Indonesia’s president told survivors of last week’s devastating floods that help was arriving to those in need Monday as Asian governments scaled up their responses to a disaster that has left more than 1,000 dead in three countries. Hundreds more are missing following flooding and landslides in the past week, which killed at least 502 people in Indonesia, 334 in Sri Lanka and 170 in Thailand, authorities said. Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto pledged to rebuild infrastructure while visiting areas affected by floods and landslides on the island of Sumatra that left thousands homeless and 508 people missing as of Monday....
Ogun Police Command Confirms Gunmen Kidnap Six Real Estate Marketers, Days After Nigerian-American Army Officer Shares Intel Of Possible Strike
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, has confirmed the abduction of six marketers working for a Lagos-based real estate company at Oyebola village in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state. Ogunlowo disclosed the development on Sunday during a telephone interview, according to the Commissioner, the victims were seized while on an inspection tour of the company’s property in the area. “So, they brought some marketers from Lagos to come and see the land so that they can have the requisite information to market the land for the members of the public who are interested. “It was during...
Barbados Installs New President On 59th Independence Day, Popular Barbadian Singer Rihanna Celebrates From Home
The Installation of Barbados’ second president, The Most Honourable Jeffrey Bostic, took place at Kensington Oval during the annual Independence Day Parade and National Awards as the island marked 59 years since breaking from British rule in 1966 and four years as a republic since 2021. “Barbados, today is our day” declared Prime Minister Mia Mottley while sharing moments with flag-waving kids and Bostic in parade. “Today, we also marked this occasion with the installation of our second President, Lt. Col. The Most Hon. Jeffrey Bostic.” Mottley disclosed Barbadian singer and actress Rihanna Fenty, a proud native, celebrated from home...
Barbadian Singer And Businesswoman Rihanna Congratulations Barbados On Its 59th Independence And 4th Year As A Republic
Rihanna: “Congratulations to Barbados, MY HOME, on our 59th year of Independence and our 4th year as a Republic! “Today also marks the installation of our 2nd President, His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel The Most Honorable Jeffrey Bostic, who alongside our Honorable Prime Minister Mia Mottley will continue to lead Barbados with excellence!! “Barbados I L🇧🇧VE YOU!!!! #Bajan2DeBone.”
Trump’s Pardon Of Ex-Honduran President Hernández Injects Wild Card Into Election
The day before Honduras elects a new president, suddenly the main topics of conversation here shifted from domestic matters to U.S. President Donald Trump and the former Honduran president he said he will pardon. Trump cannonballed into the deep end of Honduran politics this week, first endorsing presidential candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura from the conservative National Party and then announcing the pardon of ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández — of the same party — sentenced to 45 years in a U.S. prison for helping move tons of cocaine. Trump’s influence Until the U.S. president’s splashy entrance, the main concern around the election was that the three...
Tennessee Player Says Jaguars Punter Threatened To ‘Kill Me’ During Titans Loss
Tennessee Titans running back Julius Chestnut said Jacksonville Jaguars punter Logan Cooke said he was going to kill him during Sunday’s game. Chestnut blocked Cooke as the punter got a leg up to trip Titans returner Chimere Dike at the end of a 47-yard return with 14:06 left. Cooke was hurt and evaluated for a concussion before returning to punt at the end of the Jaguars’ next series. The Jaguars and Titans then had another scuffle at the end of Dike’s 13-yard return with 11:49 remaining, with Chestnut and Cooke squaring off. Officials huddled and handed out a pair of unnecessary roughness penalties to...
Swiss Voters Reject Mandatory National Service For Women And New Inheritance Tax
Swiss voters on Sunday decisively rejected a call to require women to do national service in the military, civil protection teams or other forms, as men must do already. In a referendum, over 84% of voters rejected the “citizen service initiative” and none of the country’s 26 cantons, or states, came anywhere near voting in favor. Proposals need a majority of both voters and cantons to pass. A separate proposal to impose a new national tax on individual donations or inheritances of more than 50 million francs ($62 million) was shot down by more than 78% of voters. The revenues...
Report Says World’s Biggest Arms Producers Increased Revenue By 5.9% Last Year To Record Level
The world’s biggest weapons-producing companies saw a 5.9% increase in revenue from sales of arms and military services last year as demand was fed by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as countries’ rising military spending, according to a report released Monday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, said the revenues of the 100 largest arms makers grew to $679 billion in 2024, the highest figure it has recorded. The bulk of the increase was down to companies based in Europe and the United States, but there were increases around the world — except in Asia and Oceania, where problems...
Netanyahu Requests A Pardon To End His Ongoing Corruption Trial In Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges, seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nation. Netanyahu, who has been at war against Israel’s legal system over the charges, said the request would help unify the country at a time of momentous change in the region. But it immediately triggered denunciations from opponents, who said a pardon would weaken democratic institutions and send a dangerous message that he’s above the rule of law. Netanyahu had submitted a request for a pardon to the legal department of the...