TikTok has gone offline in the United States just hours before a new law banning the platform was set to take effect, leaving millions of users without access to the popular video-sharing app. A message displayed on the app informed users in the US that the ban had been enacted, stating, “You can’t use TikTok…
The National Alpine Skiing Centre of China has predicted that the country’s ice-snow sector would exceed one trillion RMB value in 2025. The Ski instructor at the centre, Xin Dawei, made this known on Wednesday at a global virtual news conference organised by the centre. He described 2025 as the busiest snow season. Xin lauded…
South African authorities have pulled at least 60 bodies from the shaft of a closed gold mine more than 2 km (1.2 miles) underground. This came following a siege in a crackdown on illegal mining and authorities said unknown numbers of men are still feared trapped. The siege began in August at the mine in…
The former home of religious figure Martin Luther (1483-1546) in the eastern German town of Wittenberg will remain closed to the public until 2027 for renovation. Work on the building, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, would stabilise the climate inside the building, improve energy efficiency. It added that a new entrance…
Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle TV series on Netflix, “With Love, Meghan’’ has been postponed by three months due to the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, the streaming giant said. The show was to feature “the LA native cooking, gardening, crafting and hosting parties’’. It had been due to premiere worldwide on Netflix on Wednesday. Netflix said…
Rescue workers are searching for survivors after a major earthquake killed dozens of people and damaged more than 1,000 buildings in a remote region of Tibet, near Everest. At least 126 people were killed, with another 188 injured, after the earthquake hit the foothills of the Himalayas at around 09:00 local time (01:00 GMT) on…
Saudi Arabia has released three Nigerians who were earlier arrested and prosecuted in the country. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the Acting-Spokesperson of the Ministry, Kimiebi Ebienfa, the release followed high-level diplomatic engagement between the Nigerian government and Saudi authorities. The three Nigerians namely: Hadiza Abba, Fatima Malah and Fatima Gamboi…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Monday, January 6, for Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama on January 7. Mahama, who served as the 12th president of Ghana between 2011 and 2017, was reelected in December 2024. He will succeed President Nana…
President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the government and people of the United States of America over the death of former President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100. “President Carter, the 39th President of the United States, was a beacon of service to humanity, demonstrating to leaders worldwide the profound impact of…
In the quiet town of Plains, Georgia, a significant chapter in American history came to a poignant close with the passing of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, who breathed his last at the venerable age of 100. Born on October 1, 1924, Carter’s life was a tapestry woven with threads of…
