•US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court yesterday for “illegitimate and baseless” investigations targeting America and its ally Israel, the White House said. Trump signed an executive order saying the court in The Hague had “abused its power” by issuing an arrest warrant for Is...
•US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump revealed an extraordinary plan yesterday for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip, resettle Palestinians in other countries – seemingly whether they wanted to leave or not — and turn the territory into “the Riviera of the Middle East.” Trump made the stunning proposal to audible [&hell...
•U.S. President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House US President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organis...
•Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate The federal government today said that Nigeria is steadily being positioned as a growing hub for quality healthcare and now attracting patients not just from the West African subregion but also from countries as far as the United States and the United Kingdom. This Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, [&...
•A young genetically altered pig looking out from a warming box Two US biotech companies say the Food and Drug Administration has cleared them to conduct clinical trials of their gene-edited pig kidneys for human transplants. United Therapeutics along with another company, eGenesis, have been working since 2021 on experiments implanting pig ki...
•Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and US President Donald Trump The United States has agreed to delay the start of tariffs on Mexican goods for one month, presidents Claudia Sheinbaum and Donald Trump said today after holding talks. As part of a series of agreements between the closely connected neighbours, Mexico will reinforce security al...
•Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump Colombia has offered to pay for the “dignified” deportation of its citizens from the United States, the foreign ministry said yesterday, a week after a public spat between presidents Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump over the removal of migrants. The two leaders had issued threats and counter threats of major [&hel...
•A plume of smoke and emergency responders after a small aircraft crashed in a neighbourhood in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, last night A small private airplane crashed in northeast Philadelphia last night, a top official said, with media showing images of a fireball that sparked blazes on the ground in the built-up neighborhood. The...
•Teenager with a handgun A federal appeals court in the United States has overturned a decades-old law that barred Americans aged 18 to 20 from purchasing handguns, ruling that the restriction violates the Second Amendment. The conservative Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals determined on Thursday that the federal law, which had been in place...
A tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City metropolitan area in the US has resulted in multiple illnesses and at least two deaths, as confirmed by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). The outbreak was initially identified in January 2024, with two associated fatalities reported last year, according to Jill Bronaugh, a spokes...

