Same-sex marriage now legal in 30 countries
SummarySouth Africa is the sole nation on the African continent to allow gay marriage, which it legalised in 2006. By AFP Same-sex marriage, which Switzerland approved in a referendum on Sunday, is now legal in 30 countries, but homosexuality remains banned in many parts of…
Nnamdi Kanu has won!!! By Prof. Onyemaechi Ogbunwezeh
Nnamdi Kanu has won!!! I never dreamt that I will ever be compelled by facts to come to this conclusion. Whatever happens to Nnamdi Kanu today; he has won.This opinionated rabble rouser won due to the superlative unintelligence of Buhari’s government.He was an unknown element…
Thousands of Scots march for new independence vote, Protesters in Edinburg demand Scotland to become independent from UK
Ahmet Gurhan Kartal EDINBURGH, Scotland Thousands of Scots marched to demand for independence from the UK in nation’s capital Edinburgh on Saturday. The march started near the Royal Commonwealth Pool just after midday and protesters marched through the city streets to arrive at the Scottish…
Taliban Says It Will Bring Back Punishments Like Cutting Of Hands And Executions
By Jet Encila The Taliban just can’t seem to let go of their brutal ways. The insurgent group who’s now in control of Afghanistan said that strict punishments like hand amputations and executions will be re-imposed in the country, one of the founders said during…
Drama, disputes, hope and hopelessness in a fractured world. By Owei Lakemfa
“My position is that if the rich world is truly committed to the democratisation of vaccines, it needs to approach it the way the HIV/AIDS retroviral drugs were made available: provide the necessary information, waive its intellectual property rights and allow their generic production. Vaccine…
$1bn recovered for victims of Allen Stanford Ponzi Scheme – 12 years after scam exposed
Stanford, 71, is serving a 110-year prison sentence after his conviction for running a $7.2bn Ponzi scheme involving 18,000 investors that lasted two decades. Allen Stanford smiles as he waits to enter the Federal Courthouse in Houston March 6, 2012 Efforts to compensate victims of…
France Threatens to Block Australia–EU Trade Negotiations Over Submarine Deal
By Jack Phillips France is threatening to block discussions between the European Union and Australia on a free trade agreement after the Australian government rescinded a deal with Paris to purchase French submarines. The move comes a few days after France withdrew its ambassadors from…
Volcano erupts on Atlantic island; lava threatens some homes
MADRID (AP) — A volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to speed up evacuations for 1,000 people as lava flows crept toward isolated homes on the mountainside. The Canary Islands Volcanology…
The real reason France was excluded from Aukus
By John Keiger The fallout from Australia’s cancellation of its submarine contract with France and the new trilateral Indo-Pacific security pact between Australia, the US and the UK continues. France has recalled its ambassadors from Canberra and Washington (though significantly not from London) for ‘immediate…
Financing a sustainable global food system. By Simon Zadek
BEIJING — The global food system is unsustainable. While it is worth approximately $8 trillion annually, its negative impact is valued at roughly $12 trillion. And this is not the system’s only contradiction. Around the world, food systems are both affected by climate change, owing…
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