•Uk visa The United Kingdom has updated its list of companies and organizations licensed to sponsor skilled immigrants through the temporary worker immigration route. According to the updated information on its website, the latest list, updated on January 12, 2024, now includes 99,856 approved companies. It marked an increase of 31,226 compani...
•Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te (L) Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te vowed yesterday to defend the self-ruled island from “intimidation” by China, after voters defied warnings from Beijing and swept him to election victory. Lai — branded by Beijing as a threat to peace in the flashpoint region — secured an unprecedented third conse...
Two US Navy sailors went missing on Thursday evening while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said yesterday. “On the evening of January 11, two U.S. Navy sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia,” the CENTCOM said. “Search and rescue operations are ...
India said today it had likely found wreckage from an Indian Air Force transport plane that went missing over the sea almost eight years ago with 29 people aboard. A Russian-built Antonov An-32 was carrying service personnel and six crew members during a routine courier service to India’s remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands in July […]
•Pregnant woman A US woman who faced a charge of abusing a corpse after she suffered a miscarriage will not be criminally indicted, a grand jury decided yesterday, US media reported. The unusual case, which sparked an outcry amid a nationwide row over abortion rights, began when Brittany Watts, 34, had a miscarriage at home […]
•Aerial view shows floodwater at the new concession of agents of the Central Bank of Congo in Kinshasa Burst riverbanks are causing turmoil in DR Congo’s capital Kinshasa, with dark and foul-smelling water pouring into homes across working-class neighbourhoods in the central African megacity. The impoverished metropolis of some 15 million peop...
•Guinness World Records Three Nigerian teenagers have set world records in skipping, the Guinness World Records said today. The British reference body said the teenagers set five records with their speedy skipping skills. “Gbenga Ezekiel, 18, achieved the most skips in one minute on one leg (278), breaking his own record of 265, and the [&hell...
•Former US First Lady Melania Trump Former US first lady Melania Trump has announced the death of her mother Amalija Knavs. She was 78. “It is with deep sadness that I announce the passing of my beloved mother,” Trump posted late yesterday on X, the former Twitter. “Amalija Knavs was a strong woman who always […]
•Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages taken by Palestinian militants demonstrate in Tel Aviv The Israeli army kept bombing the Gaza Strip and fighting Hamas militants on Wednesday as US top diplomat Antony Blinken met the head of the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank. The military said it killed dozens of “terrorists” and...
•Saudi ruling family The ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia, which has an estimated net worth of $1.4 trillion (£1.1trillion), is believed to be worth four times more than the combined net worth of two of the biggest billionaires in the world – Elon Musk and Bill Gates. While Forbes estimates Musk, the Tesla founder […]
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