visit to the Adiyan Water Works to check on the progress of Phase II of the project, where civil works are being carried out, including installing pipes to transport water from the Ogun River to Adiyan. The water works project will supply Lagos...
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The governors made this declaration following their meeting yesterday at the Katsina Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja.
The meeting, presided over by the governor of Katsina State, Dr Dikko Umaru Radda, was attended by Governors Uba Sani of Kaduna State, Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State, and Umar Namadi of Jigawa State. The deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, UN Resident Coordinator Mohammed Malik Fall, and...
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Philippine Vice President Duterte Faces Removal From Office As Congress Endorses Impeachment
The Philippine lower house of Congress on Wednesday endorsed an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country’s firebrand former president, paving the way for a rare trial in the Senate. A bill of impeachment will be sent to the upper house, where the 23 senators would serve as jurors in...