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Iran executes three convicted drug cartel members

Iran executed three convicted drug cartel members Wednesday, the judiciary said, after the United Nations warned of a “frighteningly” high…

2 years ago

Dollar up as US President, Biden confirms re-election bid

The dollar was largely higher Tuesday as Joe Biden confirmed his bid to run for re-election as US president next…

2 years ago

‘Experience of a lifetime’, says British billionaire Branson, as he achieved space dream

British billionaire Richard Branson flew into space Sunday aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel, a voyage he described as the “experience…

3 years ago

India’s COVID-19 death toll now 50,000

India’s official coronavirus death toll soared past 50,000 on Monday as the pandemic rages through smaller cities and rural areas…

4 years ago

COVID-19: Global death toll passes 600,000, as US recorded 140,103 deaths

The new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has claimed more than 600,000 lives worldwide, an AFP tally on Sunday revealed. A total of…

4 years ago

Abacha loot: Mai Gaskiya, can you see your world in the open? |  By Festus Adedayo

Profound apologies that I chose to do a literal translation of Yoruba into English in the above headline. Can you…

5 years ago

US re-opens embassy in Somalia after 28 years

The United States on  Wednesday said it had re-opened an embassy in Somalia’s capital, 28 years after it was shut as…

5 years ago

China Retreats Globally | By Milton Ezrati

China has retreated globally – not from its artificial islands in the South China Sea but economically and financially. It…

5 years ago

A global measles crisis’ is well underway, UN agency chiefs warn

Noting a 300 per cent surge in the number of measles cases during the first three months of this year,…

6 years ago

U.S. donates EGP 2.2 million for survivors of Al Rawda Mosque Attack in Egypt

Assisting the survivors of the November 24 terrorist attack on the mosque in Al Rawda village, the United States made…

7 years ago