EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency traveled to this small community on Thursday with promises of aid but faced skepticism from residents outraged over what they saw as a delayed response to the toxic spill unleashed by the recent train derailment. The visit came within …
Read More »“If Putin wins in Ukraine this would send a message that authoritarian regimes can achieve their goals through brute force” – NATO and Japan pledge to strengthen ties
Transatlantic military alliance, NATO and Japan have pledged to strengthen ties, saying Beijing and Moscow are leading “an authoritarian pushback against the international rules-based order.” According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida who met on Tuesday, January 31 in Tokyo, a win for Putin …
Read More »US won’t send F16 fighter jets to Ukraine – Joe Biden
US President, Joe Biden has said he wouldn’t send American fighter jets to Ukraine, even as the United States ramps up military assistance in the form of artillery and tanks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sought fighter jets to help sustain his war effort against Russia. Biden has consistently said …
Read More »U.S. Plans to Send Abrams Tanks to Ukraine, Officials Say
WASHINGTON — Reversing its longstanding resistance, the Biden administration plans to send M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, in what would be a major step in arming Kyiv in its efforts to seize back its territory from Russia. The White House is expected to announce a …
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“The beauty that surrounded me as I drove was a hazard – I found it hard to keep my eyes on the road.” So writes author Kathleen MacMahon about a road trip through Connemara in the west of Ireland. Ireland is a country bejewelled with natural beauty – from the …
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Read More »Student who faked own kidnap walks home after his mother fails to send ransom
Police in Awendo, Migori County in Kenya have arrested a Form Four student, Joseph Odhiambo, who faked his own abduction. The 22-year-old student of a secondary school in Kisii County disappeared from home on Thursday, January 5, 2023. Awendo Sub-County Police Commander Mathias Pombo, who confirmed the development …
Read More »Germany to send armoured carriers, Patriot battery to Ukraine
Germany’s decision comes after France said it will hold talks with Kyiv to arrange for the delivery of armored combat vehicles. Germany will supply Ukraine with armoured personnel carriers and a Patriot missile battery, the government has said. The announcement on Thursday came in a joint German-US statement after Chancellor …
Read More »Lagos police apprehend man who works with an inmate in Kirikiri prison to send threat messages to residents
The police in Lagos state have apprehended an ex-convict who specializes in using a telephone number to send threatening messages to different people in the state. Recall that LIB had earlier shared a story of a Twitter user who raised an alarm after she received deaths from a phone …
Read More »Teacher who ‘used Google Doc to send topless pictures to boy, 15, forced to resign
A teacher has resigned after she was accused of uploading nude pictures to a Google Doc that she shared with a 15-year-old student. Sarah Hull-Degroat, 23, used the online form to have sex chats with the underage pupil, court documents show. She discussed X-rated acts with the child in …
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