A plane carrying Caroline Cayeux, the French Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities, among its passengers, went off the runway during its landing at the Paris airport. Caroline Cayeux, the minister indicated that there were no injuries. “More fear than harm”, she stressed before thanking the firemen …
Read More »UK: Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns
Liz Truss announced her resignation as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on Thursday, becoming the most short-lived Prime Minister in history, with 44 days in office. In place for just six weeks, Liz Truss’ situation in Downing Street has seemed increasingly untenable in recent days. This decision automatically leads …
Read More »Quebec MPs refuse to take the oath to King Charles III
A handful of Quebec deputies newly elected in provincial elections refused Wednesday to pledge allegiance to King Charles III, head of state of Canada, as required by the Constitution. Eleven members of the Quebec Solidaire (QS) party (left) took the oath in a speech broadcast on television “towards the people …
Read More »Madagascar: minister sacked for voting against Russia
Madagascar’s president has sacked his foreign minister, Richard Randriamandrato, for voting at the United Nations to condemn Russia’s annexation of four partially occupied regions of Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing two sources in the president’s office. Last Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn what it called Russia’s …
Read More »Haiti: suspected cholera cases continue to rise
The number of cholera contaminations continues to increase in Haiti, according to a new bulletin from the Ministry of Public Health obtained on Tuesday. The new figures fuel fears of a new disaster in this country already plunged into a humanitarian and security crisis. As of Monday, 606 suspected and …
Read More »Outrage over attack on Nigerian students in India
A fight between Nigerian and Indian students at GD Goenka University in the capital, New Delhi, sparked by a football match last weekend has caused panic in Nigeria. The incident forced more than 60 Nigerians to flee and take refuge at the country’s embassy. The chairwoman of the Nigerians in …
Read More »Why George Floyd’s family plans to sue Kanye West ?
George Floyd’s family is considering legal action after “Kanye West’s misrepresentation of the cause of his death,” as human rights lawyer Lee Merritt tweeted on Sunday. “Pretending that Floyd died of fentanyl and not brutality, established criminally and civilly, undermines and belittles the fight of the Floyd family,” he wrote. …
Read More »The Gates Foundation to invest billion dollars to fight poliomyelitis
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Sunday pledged to invest $1.2 billion to help eradicate polio from the planet once and for all, at an international health conference in Berlin. “The eradication of polio is within reach. But the disease remains a threat (…)”, estimated Bill Gates, co-president of …
Read More »At least 92 refugees found naked at Greece-Turkey border
Ninety-two refugees were found naked after being forced, according to Athens, to cross the Evros river separating Turkey from Greece. The European border surveillance agency Frontex confirmed to AFP “the rescue of 92 migrants on Friday” with the help of the Greek authorities, according to a spokeswoman, Paulina Bakula. “The …
Read More »Nicki Minaj announces possible visit to Ghana
Rap queen Nicki Minaj answered a question during an Instagram live about the likelihood of traveling to Ghana to work with a Ghanaian artist on a project. “I would love to come to Ghana. I may be doing something major, a business type of situation, with an artist from Ghana,” …
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