U.N. refugees: Make sure that single men don’t become hosts for Ukrainian women and children. There are fears that refugees could be at risk and be exploited if they are placed with an unsuitable host through the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship scheme. The UNHCR has called for “a more appropriate process” when matching sponsors and … Read more
Two people who are suspected of leaking a video of Matt Hancock kissing his then-aide can’t be charged because there isn’t enough evidence to do so. The images led to Mr. Hancock resigning as health secretary last year because he broke Covid-19 rules. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) started a criminal investigation after it got a … Read more
It’s in Burkina Faso. Blaise Compaore, the former president of Burkina Faso, was sentenced in absentia to life in prison for his role in the killing of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, in a coup in 1987. A military tribunal ruled on Wednesday. When Sankara, a charismatic Marxist revolutionary, was 37, he was killed in the … Read more
Vladimir Putin has chosen a new general to lead the war in Ukraine, according to a US official and a European official. After failing to take the city of Kyiv, the Russian military has changed its plans. The officials told CNN Army Gen. Alexander Dvornikov, commander of Russia’s Southern Military District, has been named theatre commander … Read more
NATO is working on plans to have a permanent military presence on its border in order to fight off any future Russian aggression, according to the Telegraph. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said this. NATO was “in the midst of a very fundamental transformation” that will reflect “the long-term consequences” of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions, … Read more
A group of UK haulers say their perishable goods are losing quality and value because they are stuck in long lines at the port of Dover. All of these things have caused a lot of traffic around the UK’s busiest port: bad weather, a lot of people going on Easter vacation, and P&O Ferries routes … Read more
People were killed when another riot broke out at a prison in Ecuador, killing about 20 people. Inmates at El Turi prison haven’t been taken away from their guns, officials say, but the fights have calmed down. A fight broke out when one gang tried to take “total control” of the prison. It’s been a … Read more
An expert on infectious diseases, Anthony Fauci, said this week that the number of cases in the U.S. of coronavirus will rise this fall because of the highly contagious strain BA.2. Fauci told Bloomberg TV that he believes “it is likely that we will see a surge in the fall.” “I would think that we should expect … Read more
When they put Doug Beattie’s poster down with a noose around his neck before a protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol, some people aren’t happy with them for that. In Lurgan, County Armagh, on Friday night, there was an accident. Police said they knew about a poster that was put up and then taken down … Read more
Colombia’s Supreme Court has agreed to extradite the leader of the country’s largest gang to the United States. Dairo Antonio suga, also known as Otoniel, was the leader of the Gulf Clan cartel and is wanted in the United States on drug trafficking allegations. His capture in October, comparable to President Iván Duque’s capture of … Read more
Tributes have been paid to a British barrister who died in a landslide while hiking in Australia’s Blue Mountains with his nine-year-old son. Mehraab Nazir, 49, died at the scene with his son. Anastasia, his wife, is still in serious condition, but their 14-year-old son is doing well after surgery. Mr Nazir worked as a … Read more
An Australian man was sentenced to five and a half years in prison by a Singapore court for killing an elderly man. Andrew Gosling had seen an ethnic Malay Muslim family in the same apartment complex and had thrown a wine bottle at them. It struck the grandfather, who was 73 years old at the … Read more
Foreign mining corporations have been instructed by Guinea’s military junta that they must share revenues equally with the country and meet a May deadline to show plans to build local refineries. The West African country is the world’s second-largest producer of bauxite, a mineral needed to make aluminium, and it wants to reap greater benefits … Read more
The Zimbaqua mine in Zimbabwe, which employs only women, has launched a jewellery line to showcase the aquamarine stones it mines. The mine was established three years ago to train women and provide them with possibilities to earn and create a decent livelihood. Since then, the project has grown to involve 35 women. Rumbidzai Gwinji, … Read more
The Gambia is holding elections, and the electoral commission has promised voters a free, fair, and transparent process. A total of 53 seats in parliament are up for grabs. 19 women are running for the legislature, which is the largest number in the country’s history of parliamentary elections. The president will also appoint five legislators, … Read more
Nigeria’s president apologized a few weeks ago for the previous time the country had a power outage. For a few hours, many Nigerians were without energy provided by the government. An advisor to the president claims that a “act of vandalism” on a transmission tower is to blame this time. On Friday evening, distribution companies … Read more
The US has demanded the release of thousands of ethnic Tigrayans who are said to be “detained arbitrarily” in Ethiopia, as well as foreign monitors’ access. It comes after Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch released a joint report accusing Amhara forces of carrying out “ethnic cleansing” against ethnic Tigrayans in contested areas they have … Read more
LONDON, Germany may quit importing Russian oil this year, according to Chancellor Olaf Scholz. This demonstrates how critical it is for Europe’s largest economy to avoid receiving energy from Russia Scholz was responding to a query from a journalist about whether he felt ashamed that EU countries were paying Russia billions of dollars for fossil … Read more
