Diasporas

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is travelling to Africa for a two-nation tour – the latest in a series of visits to the continent by top American officials, reports said. Security, a ravaging drought and the jihadist threat in the Sahel will be the focus of Mr Blinken’s visit …

Those responsible for the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the financial institution Signature Bank will be “accountable”, US President Joe Biden said. “I am firmly committed to holding accountable those responsible for this mess,” Joe Biden said in a statement, assuring that “American people and businesses can be …

Women will now be able to swim topless in the swimming pools of Berlin, announced Thursday, in the name of the fight against discrimination between men and women, the direction of the swimming pools of the German capital. This announcement follows a referral to the Berlin office for the fight …

Several people have been killed in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness center in Hamburg, with the gunman believed to be among the dead, according to the German police. “The shooting had left seven dead and eight seriously injured,” report said. Police tweeted that “several people were seriously injured, some …

Xi Jinping secured a historic third term as Chinese president on Friday after a formal vote in parliament, the culmination of a rise that has seen him become the country’s most powerful leader for generations. The result of the deputies’ vote, announced shortly before 11 a.m., is final: 2,952 votes …

A 37-year-old man hacked his 100-year-old grandmother to death using an axe in Hamburg, Germany, according to report. “A cervical cord severing caused by sharp and blunt force was the cause of death,” according to the preliminary autopsy. An axe was found at the crime scene as an element of …

Two Nigerians were arrested for concealing 167 capsules of cocaine in their stomach at the Mumbai airport in India, according to the India TV. The two passengers were arrested by police after arriving at the Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport from Lagos via Addis Ababa. They were taking to court …

The United States took a significant step on Tuesday towards a ban on the popular TikTok app via a White House-backed bill, amid growing Western distrust of the Chinese social network. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement that he “welcomed” a bill tabled the same day …

A brother and sister born 126 days before their mother’s due date in Canada were named “the world’s most premature twins” by the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday, their first birthday. This is an atypical record, to say the least. The duration of a pregnancy is usually nine …

Since the end of November, the official Iranian media have counted several hundred cases of mysterious diseases, from which hundreds of schoolgirls suffer, in particular in the holy city of Qom. On Wednesday, dozens of girls’ establishments in the same city, Ardabil, in the north-west of the country, were victims …