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A day in the life, in photos, of one family’s search for food in Gaza
Malak Sobh, 7, searches through garbage for plastic to use as cooking fuel next to…
UN says every child under five in Gaza at risk of malnourishment
The United Nations has warned that all children of Gaza under the age of five…
A half-million young Catholics invade Rome, awaiting Pope Leo XIV at Holy Year youth festival
ROME (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into a vast field on…
World
Nigeria
NOA Partners with INEC for Smooth
The National Orientation Agency has expressed readiness to synergise with the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure a successful Continuous…
Tinubu Hosts D’Tigress After Historic AfroBasket Win
President Bola Tinubu on Monday hosted a presidential reception at the new banquet hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja in…
Customs Intercept 1,620 Smuggled Birds at Lagos Airport
The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed Airport Command, Lagos, has intercepted a cargo of over 1,620 Ringneck Parakeets (Parrots) and…
US
Will Trump’s immigration crackdown hurt the GOP? Some Latino lawmakers think so, WaPo reports
Some Latino Republican lawmakers worry the Trump Administration’s deportation push could hurt the GOP’s inroads with Latino voters, according to the Washington Post. Washington Post Congressional Reporter Marianna Sotomayor joins…
Chair of Texas House Dems explains strategy to block vote on congressional map
State Democratic lawmakers have left Texas in an effort to block the passage of a new congressional map specifically designed by Republicans to get more House seats in next year’s…
Benue Deploys Drone Surveillance to Monitor Communities, IDP
The Benue State Government has introduced surveillance services to monitor situations in communities across the state. The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency, James Iorpuu, who disclosed this…
Why dozens of Democrats left Texas and how Republicans want to punish them
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Dozens of Democratic state lawmakers in Texas have scattered to points across the country in a last-ditch effort to prevent Republicans from adopting U.S. House maps…
Rivers Election Timetable Defended Amid Criticism
A group, The Rivers Peace Initiative, has faulted criticisms against the timetable released by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission for the conduct of the August 30 local government election…
Arkansas man sentenced to life without parole for 2024 mass shooting at grocery store
FORDYCE, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas man who killed four people and injured 11 others last year in a mass shooting at a grocery store was sentenced Monday to life…
Maddow Blog | The White House’s war on data is being fought on four fronts
Donald Trump’s discomfort with facts has become the stuff of legend. But given recent events, it’s worth dwelling on a specific part of the president’s rejection of reality — specifically,…
Showdown erupts in Texas over redistricting
A showdown is unfolding in Texas as Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to remove Democrats who have fled the state in protest of Republican-led effort to create a new congressional map.Abbott…
INEC Pledges Seamless Voter Registration in Bayelsa
The Independent National Electoral Commission has assured all of seamless registration as the continuous voters registration exercise kicks off in Bayelsa State. Addressing journalists on Monday in Yenagoa, the state…
Solar eclipse is coming Aug. 2, 2027. Will it be visible from Ohio?
Rumors about a lengthy total solar eclipse may have been circulating online, but the so-called "eclipse of the century" isn't for another two years.A total solar eclipse lasting up to…
Trump again threatens India with tariffs over its trade with Russia
President Donald Trump on Monday again threatened to raise tariffs on India over its Russian oil purchases, once again infusing geopolitics and international security into his trade war economic policy."India…