The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii is demanding policy changes after a 10-year-old Black girl was arrested at school over a drawing linked to a “run of the mill” dispute among children. In response to the incident, the ACLU sent a letter Monday to the Honolulu Police Department, the state Department of Education and […]
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended train services on the Kaduna-Abuja route following the bombing of the rail tracks. Yet-to-be-identified persons had bombed a portion of the rail track on the Kaduna end during an attack on Wednesday night. Confirming the incident, the corporation said it was already making efforts to repair the damaged […]
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, has warned politicians against sponsoring or encouraging the use of illicit drugs. Marwa stated this on Thursday during the weekly ministerial briefing at the State House in Abuja. He stressed that where there was evidence of the involvement of […]
French oil company TotalEnergies knew at least 50 years ago about a link between burning fossil fuels and global warming, researchers have said. An article from 1971 in the company’s magazine, Total Information, mentioned partial melting of ice caps, researchers found. It also predicted the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The company denied […]
Evergrande shares fell as much as 14% on Thursday in Hong Kong as they resumed trading after a 17-day halt. The hugely indebted Chinese property giant had stopped its shares from trading ahead of an announcement. Reports said real estate firm Hopson Development was set to buy a 51% stake in its property services unit. […]
The European Parliament on Wednesday awarded the Sakharov Prize for human rights to jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who last year survived a poisoning attack he blames on the Kremlin. “The Sakharov Price is, of course, an award for you all. To all the people who are not indifferent, who even in the darkest […]
Plans by governments to extract fossil fuels up to 2030 are incompatible with keeping global temperatures to safe levels, says the UN. The UNEP production gap report says countries will drill or mine more than double the levels needed to keep the 1.5C threshold alive. Oil and gas recovery is set to rise sharply with […]
Celebrities and youths on Wednesday held a memorial car procession at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos State. The parade announced by rapper Falz and comedian Mr Macaroni took place amid heavy security presence to commemorate the one year anniversary of the #EndSARS protests that led to the disbandment of the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) of […]
It’s official. Newcastle United are hunting for a new manager. In what has to be one of the most inevitable partings of the Premier League era, Steve Bruce lasted just 13 days after the Saudi Arabian-backed £305m takeover of the club. With the club 19th in the table and without a win after seven games […]
Bitcoin took another step closer to mainstream investing Tuesday with the launch of new security on Wall Street tied to the futures of the cryptocurrency. To mark the occasion, ProShares, the leader in exchange-traded funds, a type of investment linked to an index, rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday. […]