Foreign

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, something the White House had taken extra steps to avoid as highly transmissible strains struck top aides, Cabinet members and the vice president. Biden is experiencing “very mild” symptoms and is taking the antiviral drug Paxlovid, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre …

The US administration has disclosed that it will provide additional weapons and security assistance to Ukraine later this week, as the U.S has collected “ample evidence” and intelligence that Russia is laying the groundwork to annex additional sovereign Ukrainian territory. The disclosure comes up after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov …

The White House has disclosed that Russia is forming plans to annex more parts of Ukraine. It also claimed that the Russian federation is planning to repeat a playbook it used in the 2014 annexation of Crimea to seize territory, The communications coordinator at the US National Security Council, John …

Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams has said the Yorubas will not fold their arms while terrorists wreak havoc on their lands. He warned the terrorists to stop testing the resolve and patience of the Yorubas, adding that they are ready to defend themselves against terrorists. Adams said the …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued executive orders sacking Ukraine’s prosecutor general and the head of the powerful Security Service of Ukraine (Sluzhba Bespeky Ukrayiny, or SBU). The orders late on Sunday dismissing SBU chief Ivan Bakanov, a childhood friend of Zelenskyy, and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, who led the …

Saudi Arabia says it will open its airspace to all air carriers, paving the way for more overflights to and from Israel – a further sign that relations between the two countries are warming. The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said on Thursday the country’s airspace was now …

The Economic Community of West African States’ Court has pronounced the suspension of Twitter by the Federal Government as unlawful. The court also directed the Buhari-led administration never to repeat it again. This followed a suit by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and 176 concerned Nigerians, according to SERAP’s Deputy …

The International Monetary Fund has disclosed that inflation, debt, and forex crisis is pushing the Nigerian economy and other African economies to the brink. The Managing Director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, said ministers of finance and central bank governors on the continent disclosed this to her this week. She …

A woman, who is reported to be in her 40s, has died after falling from a popular tourist hotel in central London. According to the police the woman who had been reported missing from the Barnet area at around 10.30pm, passed away at the scene after the incident last night, …

Newcastle United have held talks with Real Sociedad about signing Sweden striker Alexander Isak, 22, from the Spanish side in a club-record deal. (Telegraph – subscription required) Chelsea have an interest in Paris St-Germain and France centre-back Presnel Kimpembe, 26. (Telegraph – subscription required) Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, has offered his services to Paris St-Germain in an attempt to …