Thursday, April 3, 2025

World

Nigerians in US go into hiding amid Trump’s deportation crackdown

Nigerian illegal immigrants in the United States have disclosed that they have restricted their movements to public places to avoid being arrested and deported. This...

Man who staged Quran burning protests in Sweden shot dead

Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who sparked outrage by staging Quran-burning protests in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, according to Swedish authorities. A...

Bodies pulled from Washington river after plane collides with helicopter opter

A passenger jet carrying 64 people crashed into Washington’s Potomac River Wednesday after colliding midair with a military helicopter, with US media reporting multiple...

Meta agrees to pay Trump $25m for account ban settlement

Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed claiming he was wrongfully censored by Facebook...

Trump set for return to power, promises 100 executive orders in ‘hours’

Donald Trump will be sworn in for a historic second term as US president Monday, promising a new “golden age” for America as the...

Trump says meeting with Putin being arranged

US President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin wanted to meet and that a rendezvous between the pair was being arranged. He...

Ghana’s Mahama sworn-in as president

John Mahama has taken the oath of office as Ghana’s new president in a ceremony attended by world leaders. The Chief Justice of Ghana Gertrude...

Strong earthquake hits Tibet’s Shigatse, tremors felt in Nepal’s Kathmandu

A powerful earthquake has hit Tibet’s second-largest city of Shigatse, according to Chinese and US monitoring groups, with tremors felt hundreds of kilometres away...