Month: November 2022

The youngest victim in the mass shooting that killed six at a Walmart Supercenter in Chesapeake, Virginia, was identified by officials Friday as 16-year-old Fernando Chavez-Barron. City officials previously withheld identifying the 16-year-old, who was an employee at the Virginia Walmart, “due to him being a minor.” Police identified Chavez-Barron following a vigil on Thursday […]

Malawi has arrested its Vice President Saulos Chilima and charged him with graft over a bribery scandal involving a British-Malawian businessman, the country’s anti-corruption watchdog said. The president’s deputy — who has been stripped of his powers — has been charged with several counts of corruption and taking bribes to influence government contracts, the Anti-Corruption […]

The United Arab Emirates has reiterated its call to end the Russian war in Ukraine through diplomacy and dialogue. The UAE’s Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Lana Nusseibeh said that the UAE firmly believes that diplomacy remains the only viable way to end the crisis,” in a statement shared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

Engaging in negotiations with the US will not solve Tehran’s issues with Washington, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday. Khamenei criticized voices calling for talks with the US to help ease the pressure on Tehran amid the ongoing protests. “Some people claim to have political understanding, but their analyzes in newspapers and online […]

Digital criminal gangs are expected to ramp up their activities against e-commerce companies over the weekend with Black Friday retail bargains attracting shoppers, a fraud and identity expert said. There are several different methods for fraud, mostly by using stolen card information to commit Card Not Present (CNP) fraud against e-commerce companies. It results in […]

Ghana’s government has started working on a new policy to buy oil products with gold rather than US dollar reserves, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has said on Facebook. The move announced, is meant to tackle dwindling foreign currency reserves coupled with demand for dollars by oil importers, which is weakening the local cedi and increasing […]

Amazon workers and labor activists in roughly 30 countries, including the U.S., plan to walk off the job and stage other protests on Friday to demand better pay and working conditions. The campaign, which the groups are promoting on Twitter under the hashtag #MakeAmazonPay, is timed to coincide with Black Friday, a key shopping day […]

Alessandro Michele, the creative director who turned Gucci into a hit brand with younger generations, is leaving the Italian label. Kering SA, which owns the brand, announced Michele is stepping down in a statement on Wednesday. Gucci’s design office will oversee the label’s direction until a new creative organization is announced, the company said. “There […]

Twitter will tentatively launch its blue check subscription feature next Friday, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in a tweet, after holding off on the launch earlier this week. The social media platform will use different color checks for organizations and individuals, Musk said. “Gold check for companies, grey check for governments, blue for individuals […]

At least two people died on Thursday as heavy rains hit western Saudi Arabia, including the coastal city of Jeddah, delaying flights, and forcing schools to close, officials said. “Two deaths have been recorded so far, and we call on everyone not to go out unless necessary,” the Mecca regional government said on its Twitter […]

A manager at a Walmart Inc store in Virginia opened fire on fellow employees in a break room, killing six before turning the gun on himself, eyewitnesses said on Wednesday after the country’s latest mass shooting. The gunman, identified as Andre Bing, 31, of Chesapeake, Virginia, said nothing as he began firing on workers gathered […]

The Pentagon indirectly accused Turkey of endangering US troops based in Syria after air strikes targeted bases used by American forces and US-backed Kurdish fighters. “Recent air strikes in Syria directly threatened the safety of US personnel who are working in Syria with local partners to defeat ISIS and maintain custody of more than ten […]

US regulators approved CSL Behring’s hemophilia B gene therapy, a one-off infusion that frees patients from regular treatments but costs $3.5 million a dose, making it the most expensive medicine in the world. CSL Behring’s Hemgenix, administered just once, cut the number of bleeding events expected over the course of a year by 54 percent, […]

The company tasked with locking down assets of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading said it has recovered $740 million in assets so far, a fraction of the potential billions of dollars likely missing from FTX’s coffers. Cryptocurrency custodial company BitGo disclosed the figure on Wednesday in court filings. FTX hired BitGo hours after the […]

African leaders have declared a cessation of hostilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo starting Friday, according to a joint statement released after talks in the Angolan capital Luanda, with the aim of ending fighting between Congolese troops and M23 rebels. An agreement was reached for an “immediate ceasefire” in the DRC at 6pm […]

Germany has decided to withdraw its troops from the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali by May 2024, a government spokesman has said, becoming the latest country to announce its pullout from the rebellion-hit country. The government will propose to parliament that Germany’s commitment to the MINUSMA operation be extended “in May 2023 for the last […]

Former President Trump’s bid to prevent the Congress from accessing tax returns has been rejected by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for a congressional committee to receive Donald Trump’s tax returns, rejecting an appeal from the former president and capping a long-running legal battle over the carefully guarded papers. […]

A news chopper crash has killed a pilot and a meteorologist in North Carolina. The two people were killed Tuesday after a TV news helicopter crashed along an interstate highway in Charlotte, N.C. The chopper crashed around Interstate 77 around 12:20 p.m. and both victims were confirmed dead at the scene, according to a tweet […]

Student loan payment pause has been extended in the United States while the debt relief program is tied up in court. The White House is extending the pause on federal student loan payments through the end of June 2023 in an effort to “alleviate uncertainty” for borrowers. President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that his administration […]

Uganda’s army have said on Monday that it will send 1,000 troops to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the end of this month to join a regional force mandated to help end decades of instability. The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC), which DRC joined this year, agreed in April to […]