Amid rising tensions with Israel and with less than two weeks left before the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Iran’s military has begun testing its air defences near the important Natanz nuclear facility. The first phase of a manoeuvre around the site in the centre of the country began on Tuesday, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim…
A German couple on Tuesday confessed to killing a Ukrainian refugee and her mother in March 2024 in order to steal her baby. On the first day of the trial at Mannheim District Court, the two defendants admitted to killing the 27-year-old Ukrainian and her 51-year-old mother. “I regret everything I have done,” the man…
Gov Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has activated the state chapters for indigenes living in Some African and Asian countries to engage them in the policies and programmes of his administration. Dr Favour Obakoro, the State Ambassador, Senior Special Assistant on Morals and Diaspora to the Governor, disclosed this at a press conference on Tuesday in…
Former NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg ,is to travel to Washington for the inauguration of incoming U.S. president Donald Trump on Jan. 20. Stoltenberg, who is set to become the head of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), told dpa on Tuesday that his focus would be strengthening U.S.-European relations in his new role. Stoltenberg is expected…
The U.S. said that it has eased some restrictions on Syria’s government to allow for humanitarian aid. The U.S. Treasury had issued a sanctions exemption for six months to “support the Syrian people as they build a more hopeful, secure, and peaceful future,’’ it said in a statement. In December, Syria’s new de facto leader,…
A Chinese research team from Guangxi University has successfully decoded the genome of the modern cultivated sugarcane variety Xintaitang No. 22 (XTT22). It sheds light on the highly complex allopolyploid genome of sugarcane and its evolutionary mechanisms. Sugarcane plays a vital role in the production of sugar, alcohol, and bioenergy, offering substantial economic and agricultural…
Singapore recorded 129 cases of murder, attempted murder, robbery, rioting, and serious harm involving knives as of November 2024, the Ministry of Home Affairs said Tuesday. Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling announced that the list of regulated weapons will be expanded to include flick knives and knuckledusters in the first half of…
The chief of South Korea’s anti-corruption investigative agency on Tuesday apologised for the failure last week to arrest the impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol over his short-lived martial law imposition. Oh Dong-woon, head of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), said in a parliamentary session of the legislation and judiciary committee that he sincerely…
Chinese President, Xi Jinping has sent a special envoy, Hao Mingjin, to attend the inauguration ceremony of Ghana’s President-elect, John Mahama on Jan. 7 in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. Hao, also the Vice-Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, was invited by the Ghanaian government to represent President Xi Jinping…
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, has announced his resignation from office. Trudeau says he intends to step down as the country’s prime minister, after a new ruling party leader is chosen, the Agence France Presse (AFP) reported. “I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister,” Trudeau, who has been in power…
