The United States announced Tuesday it will again pull out of the U.N.’s educational, scientific and cultural agency because it believes that its involvement is not in the country’s national interest, and that the agency promotes anti-Israel speech. This decision comes only two years after the United States rejoined UNESCO after leaving in 2018, during U.S. President Donald Trump’s first administration. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the withdrawal was linked to UNESCO’s perceived agenda to “advance divisive social and cultural causes.” She added in a statement that UNESCO’s decision “to admit the ‘State of Palestine’ as a Member State is highly...
Arsenal Reach Agreement With Sporting For Gyökeres
Arsenal have reached an agreement with Sporting CP for the transfer of Viktor Gyökeres. The deal is worth €63.5 million plus €10 million in add-ons. The Sweden international only wanted to join Arsenal and turned down offers from other clubs. He has agreed to a five-year contract with the Gunners, and his medical is expected to take place in the coming days, with an official announcement imminent. Gyökeres made 102 appearances for Sporting, scoring 97 goals and providing 28 assists. He won four Golden Boots during his time at the club. The 27-year-old also helped Sporting win two league titles...
China Finds Cover-Up In Lead Poisoning Of 200 Children
Dozens of provincial officials and hospital staff attempted to cover up a lead poisoning case that made hundreds of children sick in north-west China and sparked widespread outrage, an official investigation has found. The officials tampered with the blood tests of students who were poisoned at Peixin Kindergarten in Tianshui city, Gansu provincial authorities said in a report on Sunday. City officials also accepted bribes from an investor in Peixin while neglecting food safety inspections across several pre-schools, the report said. In an attempt to attract more students, Peixin chefs had used inedible paint to “enhance the look” of its...
Zelenskyy Renews Offer To Meet With Putin As Officials Say Russian Attacks Kill A Child In Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday renewed his offer to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, but hopes of progress were low as delegations prepared to hold another round of talks. Russian forces, meanwhile, pounded four Ukrainian cities in nighttime attacks that officials said killed a child. Putin has spurned Zelenskyy’s previous offers of a face-to-face meeting to end Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II. But the Ukrainian leader insists that lower-level delegations like the ones expected for talks in Istanbul on Wednesday don’t have the political heft to stop the fighting. The...
Athletic Bilbao Reach Personal Terms With Aymeric Laporte
Athletic Bilbao are interested in signing Aymeric Laporte and have already reached personal terms with the player on a four-year contract, according to reports from Alberto Santacruz. Al Nassr are demanding €27.5 million for Laporte, but Athletic Club are hoping to pay a lower fee. The Spanish club are currently negotiating to reduce the price. Al Nassr are keen to sell Laporte, as he is no longer part of their plans.
Poland Discovers One Of Europe’s Largest Oil Deposits In A Decade
The Wolin East 1 well is estimated to hold 22 million tonnes of crude oil and 5 billion cubic metres of natural gas, with the broader concession potentially containing even more. Central European Petroleum (CEP) has announced Poland’s largest and one of Europe’s most significant conventional oil finds in a decade, located off the central European country’s Baltic Sea coast. The breakthrough was made at CEP’s Wolin East 1 (WE1) well, some 6 kilometres from the port city of Świnoujście in Poland’s northwest. Preliminary figures suggest the WE1 site contains 22 million tonnes of recoverable crude oil and condensate, along...
MEDICAL MISSIONARY IN OGBOMOSHO
The Legacy of Dr. and Mrs. George Green in Ogbomoso: Pioneers of Baptist Medical Work in Nigeria On March 18, 1907, the landscape of healthcare in Nigeria experienced a historic transformation with the arrival of Dr. George Green and his wife Lydia Barnes Williams Green in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. This British-born couple—missionaries of the Southern Baptist Convention—established what is now the Bowen University Teaching Hospital (BUTH), formerly known as the Baptist Medical Centre. Origins and Journey to Africa George Green was born on July 26, 1872, in London, before relocating to Montreal, Canada, in 1894. He later lived briefly in...