Washington, DC – The United States has issued its strongest public warning yet to Israel against invading the crowded city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, saying that such a ground operation would deepen the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on …
Read More »UniCal records highest number of first class graduates in 49 years
The university will honour 8,447 graduates during its 36th convocation ceremony. Prof. Florence Obi, the Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar (UniCal), says the university will record the highest number of first class graduands during its 36th convocation.
Read More »Middle East Crisis: Israel’s Military Raids Gaza Hospital, Saying Hamas Regrouped There
Experts project that northern Gaza will face famine conditions as soon as this month, and that half of the enclave’s population will suffer deadly levels of hunger, according to a new report from the global authority that has classified food security crises for decades. The report, released Monday by the …
Read More »How Women in Ahmedabad Slums Are Beating Back Climate’s Deadly Heat
Seema Mali at her Odni Chawl one-room home in Ahmedabad city, making marigold garlands to be sold to temple devotees in the evening. Credit: Manipadma Jena/IPS by Manipadma Jena (ahmedabad, india) Monday, March 18, 2024 Inter Press Service AHMEDABAD, India, Mar 18 (IPS) – Women in Ahmedabad slums work from home …
Read More »Gender Rights: Resistance Against Regression
Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Monday, March 18, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 18 (IPS) – Global progress on gender rights has slowed almost to a halt. After decades of steady progress, demands for the rights of women and LGBTQI+ people now play out on bitterly contested …
Read More »Senator tells Nigerian Muslims that Tinubu needs their Ramadan prayers
Yari noted that Islam directs its followers to always pray for the success of their leaders. Sen. Abdul’Aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara), has urged Muslims to use the Ramadan period to pray for President Bola Tinubu, to stabilise the nation’s security and economy.
Read More »North Korea fires ballistic missiles as Blinken visits Seoul
Launches come days after South Korea and the US wrapped up military drills Pyongyang sees as an invasion rehearsal. North Korea fired short-range ballistic missiles towards its eastern waters as United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to open a democracy summit in neighbouring South Korea, officials have said. …
Read More »Five Takeaways From Putin’s Orchestrated Win in Russia
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia emerged from the three-day, stage-managed presidential vote that ended Sunday declaring that his overwhelming win represented a public mandate to act as needed in the war in Ukraine as well as on various domestic matters, feeding unease among Russians about what comes next. Mr. …
Read More »Killers of military personnel in Delta community won't go unpunished – Tinubu
Tinubu also condemned the incident, describing the perpetrators of the act as “cowardly.” No fewer than 16 military personnel, including a commanding officer, two majors, one captain, and 12 soldiers, were murdered in cold blood by hoodlums in the Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State …
Read More »‘Noon against Putin’ protests as Russian leader set to extend rule in polls
Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to tighten his grip on power in an election that is certain to deliver him a landslide victory, though thousands of opponents have staged a symbolic noon protest at polling stations. Supporters of Putin’s fiercest political foe Alexey Navalny, who died in an Arctic …
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