Boris Johnson emerges new prime minister of UK 11
Agency Report The former mayor of London and popular historian Boris Johnson has emerged as the new prime minister of the United Kingdom. Boris, who was elected leader of the…
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France to Fast-Track Return of Artifacts from Benin
Source: VOA Returning African artifacts taken by explorers and colonizers remains a hot-button issue in Europe-Africa relations — one that gained traction last November when French President Emmanuel Macron announced…
3,000 Pregnant Women Set For #LatidosDelFuturo
Yemisi Izuora The initiative (#HeartbeatsOfTheFuture), which marks the competition’s 90th anniversary, seeks to find the fans of tomorrow through their mothers’ stories. Three thousand 3,000 expectant mothers have signed up to…
UN Warns Over Grave Climate Change Consequences
..Advises Nations To Stop Coal Powered Plants Yemisi Izuora The United Nations, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of grave climate change consequences as he addressed stakeholders who gathered in…
Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Rose To $300Bn In 2017
..As UN Urges End To Subsidies Yemisi Izuora The United Nations, UN, has warned that subsidies that promote the use of fossil fuels are helping “to destroy the world”, and…
British Lawmakers Seek Divestment Of Their Pension Fund To Address Climate Change
Yemisi Izuora/Agency Report A third of British lawmakers have called on Wednesday for their 700 million pound ($885 million) parliamentary pension fund to divest its holdings in fossil fuel companies to…
Nigeria is richer than Dubai but corruption is its weakness
Source: Report Focus News The businessman from Dubai was responding to a question posed to him. Asked what Dubai had done to get phenomenal development and what Nigeria needed to…
Ex-Peru President Dies After Shooting Self
Agency Report A Former Peruvian President Alan García has died hours after shooting himself as police arrived at his home to arrest him over bribery allegations. Garcia’s death was confirmed…
FRENCH BILLIONAIRES PLEDGE OVER $500M TO REBUILD NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL
The LVMH Group, which owns luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Givenchy and is led by France’s richest man, Bernard Arnault, pledged €200 million ($226 million) Tuesday…
Notre Dame Cathedral ‘saved from total destruction’
Agency Report The 850-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, was last night saved from “total destruction,” a French fire official said after a massive fire ripped through the structure and caused…
