The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Akwa Ibom State chapter, has threatened to withdraw medical services from the Ibom Specialist Hospital and St. Luke Hospital, Anua, over what it describes as the poor welfare and meager salaries of its members. The union urged the state government to set up committees that would ensure that all the doctors in those hospitals were paid good salary and provided with a condition of service that is commensurate with what is paid in the state. This was part of the resolutions taken at the end of a weeklong 2025 Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference...
Indonesia Cane Two Men 76 Times For Consensual Same-Sex Relations
Two men were publicly flogged in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Tuesday after being convicted of having same-sex relations. The punishment, which took place in a public park in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, saw the men each receive 76 lashes from a rattan stick under the province’s strict Islamic Sharia law. Gay sex is outlawed in Aceh, which imposes a version of sharia, the Islamic legal code, but it is not illegal elsewhere in the world’s most populous Muslim majority country. The men were part of a group of 10 who were flogged on Tuesday at a park in...
President Trump Relieves Federal Reserve Governor Of Her Duties, Lisa Cook Refuses To Resign
President Trump has fired the Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after she was referred to the DOJ for mortgage fraud by Bill Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. He claims she committed mortgage fraud although she has never been charged. However, Cook asserted she will continue to carry out her duties and Trump has no authority to fire her. Releasing a statement via her lawyers following the attempt by President Trump to remove, Cook stated: “President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so....
Venus Williams’ Pain-Free Return To Grand Slam Tennis Means More To Her Than A US Open Loss
That Venus Williams lost her first Grand Slam match in two years — and what she says will be her last match of 2025 — didn’t really matter Monday night. Certainly not to the thousands of supportive spectators in the Arthur Ashe Stadium seats who roared for her best shots and, in a way, for everything her career means to them, before sending her off the court with a standing ovation after a 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 defeat against 11th-seeded Karolina Muchova at the U.S. Open. The result also sure seemed beside the point to Williams herself, at 45 the oldest singles player at Flushing Meadows...
Ukraine Condemns Woody Allen For Speaking At A Russian Film Festival
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned Woody Allen for speaking virtually at a Russian film festival over the weekend, calling his participation in the event “a disgrace and an insult” to the victims of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to Russian media, Allen spoke Sunday at the Moscow International Film Week via video conference. The appearance put him at odds with the Hollywood establishment, which has embraced the Ukraine cause during Russia’s 3 1/2-year war, with prominent actors signing on to the United24 crowdfunding initiative and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy making virtual appearances at past Golden Globes and Grammys ceremonies. Footage aired by Russian state TV...
Australia Accuses Iran Of Organizing Antisemitic Attacks And Expels Ambassador
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran of organizing two antisemitic attacks in Australia and said the country was cutting off diplomatic relations with Tehran in response on Tuesday. The Australian Security Intelligence Organization concluded the Iranian government had directed arson attacks on the Lewis Continental Kitchen, a kosher food company, in Sydney in October last year and on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne in December last year, Albanese said. Iran’s government had no immediate reaction. Australian intelligence says Iran was behind arson attacks There has been a steep rise in antisemitic incidents in Sydney and Melbourne since the Israel-Hamas war began in...