Ten days after Boris Johnson abruptly quit Britain’s Parliament, his former colleagues delivered a stinging rebuke to the former prime minister, overwhelmingly ratifying a report that concluded he deliberately misled lawmakers about lockdown-breaking parties held in Downing Street during the coronavirus pandemic. The vote revealed a Conservative Party still somewhat …
Read More »Turkish parliament ratifies Finland’s NATO membership
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Finland asked to join Western defence alliance in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Turkey was last holdout. Turkey’s parliament has approved a bill to allow Finland to join NATO, clearing the last major hurdle for Helsinki to join the Western defence alliance as war rages …
Read More »ATHLETICS: World Athletics ratifies marathon World Record and World U20 records
Kipchoge won the 2022 Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:01:09, which surpassed his previous WR by 30 seconds, set on the same course in 2018. His victory in Berlin was his fourth in his career, and he also won the Tokyo Marathon. Kipchoge was a finalist for the 2022 …
Read More »ADC ratifies expulsion of its presidential candidate and others
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has formally ratified the expulsion of its presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu and his running mate, Ahmed Rufai from the party. The ratification was done at the party’s special convention held on Wednesday October 12, at the Congo campus of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in …
Read More »US Senate ratifies international pact to curb greenhouse gases
US senators approve Kigali Amendment in 69-27 vote hailed by environmentalists as welcome step to tackle climate crisis. The United States Senate has adopted an amendment to an international environmental treaty that would phase out the use of planet-warming greenhouse gases in a move hailed as a major step to …
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