Nigerian school building collapses killing 22 people, Sky News says
Reuters Twenty-two people were killed after a two-storey school building collapsed in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, Sky news reported on Saturday. People stand near the rubble of a collapsed school building, belonging to Saint Academy in the Busa Buji community, Plateau state, Nigeria, on 12th July, 2024. PICTURE: Reuters/Joshua Inusa. A total of 154 people […]
Nepal poised for new government after Prime Minister loses confidence vote
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters Nepal is set for a new coalition government led by politician KP Sharma Oli after the more radical Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal lost a parliamentary vote of confidence on Friday, ending a tumultuous 20-month tenure. Nepal has been politically unstable since it abolished a 239-year-old monarchy in 2008. Oli’s new government […]
Nearly a million homes, businesses in Texas still without power after Hurricane Beryl
Houston, US Reuters Nearly a million homes and businesses in Texas remained without power on Friday, five days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall with fierce winds and rain that knocked down trees and electricity infrastructure. CenterPoint Energy, the largest power provider in Texas, said about 860,000 of its customers remained affected. It has restored power […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 grounded after failure dooms batch of Starlink satellites
Washington DC, US Reuters SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket was grounded by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday after one broke apart in space and doomed its payload of Starlink satellites, the first failure in more than seven years of a rocket relied upon by the global space industry. Roughly an hour after […]
Taiwan to withdraw honour guards from Chiang Kai-shek memorial
Taipei, Taiwan Reuters Taiwan will withdraw the military honour guards at the memorial hall for former leader Chiang Kai-shek as part of ongoing efforts to end the “veneration of authoritarianism”, the culture ministry said on Friday. Generally lauded in life as an anti-communist hero, today many in Taiwan revile Chiang as a despot who imprisoned […]
Kenya’s police chief resigns following criticism over protests
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Kenya’s police chief Japhet Koome resigned on Friday following intense criticism of officers’ conduct during anti-government protests last month in which at least 39 people were killed. President William Ruto’s office announced Koome’s resignation the day after he fired nearly his entire cabinet, bowing to the demands of protesters. Koome’s deputy Douglas […]
Empty beds, lost jobs: The price of India’s crackdown on NGO funds
Narendra Modi’s government cancelled FCRA licences for thousands of charities, halting foreign funds; critics say move costs jobs, services. KUNAL PUROHIT, of Context, reports…
Brazil sees over 100 countries joining alliance against hunger, minister says
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters More than 100 countries are expected to back a global alliance against hunger that Brazil has proposed to counter the increasing number of people going hungry in the world, a Brazilian minister said. Minister of Social Development Wellington Dias told Reuters in an interview on Thursday he will travel to the United […]
Ukraine’s top prosecutor wants ICC to prosecute Kyiv hospital attack
The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters Ukraine’s top prosecutor has called for the International Criminal Court to prosecute Russia over a missile strike on a children’s hospital in Kyiv earlier this week. Ukraine’s capital suffered on Monday one of its worst days of airstrikes since the start of Russia’s war, and attacks across the country killed […]
Search for dozens missing after landslide sweeps buses into Nepal river is suspended
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters Rescuers in Nepal have suspended their search for 51 passengers who are missing after a landslide swept the buses in which they were travelling into a swollen river, authorities said. Officials initially said 62 people were missing after the incident in Chitwan district, about 86 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu, but […]