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At least three dead after AU helicopter crashes at airport in Somalia

Peter Anayo
by Peter Anayo0555
A helicopter with eight people on board crashed at Aden Adde airport, the main international airport in Mogadishu. A helicopter used by an African Union peacekeeping mission has crashed at the international airport in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least three people, authorities said. The incident occurred at Aden......
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UN laments heatwave in Northern hemisphere, underscores early warning alerts

Peter Anayo
by Peter Anayo0435
UN weather experts have said that the blistering early-summer heatwave that brought life-threatening temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere is a worrying sign of things to come.   Three days after Spain’s national weather service confirmed a record 46°C reading in the southern town of El Granado, there’s been......
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Iran escalates tension in M/East, launches missiles at US bases in Qatar, Iraq

Peter Anayo
by Peter Anayo0921
.As America advises citizens to avoid military, govt facilities in Abuja   Iran launched missiles at US military bases in Qatar and Iraq on Monday evening, official media reported, in what state TV called a “powerful” response to recent American strikes on key nuclear sites. “The operation of Iranian missiles......
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Israeli–Iran war: U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities heightens global tension

Peter Anayo
by Peter Anayo0990
.UN, world leaders condemn attack, demand de-escalation .Pope sues for peace as suicide bomber kills at least 9 in Syrian church during mass .Oil prices set to surge as Iran moves to shut Strait of Hormuz .’US has ‘crossed a very big red line’ .Future attacks will be far greater,......
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How 10 minutes traffic delay saved 28-year-old student from Air India disaster

Peter Anayo
by Peter Anayo01351
Bhoomi Chauhan remembers being angry and frustrated. Bumper-to-bumper traffic had delayed her car journey to Ahmedabad airport, so much so that she missed her Air India flight to London Gatwick by just 10 minutes. Ms Chauhan, a business administration student who lives in Bristol with her husband, had been visiting......
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Israel attacks, declaration of war – Iran

Peter Anayo
by Peter Anayo01336
Iran called Israel’s wave of strikes on Friday a “declaration of war”, after the Israeli military hit about 100 targets including nuclear facilities and killed senior figures, among them the armed forces chief and top nuclear scientists. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Israel it faced a “bitter and......
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Top commanders killed as Israel attacks Iranian nuclear, military sites

Peter Anayo
by Peter Anayo01175
The Israeli military has carried out several waves of airstrikes targeting nuclear facilities and military sites across Iran, killing senior Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists. In a prerecorded video message posted early Friday morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strikes were aimed at hurting Iran’s nuclear infrastructure......
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Over 138m children engaged in child labour globally –Report

Peter Anayo
by Peter Anayo01148
.As Nigeria reaffirms partnership with ILO on promoting social justice, decent work AKOR SYLVESTER, Abuja   A new report released on Wednesday by UNICEF and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) says 138 million minors were engaged in child labour worldwide in 2024. The figure includes 54 million children in work,......
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World Bank cuts global growth forecast to 2.3% for 2025

Peter Anayo
by Peter Anayo01075
Global economic growth is projected to slow to 2.3 per cent in 2025 due to mounting trade tensions and persistent policy uncertainty, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report. A statement from the bank’s Online Media Briefing Centre on Tuesday noted that the new forecast was nearly......
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Africa loses $40bn yearly to illicit financial flows in extractive sector – ECA

Peter Anayo
by Peter Anayo01180
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says Africa is losing an estimated 40 billion dollars annually to illicit financial flows (IFFs) in the extractive sector. Mr Antonio Pedro, ECA’s Deputy Executive Secretary, in a statement, said the trend undermines development and deepens economic inequality on the continent Pedro......
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