A Chinese technology executive held in Canada on US fraud charges has left the country after a deal with prosecutors, following years of diplomatic tensions over her fate. Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, was detained on fraud charges in December 2018 at the request of the US. On Friday, the US […]
The Nigerian Mission and Unions in Italy have vowed to get justice for late Rita Amenze, the Nigerian lady who was allegedly killed by her Italian husband on Sept. 10 in Italy. Pastor Mike Oputteh, the Welfare Officer, National Union of Nigerian Association in Italy (NUNAI) disclosed this in an interview with the […]
Germans are voting on Sunday in a nationwide election to elect a new parliament and determine who will succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor. Christian Democrats’ Armin Laschet and Social Democrats’ Olaf Scholz are frontrunners in the race, while the Greens’ candidate, Annalena Baerbock, is third in the latest surveys. Days before the polls, […]
The situation in the Taiwan Strait is “complex and grim,” Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote in a congratulatory letter on Sunday to the newly elected leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party, who has pledged to renew talks with Beijing. Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) elected as their leader on Saturday former New Taipei City mayor […]
Airlines reportedly canceled about 30 flights Friday to the Spanish islands of La Palma and La Gomera due to an ash cloud caused by the spectacular volcanic eruption. Iberia, Binter, Canaryfly and Vueling are among airlines that canceled flights although airports declared operational, local Efe Agency reported. The first cancellation came from Binter […]
S&P Global Ratings revised down the US’ gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for 2021 to 5.7%, from its previous estimate of 6.7%. The US’ GDP estimate for 2022, on the other hand, was revised up to 4.1%, from the agency’s 3.7% projection made in its June report. The global rating agency said in a […]
Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, sought over $2 million in fees to help unfreeze billions of dollars in Libyan assets while his father served as the number two in the Obama administration, according to a recently published report. The junior Biden sought $2 million annually in 2015 plus what is described […]
China has freed two Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said late Friday. The news came after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou had fraud charges dropped by the US Justice Department earlier in the day. Hours later she was freed by a Canadian court and immediately boarded a plane to China. The […]
A potential deal to bring as many as 1,000 Russian mercenaries to Mali is likely to further destabilize the country, according to senior U.S. officials who are urging the interim government to instead focus on elections. Word of the not-yet-finalized deal, with Russia’s Wagner Group, has already rankled some French and European officials. […]
The European Union proposed new rules on Thursday that will make USB-C ports standard on smartphones, tablets, cameras, phones, portable speakers and handheld video game systems. The move is a setback for Apple (AAPL), which uses its own “Lightning” port on the iPhone. While the new rules are years away from coming into […]