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The United States Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria has announced that the U.S.-Nigeria Open Skies Air Transport Agreement went into effect on Monday, May 13, 2024. The U.S. consulate disclosed this agreement on its website on Friday, This bilateral agreement, which has been provisionally applied since 2000, establishes a modern civil aviation relationship with Nigeria…
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The social network formerly known as Twitter has fully migrated over to X.com, owner Elon Musk said on Friday.
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US President Joe Biden will try to shore up his support among vital Black voters with a days-long series of events starting Thursday, including a visit to Martin Luther King’s former university.
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Joe Biden and Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to hold their first presidential debate in June after the Democratic incumbent challenged his rival to “make my day,” and the scandal-plagued Republican quickly responded he was ready to “rumble.” CNN announced it will hold the first debate on June 27 in Atlanta, Georgia. Biden proposed a second…
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A public sculpture in Dublin billed as a real-time visual bridge between the Irish capital and New York has been suspended after a week due to “inappropriate behaviour” by users. Designers of the sculpture are “investigating possible technical solutions to inappropriate behaviour by a small minority of people in front of the Portal,” Dublin City…
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US President Joe Biden’s administration informed Congress on Tuesday of a $1 billion weapons package for Israel, official sources told AFP, a week after threatening to withhold some arms over concerns of a Rafah assault. The administration informally notified the weapons package to Congress, which will need to approve it, a US official said, while…
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At least 16 people were killed Tuesday in Peru when a bus rolled off a ledge in the mountainous Ayacucho region, authorities said. The bus was carrying more than 40 passengers high in the Andes, where such tragedies are not uncommon. Ayacucho official Wiber Vega told reporters that 13 bodies had already been recovered and…
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Philanthropist Melinda French Gates announced Monday she was leaving the nonprofit foundation she established with her ex-husband Bill Gates — an organization that has become one of the most influential in the world. The announcement from the 59-year-old French Gates comes three years after her divorce from the 68-year-old Microsoft co-founder. Under the agreement between…
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The trial of Archegos founder Bill Hwang for alleged securities fraud and market manipulation opened in New York on Monday, focused on the fund’s spectacular 2021 implosion that cost large banks billions of dollars. The family-owned hedge fund run by Hwang had taken huge bets on a few stocks with money borrowed from banks, and…
12 May
The first living patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the procedure, the US hospital that carried it out said.
12 May
The first living patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the procedure, the US hospital that carried it out said. “Mass General is deeply saddened at the sudden passing of Mr. Rick Slayman. We have no indication that it was the result of his recent transplant,” the Boston…
12 May
Former US president Donald Trump raised eyebrows among his no-nonsense New Jersey crowd at a rally Saturday when he recited a 1963 soul song in its entirety and referenced a fictional cannibal as “great.”
11 May
The most powerful solar storm in more than two decades struck Earth on Friday, triggering spectacular celestial light shows from Tasmania to Britain — and threatening possible disruptions to satellites and power grids as it persists into the weekend.
11 May
The United States has issued a stunning criticism of Israel’s use of American weapons in the Gaza war, after Israeli forces intensified operations around the southern city of Rafah, where more than a million displaced people are sheltering.
9 May
Donald Trump will refuse to accept the results if he loses the US election this year, Joe Biden said Wednesday.
9 May
Stormy Daniels is to return to the witness stand on Thursday at Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial for another round of expected tough grilling by attorneys for the former president.
8 May
There are at least 13 raging conflicts in the world, besides varying degrees of humanitarian crisis occasioned by natural disasters like flooding, famine, earthquakes and hunger.
6 May
President Joe Biden will hold urgent talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday after Israel defied repeated US warnings and told Palestinians to evacuate part of the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of an offensive.
6 May
The European Union on Monday approved the $14 billion takeover of major American manufacturer US Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel, which US President Joe Biden has opposed.
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