[ad_1] President also said there could be an ‘apocalypse’ if Russia used nuclear weapons in retaliation for Western actions. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that the risk of military incidents along his country’s border with Ukraine was quite high, according to Russia’s state-run RIA news agency. Belarus had moved several combat-ready battalions from Vitebsk […]

[ad_1] BHP Group, the world’s largest mining company, has proposed a takeover of its rival Anglo American, in a deal that has the potential to shake up the industry at a time when demand for copper is soaring. BHP said on Thursday that it had approached Anglo with a bid valued at 31.1 billion pounds, […]

[ad_1] Image source, Getty Images By Liv McMahon Technology reporter TikTok is getting closer to being kicked out of the US after the Senate approved a bill that would ban the platform unless its Chinese owner ByteDance sells the company. The video sharing app has millions of users around the world, but faces growing questions […]

[ad_1] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said the infant formulas by Nestle, a multinational food and beverage company in Nigeria, are safe for consumption. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday and shared with PREMIUM TIMES by the agency’s Director General, Moji Adeyeye, a professor. In […]

[ad_1] The Oyo State Police Command has announced that it is investigating a shooting incident that occurred in the early hours of Monday, April 22nd, at a popular nightclub along the “Under G” area of Owode-Ogbomoso. The police, in a statement on Thursday, said the shooting incident claimed the life of one Iyanda Damilola. A […]

[ad_1] Geneva — A new analysis of the state of global hunger finds conflict, climate change, and economic shocks are driving an increasing number of people into acute hunger, jeopardizing gains made over previous years in achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development goal of ending hunger by 2030. Published Wednesday, the 2024 Global Report on […]

[ad_1] Canadian oil and gas company Sintana Energy has signed a definitive agreement with Namibian firm Crown Energy for the acquisition of 67% of the issued and outstanding shares of Giraffe Energy Investments – owner of a 33% share in PEL 79 in Namibia’s Orange Basin. An 8% interest in Giraffe’s common equity is also […]

[ad_1] More than 220 civilians, including at least 56 children, were massacred by Burkina Faso’s military in a single day this year, Human Rights Watch says. In the attacks on 25 February, the army killed 179 people in Soro village and 44 others in the nearby Nondin village, an HRW investigation found. HRW termed the […]

[ad_1] Philippe Lazzarini by Naureen Hossain (new york) Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Apr 24 (IPS) – The UN Palestinian refugee agency welcomed the recommendations made in the report from the independent investigation led by Catherine Colonna, and warned of new and continuing concerns that threaten the agency’s operations. Philippe LazzariniUNRWA Commissioner-General […]

[ad_1] In 2019, Sahar Khodayari set herself on fire outside of an Iranian courtroom after reportedly being informed that she would be imprisoned after her illegal attempt to enter a football stadium, where women have not been allowed since the 1979 Islamic Revolution (Fassihi 2019). Her self-immolation and death sparked a wave of (inter)national protest […]