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Chinese President Xi Jinping is suffering from ‘cerebral aneurysm’ and had to be hospitalized at the end of 2021, media reports said. It is learnt that he preferred to be treated with traditional Chinese medicines rather than going for surgery, which softens the blood vessels and shrinks aneurysm. Of late, …

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Elon Musk would reverse Donald Trump’s Twitter ban Elon Musk says if his bid to buy Twitter is successful he will reverse Donald Trump’s ban from the platform. The richest man in the world agreed a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover bid with the Twitter board last month. But he said it …

Vladimir Putin has suffered the loss of his 38th colonel in the war in Ukraine as the Russian top brass toll worsens. Lieutenant Colonel Fyodor Evgenievich Solovyov, 44, died in the Donbas, according to reports in his homeland. Solovyov was commander of the howitzer self-propelled artillery regiment of the 127 …

President Muhammadu Buhari participates at the meeting with International Development Partners of the Great Green Wall and attends Opening Ceremony of COP15 in Abidjan on 9th May 2022 President Buhari with L-R: ES UNCCD Ibrahim Thiaw, UNDSG Amina Mohammed and Minister of Environment Mohammed Abdullahi during meeting with International Development …

Sixty people have been killed after a village school in eastern Ukraine took a direct hit in a Russian air raid, with rescue attempts said by the regional governor to be impossible due to constant shelling. Russian attacks in the east and south intensified at the weekend, with the Black …

The Taliban has ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burka in public. The blue burka became a global symbol of the Taliban’s previous regime in Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, and the decision to make it mandatory again marks an escalation of growing restrictions on women in public. …

Todd Boehly, an American businessman, was formally revealed as Chelsea’s new owner on Saturday. Chelsea stated through their website that arrangements have been completed for the new ownership group led by Boehly to purchase the Stamford Bridge club. Following the conclusion of his £3.5 billion acquisition, Boehly replaces Roman Abramovich, who …

The United Kingdom (UK) has clarified that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is not a proscribed organisation in the UK. The British government described the reports in some sections of the media (not The Nation) as “inaccurate reporting”. Several media reports had claimed the United Kingdom barred IPOB, the …

The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted its first declaration on Ukraine since Russia invaded in February, backing the Secretary-General’s efforts to find a “peaceful solution” to the war. The declaration, drafted by Norway and Mexico and obtained by AFP, stopped short of supporting a mediation effort by Antonio …