Two neighbouring eastern European countries, Bulgaria and Romania have planned to commence the issuance of short-term Schengen visas for foreign nationals requiring entry into the Schengen Area from April 1, 2024. According to a report from the Economic Times, both countries are anticipated to begin issuing Schengen C visas, permitting entry a...
•Madison Marsh A 22-year-old fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, Madison Marsh, emerged as the 2024 Miss America on Sunday night. Marsh represented Colorado and became the first active-duty Air Force officer to Miss America pageant in the history of the US. Miss Colorado Marsh was crowned Miss America, becoming the first active-duty ...
•Trump Donald Trump is expected to be back in court today in New York for a civil case in which he has already been found liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll. A jury in May of last year concluded that Trump sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a […]
•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...

