“We have a $2 trillion deficit. It keeps growing. Our interest payments are higher than our defense department budget.”—Musk
“A Great Leader Takes People Where They Don’t Necessarily Want To Go, But Ought To Be.” That Is The Essence Of President Tinubu”— Femi Otedola
Nigerian Philanthropist Femi Otedola: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our visionary leader, visited the $20 billion Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Plant, the single largest single-train refinery in the world — an eighth wonder of the modern era, built by my dear friend and brother, Aliko Dangote. “The President also commissioned a series of newly completed road projects. “Over two decades ago, as Governor of Lagos State, President Tinubu envisioned an economic powerhouse on the Atlantic coast what we now know as the Lekki Free Trade Zone. Today, that vision stands tall in steel, concrete, and ambition. “A great leader takes people...
Interpol Says 20 Arrested In Child Sexual Abuse Operation Across 12 Countries
Global police organization Interpol says 20 people have been arrested in Europe and the Americas following a cross-border operation in 12 countries targeting child sexual abuse material. The operation, led by Spanish police, started at the end of last year after police officers identified online messaging groups circulating child sexual exploitation images. Spanish authorities arrested seven suspects, including a health care worker and a teacher, Interpol said. The health care worker allegedly paid minors in Eastern Europe for explicit images, while the teacher is accused of possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material via various online platforms. Authorities in Latin...
Without Meat, Families In Gaza Struggle To Celebrate Islam’s Eid Al-Adha Holiday
With the Gaza Strip devastated by war and siege, Palestinians struggled Thursday to celebrate one of the most important Islamic holidays. To mark Eid al-Adha — Arabic for the Festival of Sacrifice — Muslims traditionally slaughter a sheep or cow and give away part of the meat to the poor as an act of charity. Then they have a big family meal with sweets. Children get gifts of new clothes. But no fresh meat has entered Gaza for three months. Israel has blocked shipments of food and other aid to pressure Hamas to release hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack...
President Mahamat Deby Announces Suspension Of Visas To US Citizens Says “Chad Has His Dignity And Pride.”
Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby on Thursday announced that the country will be suspending the issuance of visas to U.S. citizens in response to the Trump administration’s decision to ban Chadians from visiting the U.S. President of the United State Donald Trump, on Wednesday announced the visa ban on 12 countries including Chad, accusing them of having “deficient” screening and vetting, and historically refusing to take back their own citizens who overstay in the country The new ban targets Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. There will also be heightened restrictions on visitors from...
Ivory Coast Announces Cholera Outbreak, Records 45 Cases, Seven Death.
Daniel Kouadio Ekra, head of the National Institute of Public Hygiene, confirmed cholera outbreak in Ivory Coast saying stool sample analyses conducted by the Pasteur Institute of Côte d’Ivoire, detected “cholera vibrio.” “On May 25, 2025, the Port-Bouët-Vridi health district reported five deaths in the village of Vridi Akobrate,” he said. 45 cases have been recorded in Vridi Akobrate, in the outskirts of Abidjan, the capital, including the seven fatalities. All of the deaths occurred within the community in the first two days. The World Health Organization calls cholera a disease of poverty, as it thrives where there is poor...
UN Conference To Push For Two-State Solution To The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The United Nations chief on Thursday urged world leaders and officials attending an upcoming U.N. conference on ending the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict “to keep the two-state solution alive.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters that the international community must not only support a solution where independent states of Palestine and Israel live side-by-side in peace but “materialize the conditions to make it happen.” France and Saudi Arabia are co-chairing the conference, which the U.N. General Assembly is holding from June 17 to June 20 in New York. French President Emmanuel Macron will attend and other leaders are expected, but Israel will...
“I Couldn’t Picture My Life Without My Child, I Regret, I Shouldn’t Have Done It.”—US Soldier Gets 23 Years For Killing His Pregnant Wife With A Machete
A Hawaii-based U.S. Army soldier was sentenced Thursday to 23 years in prison for killing his wife and unborn child last summer and attempting to cover up the crime by dismembering and disposing of her body in the trash. Pfc. Dewayne Johnson II pleaded guilty earlier in the week to voluntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice and providing false official statements, the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel said in a statement. His wife, Mischa Johnson, was 19 years old and six months pregnant at the time of her death July 12, 2024. Her body has not been found. Johnson, of the...
Teen Girl Testifies Behind Closed Doors In Wander Franco Trial In The Dominican Republic
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco appeared in court Thursday in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a teenage girl who testified behind closed doors. Prosecutors also privately disclosed audio and video related to the girl as evidence during the trial that began earlier this week. Franco’s attorneys have argued that the evidence submitted by prosecutors has been manipulated and distorted. Little else was known about Thursday’s proceedings because the press was not allowed in the courtroom for most of them. Franco, 24, faces charges of sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor, and human trafficking. The...