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Maduka, also founder of Las Vegas Pain Institute and Medical Center, U.S., said this when he spoke with newsmen shortly after submitting his nomination and expression of interest forms at the PDP national secretariat on Saturday in Abuja. He promised to ensure prompt payment of workers’ salary in the state …

Rival parties blame each other for inciting the violence in battleground state’s Cooch Behar district. At least five people have been killed by gunfire in election-related violence in India’s West Bengal state, according to police. Four people died and four others were wounded near a polling station in Cooch Behar …

Saturday, April 10, 2021 UN News In some of the poorest parts of the world, where there is no access to a reliable electricity grid, the UN is equipping hundreds of health facilities with solar technologies, allowing them to avoid power outages and save lives. Formerly dependent on costly and …

Arseny Bulakov, the chairman of the St. Petersburg Tolkien Society, called the production “a very revealing artifact” of its era: “filmed in destitute times, without stage settings, with costumes gathered from acquaintances — and at the same time with great respect for Tolkien and love for his world.” Mr. Bulakov …

Plans for a major royal death are made years in advance, though details are kept fiercely private and the coronavirus restrictions currently in place across the United Kingdom mean some aspects of the strategy will have to be altered. CNN understands that the Queen must sign off on any proposals …

Alabi said that the arrest was made possible through a collaborative effort of the police and the state’s peace and security committee. He explained that the items allegedly stolen by the suspects were worth N3.16 million while the cash stolen was N290,000. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that …

“Without access to vaccines, the gap will widen further”, warned the UN multi-faceted agency, calling for “strong partnership and cooperation at the national, regional and global levels”.   Debt inequality  World Bank President David R. Malpass, pointed out that inequality runs deep, encompassing not only vaccinations but also median income, interest …

An Israeli lawmaker has said that police beat him while he took part in a demonstration against a Jewish settlement in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem. Ofer Cassif, a Jewish member of the mostly Arab Joint List party, was attending a protest against the expansion of a Jewish settlement in Sheikh Jarrah, …

There is a moment in the first season of “The Crown” when the actor Matt Smith, as the perennially tetchy consort of Queen Elizabeth II, bristles at the constraints of his job. With a case of lockjaw severe enough to cause concern for his molars, Mr. Smith portrays the Duke …

Scott Morris Opinion by Scott Morris (washington dc) Friday, April 09, 2021 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Apr 09 (IPS) – Is Chinese financing good for developing countries? This has become a provocative question, freighted with ideology, geopolitics, and commercial rivalries. That doesn’t mean it isn’t worth trying to answer factually …