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The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in the south-east of the country has been “90%” destroyed after being besieged by Russian forces, its mayor Vadym Boichenko said Monday. “The sad news is that 90% of the infrastructure in the city is destroyed and 40% is unrecoverable,” Boichenko told a press …

The Italian police have arrested a 24-year-old Nigerian man who allegedly beat his wife and dropped their one-year-old baby boy from the upper floor. According to a report by Ansa News, a police officer dived and caught the child before he hit the floor in a Florence condo on Sunday …

As Russian troops retreat, the small town of Borodianka, 50km northwest of Kyiv, is left in ruins. The Russian retreat last week has left behind clues of the battle waged to keep a grip on Borodianka, just 50km (30 miles) northwest of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. A man walks past …

The influential sister of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has said the country’s nuclear forces would “annihilate” the South Korean military if it launched a pre-emptive strike against the regime. Kim Yo-jong, who holds several senior positions in the government and ruling party, said the North had no intention of …

In a contrasting move to its pressuring of European allies to not buy Russian oil against the backdrop of the ongoing Ukraine crisis, the US increased crude oil supplies from Russia by 43 percent, or 100,000 barrels per day, over the past week, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Mikhail Popov told …

The Federal Government paid the total sum of N7.27bn as installments on loans acquired from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in February this year In February 2022, the Federal Government made a repayment of $8.21m (or N3.42bn, using the central exchange rate of the Central Bank of …

Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have decided to close their land borders with Russia and Belarus, Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure Mustafa Nayyem said, News.Az reports citing UNIAN. Nayyem noted that Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will completely close the roads for trucks belonging to Russia and Belarus in the next …

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico, which has been subsidizing gasoline to soften price spikes, said on Saturday the policy would not apply in the U.S. border region this week, citing shortages as more Americans drive south to fill their tanks The suspension of the subsidy from April 2-8 covers cities …

The Court of Appeal of Rwanda confirmed on Monday the sentence to 25 years in prison for “terrorism” of the opponent Paul Rusesabagina, made famous by the film “Hotel Rwanda”, rejecting the appeal of the prosecution who wanted a longer sentence. heavy. “The court considers that his sentence should not …

With the coming on stream of the Dangote Fertiliser Plant, in Lagos, Nigeria has commenced exportation of Urea-based fertiliser to the U.S, India, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. Mr Devakumar Edwin, the Executive Director, Strategy Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Dangote Group disclosed this on Sunday when the Minister of Information …