Amid discontent and division, with opinion polls showing nearly two-third voters believe the country is headed in the wrong direction under President Joe Biden, Americans head to the polls on Tuesday. While the United States economy is the envy of the industrialized world, emerging from COVID shutdowns with strong job growth and wage increases, many…
As the U.S. presidential election approaches, anxiety among voters is palpable. Danielle Trenney, a 39-year-old project manager from western Pennsylvania, has taken a unique approach to alleviate her family’s stress: she put up a Christmas tree early this year. This sentiment is shared by many in Bellevue, a Pittsburgh suburb that has become a focal…
In a significant electoral development, Missouri’s Republican-led government has sought to prevent the U.S. Justice Department from deploying legal representatives to St. Louis on Election Day for monitoring compliance with federal voting rights laws. This legal action comes despite the St. Louis election board’s prior agreement to allow federal oversight. The lawsuit, filed in the…
A presidential election unlike any other in U.S. history enters its last full day on Monday. This is as Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and their campaigns scramble to get supporters to the polls in a contest each portrays as an existential moment for America. Even after the astonishing blur of events the last few months,…
The Israeli air force says it has eliminated two commanders of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia in targetted killings in Lebanon as well as a jihadist in the Gaza Strip. One attack took place in Baraachit in southern Lebanon, according to a statement from the army issued on Monday. The dead man was said to have…
Guinea Insurance Plc has posted a profit before tax of N499.6 million for the financial year ended 2023, representing 63 per cent increase from a loss of N75.4 million posted in 2022. Mr Ugochukwu Godson, Chairman, Guinea Insurance, announced this at the company’s 66th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday in Lagos. Godson said that…
Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a high-ranking official in the Equatorial Guinean government, finds himself at the center of a significant sex scandal. The controversy came to light during a fraud investigation, which led authorities to search Engonga’s home and office. He serves as the director general of the Anti-graft National Agency for Financial Investigation (ANIF). During…
Germany’s Development Minister Svenja Schulze arrived in Lebanon on Monday for a short visit to pledge further aid to the country. This has been severely affected by the war between Israel and Hezbollah. In mid-October, the Bundestag provided her ministry with an additional 60 million euros (65.4 million dollars) to be used to provide health…
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health has launched a special measles vaccination programme starting Monday and running until Nov. 9, targeting selected districts in response to recent cases of the disease. Hasitha Tissera, a senior epidemiologist at the Ministry of Health, announced that the programme will be conducted in 12 districts across the country. Although Sri…
Prof. Fang Jianyi, a Chinese educator at the Communication University of Zhejiang, China, on Monday, urged media organisations to leverage audio-visual multimedia for effective communication. Fang gave the advice during a lecture series at a seminar for Omni-media journalists from English-Speaking African countries currently taking place in Hangzhou, Jinhuan city, China. The Chinese teacher, who…
