The European Union’s top official comfortably survived on Thursday two more votes of no confidence, as an overwhelming number of EU lawmakers rejected censure motions against her. In the votes on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, 378 lawmakers rejected a far-right censure motion, with 179 in favor and 37 abstaining. On a far-left motion, 383...
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Poland Charges Former Registry Office Employee With Providing False Identities For Russian Spies
A man formerly employed by Warsaw city council in its registry of births, marriages and deaths was charged with espionage for allegedly providing Russia with false identities its spies could use, Polish authorities said Thursday. The man, identified only as Tomasz L. in line with Polish privacy laws, was indicted on charges of espionage and...
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Costa Rica Nominates Former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan To Lead UN
Costa Rica put forward Wednesday longtime diplomat and former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as a candidate to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations. The economist is currently the secretary-general of U.N. Trade and Development in Geneva. She was a major player in the U.N. effort to ship Ukrainian and Russian grains to global...
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Mexico President Vows Thorough Investigation Into The Killing Of 6 Civilians By Soldiers
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum vowed a thorough investigation Wednesday into the killing of six civilians by soldiers a day earlier in the northern border state of Tamaulipas. The Mexican army reported late Tuesday that some of its soldiers on patrol on the highway connecting Ciudad Mante and Tampico fired on a vehicle that had tried to...
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Court Orders Arrest Of Ex-INEC Boss, Mahmood Yakubu
The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the former INEC chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, for an offence relating to contempt of court. The Court order came a few hours after Yakubu left office as the INEC chairman. The Action...
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The Senate has confirmed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has submitted responses to 19 audit queries concerning an unaccounted ₦210 trillion, covering financial years 2017 to 2023.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Aliyu Wadada (Nasarawa West), who made the disclosure, explained that although the NNPCL had responded to the committee’s questions, the Senate has yet to critically examine the submissions. ‘The management of NNPCL wrote to the committee during the recess, requesting more time to compile data and...
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Wow, 👉Honest Words On Marble:
“Tinubu Never ComplainedAbout Problems He Inherited From Buhari As President” – Amina Mohammed “I have not heard him complain. People around him complain about what he inherited, but he doesn’t,” “He fought hard to get to that seat, even though he said it was his turn. So far, Tinubu is the president of Nigeria, and...
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Trump Demand For The Arrest Of Illinois Gov. Pritzker And Chicago Mayor Johnson Over Failure To Protect ICE Officers, the accused lashes back
President Donald Trump called for the arrests of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson after deploying 500 National Guard troops to Chicago without state approval to aid ICE operations targeting undocumented immigrants and alleged gang members. The move led to clashes with protesters, including a priest injured by a pepper ball projectile,...