Melania Trump, wife of the U.S President-Elect is unlikely to move to Washington full time in her second go-round as first lady, multiple sources told CNN, once more showing signs of her willingness to buck tradition as she returns to her high-profile but unelected role on the world stage.One of her first official decisions is to skip the traditional and symbolic meeting with outgoing first lady Jill Biden at the White House as President Joe Biden hosts the president-elect in the Oval Office on Wednesday.After Jill Biden extended the invitation, there was discussion about the incoming first lady’s attendance, with members of Donald Trump’s team...
LIFE’S HACK: NOT REACTING TO NEGATIVITY IS THE POWERFUL RESPONSE
A medical doctor on the social media has listed reasons not to feel offended by other people’s perception of who you are, especially those who live outside the country. @JajaPhD has replied to another post by @Melo_Malebo who revealed that he had been oblivious to a relative’s insult and the relative has been affronted because he wasn’t feeling insulted. His post had read: “I discovered a life hack by accident. A relative insulted me, and I missed it. I just kept being nice to him, so he insulted me again. He ended up stopping the conversation to let me know...
RUSSIA JAILS PEDIATRICIAN FOR CRITICISING UKRAINE CAMPAIGN DURING APPOINTMENT, SENTENCE HER TO FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT
A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced a paediatrician to five-and-a-half years in prison for criticizing the Ukraine campaign during a private appointment, after she was denounced by the ex-wife of a soldier killed in combat.Nadezhda Buyanova, 68, was found guilty of spreading “fake” information on the Russian army, under legislation used to silence dissent. “I believe this is absurd,” she said in court, moments before Judge Olga Fedina announced her sentence. Buyanova was arrested in February after the ex-wife of a soldier who was killed in Ukraine, Anastasia Akinshina, said she had criticised Moscow’s role in the conflict. Several supporters — mostly medics...
UAE: PILOT KILLED AFTER TRAINING PLANE CRASHES; STUDENT ON BOARD STILL MISSING
A pilot was killed after being involved in an aircraft crash in the UAE, the General Authority of Civil Aviation announced on Tuesday.The victim was a flight instructor who was flying a training aircraft with a trainee on board. The individual’s body was found on the shores of FujairahThe rescue team is still searching for the trainee and the wreckage of the aircraft. A statement by the GCAA said the student was of foreign nationality.The incident came to light when the aviation authority received a report regarding an accident involving a training aircraft. The aircraft lost radar contact approximately 20...
AT LEAST 14 WEDDING GUESTS KILLED AFTER RIVER PLUNGE, ‘BRIDE COULD BE ‘ONLY SURVIVOR’
Authorities have reported a 25-passenger bus returning from a wedding plunged into a river in northern Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan late Tuesday, with only the bride as survivor.“There were 25 people in the bus and so far, 14 dead bodies have been recovered while 10 are still missing,” rescue official Wazir Asad Ali said, adding he believed the bride was the only survivor. A senior police official in the mountainous region confirmed the incident.There are differing reports about the number of people who have died, with some local officials saying 18 people had been confirmed dead after the crash.Faizullah Faraq, a government...
SONGWRITER JOHNNY DUHAN DIES AT 74 WHILE SWIMMING
74-year-old songwriter Johnny Duhan has died after getting into difficulty while swimming off the Galway coast.Duhan was one of two people reported missing following what gardaí have described as separate incidents at Silverstrand beach, on the western outskirts of the city.He was best known as the writer of ‘The Voyage’, a song made famous by Christy Moore, on his 1989 album of the same name.Gardaí were alerted to his disappearance shortly after he failed to return home from his daily swim.Conditions were calm at sea at the time, which coincided with a low tide, and there were no reports of...
TRUMP NOMINATE MUSK AND RAMASWAMY TO LEAD NEWLY FORMED DEPARTMENT
The US president-elect Donald Trump has said that Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency.“Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,” Trump said in a statement on Tuesday.“Importantly, we will drive out the massive waste and fraud which exists throughout our annual $6.5 Trillion Dollars of Government Spending.”Trump affirmed that their work would conclude by 4 July 2026, adding that a smaller and more efficient government would be a “gift”...
UKRAINE AUTHORITIES WARN CITIZENS OF MISSILE ATTACK FROM RUSSSIA
Ukraine President’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak warned of a missile attack on the capital.Yermak had posted on telegram that the Russian president Vladimir Putin has launched an attack on its capital, the post read:“Putin is launching a missile attack on Kyiv right now.”Ukraine’s air force warned earlier that a missile had entered the country’s airspace and was headed for the capital city.“Attention! Missile in Chernihiv region heading for Kyiv region,” it said on Telegram.The attack comes after a week of relentless strikes, including one on the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that killed a 32-year-old mother and her three...