A 5.5-magnitude earthquake off the Italian resort of Rimini has been felt across across central Italy and parts of the Balkans. Houses shook for several seconds on the Adriatic coast and there were reports of minor damage but no casualties. School were shut in parts of the central Marche region …
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From the first openly lesbian governor to the first Generation Z member-elect of Congress, early results in the US midterms heralded diversity. In Massachusetts, voters elected Democrat Maura Healey as America’s first out lesbian governor, TV networks projected. The 51-year-old defeated Geoff Diehl, endorsed by ex-president Donald Trump, to flip …
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Former President Donald Trump Former President Donald Trump has said he will announce the launch his 2024 presidential campaign after the ongoing US mid term elections. Trump made this known at a Save America rally in Vandalia, Ohio on the eve of the midterm elections. The former US president said …
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Kenya Airways pilots returned to work on Wednesday after a court ordered them to end their days-long strike, which had led to hundreds of flight cancellations and stranded thousands of passengers. The strike, which began on Saturday, exacerbated the troubled national carrier’s woes, which has vowed to “do everything …
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The United Nations Children’s Fund will to provide pyschosocial support to the 21 rescued children in Katsina State. This was contained in a statement issued by the UNICEF Communication Specialist, Samuel Kalu, on Tuesday in Katsina. Kalu said that the therapy would help the children handle the trauma and also …
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THE prestigious All Africa Music Awards will hold its eighth edition in Senagal from January 12-15, 2023. A statement sent to The PUNCH noted that the government of Senegal had accepted and undertaken to host the 8th edition of AFRIMA at a joint world media conference held at the Hotel King Fahd …
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The Tanzanian passenger plane that crashed on Sunday claimed 19 lives as of the time of filing this report while 24 survivors were rescued. This was confirmed by Precision Air in a statement issued shortly after the crash which had been blamed on bad weather. “Precision Air regrets …
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Popular microblogging platform, Twitter, has stated that it will permanently suspend impersonation accounts which do not clearly specify “parody”. The new Twitter boss, Elon Musk, made this known in a series of tweets on Monday. The Chief Twit, as he calls himself, stated that the suspension would come …
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Nigeria’s Ayo Owodunni, who was recently elected a Councillor in Kitchener, a city in the Canadian province of Ontario, speaks to TEMITOPE ADETUNJI about the process that led to his emergence and sundry other issues Tell us a bit about yourself. My name is Ayo Owodunni. I am from Ojodu, Lagos. I am …
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All primary schools in the Indian capital city, New Delhi will be closed indefinitely from tomorrow following the increasing levels of air pollution in the city. Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, said on Friday at a news conference adding that the government is doing all sorts to address environmental …
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