Foreign

2024: Be My Running Mate, Kanye Asks Trump

American rapper, Kanye West, has stated that he asked the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, to be his running mate in the 2024 US presidential election. West, formally known as Ye, had recently announced his presidential bid in 2024 following an unsuccessful bid in 2020. On his …

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UK Top Court Rejects Scottish Independence Vote Plans

Britain’s highest court on Wednesday rejected a bid by the devolved Scottish government in Edinburgh to hold a new referendum on independence without London’s consent. The unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court torpedoed the Scottish nationalist government’s push to hold a second plebiscite next year. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who …

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Pakistan PM Set To Appoint New Army Chief

Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif. Pakistan’s nuclear-armed army will soon have a new commander,  with the prime minister’s office confirming that it had received a list of names of six senior generals for arguably the most powerful post in the country. The current chief of army staff, General Qamar Javed …

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Quake Rescue Efforts In Indonesia Focus On Landslide-Hit Villages

Traumatised relatives are awaiting news of loved ones missing after an earthquake hit the town of Cianjur in Indonesia’s West Java on Monday, unleashing landslides thought to have buried nearby villages. More heavy machinery was deployed to clear the landslides on Wednesday with the death toll from the magnitude 5.6 quake reaching …

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Bomb Explosions In Jerusalem Kill One, Injure Many

At least one person was killed and 12 others injured in two separate explosions that rocked Jerusalem city, according to Israeli officials. Israeli police said that the incidents on Wednesday morning are suspected of being Palestinian attacks. Israel’s Netanyahu agrees to legalise West Bank settler outpostsend of listThe explosions came …

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Seven Dead In US Store Shooting

Seven people have been killed, including a shooter, and others injured in a shooting at a Walmart store in Chesapeake, Virginia, according to police. “Chesapeake Police confirm 7 fatalities, including the shooter, from last night’s shooting at Walmart on Sam’s Circle,” the city wrote on its Twitter account. At about …

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UK Monarchy To Tackle ‘Legacy Of Colonialism’ -Charles

The King of England, King Charles III, has said his monarchy will tackle the legacy of colonialism associated with the throne. In his first major speech to a foreign leader on the throne, South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, the new monarch said in Buckingham Palace that aspects of the relationship …

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46 Dead, 700 injured In Indonesia Earthquake

At least, 46 people have been killed and 700 injured in an earthquake that rattled Indonesia’s main island of Java on Monday, a local official from the town worst hit by the tremor told local media. “The latest data, 46 people were killed. Victims kept coming from many areas. Around …

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S’African Appeal Court Orders Zuma Back To Jail

An appeal court in South Africa said on Monday that former president, Jacob Zuma, was unlawfully given medical parole from a jail term last year and should return to prison to complete his sentence. Zuma, 80, had been handed a 15-month term in June 2021 for contempt of court, a …

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