Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time and is returning to isolation, his White House doctor said Saturday, attributing the result to “rebound” positivity from treatment the US president received. The 79-year-old Biden “tested positive late Saturday morning, by antigen testing,” following four consecutive days of...
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ensured Taiwan of Washington’s support Wednesday and met with activists before wrapping up her whirlwind visit to the island republic and heading on to South Korea. “Today, our delegation … came to Taiwan to make unequivocally clear: we will not abandon our commitment to Taiwan,...
Donald Trump has claimed he has a "protective glow" after being given the all-clear from coronavirus by White House medical staff. The US president also declared himself immune to the virus, despite official guidance from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention warning that recovering from COVID-19 does not...
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has been re-elected into the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) for another three (3) year mandate (2022-2025), to represent the West African region. Nigeria pulled 44 votes in the first round to secure the statutory 2/3 votes required to win the election. His...
Democrats in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee are expected to announce articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, a lawmaker told multiple U.S. media outlets. Elliot Engel, the House Foreign Affairs Chairman, told reporters that the articles of impeachment were likely be unveiled at a news conference on...
Following his historic indictment on criminal charges, Donald Trump was preparing Friday to go where no former US president has gone before — a prosecutor’s office to be booked, fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken. Trump’s pending arrest, expected on Tuesday, throws a political grenade into the 2024 presidential race,...
More than 500 million animals were feared dead in bushfires that wreaked havoc in east and south Australia. In Victoria, where more than one million hectares of land has already burned, “it is estimated that as many as 500 million animals, including critically endangered species, have already perished in the...
West African diplomat and four security sources reported on Monday that Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers. Mr Kabore’s detention came after sustained gunfire rang out from military camps on Sunday night in the capital Ouagadougou with soldiers demanding more support...
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that most Americans trying to pay off university loans will get $10,000 forgiven in a bid to address the decades-old headache of massive educational debt across the country. “In keeping with my campaign promise, my administration is announcing a plan to give working and...
The Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers arriving in the UK via unauthorised means with electronic tags, it has been reported. The Times said officials are mulling it as a way to prevent migrants who cannot be housed in limited detention sites from absconding. The Illegal Migration Act places a...