•Train accident in Russia A freight train rammed into a tourist bus at a level crossing near the Russian city of Saint Petersburg today, killing one person and injuring 11, officials said. The accident in northwestern Russia occurred at 0300 GMT, Russia’s rail network said. The bus was on the tracks when the train hit […]
•Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines yesterday in an extraordinary escalation of what had been an online war of words with a Russian official over Ukraine and tariffs. Trump and Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, have been sparring on social ...
•Russia’s President Vladimir Putin Authorities in Russia’s far eastern Sakhalin region declared today a state of emergency in the northern Kuril Islands, where tsunami waves have damaged buildings and caused flooding. “A state of emergency has been declared in the North Kuril District, where an earthquake and tsunami occurred today,” the Sakha...
•Nigeria seaport Despite ongoing reforms and efforts to construct new ports and rehabilitate existing ones, world powers, including the United States and Russia, are actively seeking to secure access to the Port of Lomé in Togo which has emerged as a key maritime hub in West Africa. The increase in volume of trade between Asia […]
•Wreckage of cars following mass Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv today Russia launched its largest-ever drone and missile attack on Ukraine overnight today, just hours after a telephone call between the US and Russian presidents ended without any breakthrough. Our correspondents in the capital heard drones buzzing ...
•Honda passenger vehicles are loaded onto cargo ship for export Surging car theft in the UK is being driven by organised crime gangs targeting vehicles to be smuggled out and resold in countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo and Russia, a study said today. Criminals were increasingly using vehicle theft technology to enable a [&he...
•Smoke billows from a site in the city of Haifa following a fresh barrage of Iranian missiles yesterday Russia said yesterday it had evacuated several of its citizens from Iran and halted activity at its Tehran consulate after Israeli attacks on the country sparked retaliatory missile fire towards Israel. “Due to the current situation, the [&h...
•Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump yesterday that Moscow was ready to hold a fresh round of peace talks with Kyiv after June 22, once the warring sides complete exchanging prisoners and soldiers’ bodies. Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile did not mention whether Ukr...
•Amb. Andrey Podelyshev The Government of Russia has promised to offer not less than 500,000 scholarships to international students, including Nigerians to study in the country. Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Andrey Podelyshev, disclosed this while briefing newsmen last night in Abuja, on the sidelines of the embassy’s preparation to commemora...
•Presidents Putin (Russia), Trump (USA) and Zelenskyy (Ukraine) Russia fired a record 479 drones at Ukraine in an overnight aerial barrage, Kyiv’s air force said today, the latest massive attack as Moscow rejects calls for a ceasefire. The attack caused damage in several Ukrainian regions, though there were no reports of people killed or mass...
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