Month: November 2022

England hammered Iran 6-2 on Monday in an emphatic World Cup opener. This is all thanks to two goals from Bukayo Saka and strikes by Jude Bellingham and Raheem Sterling, before substitutes Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish rounded off the rout. England had come close to taking the lead in the Group B opener, with […]

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have sent their condolences to the Indonesian President following a deadly earthquake on Java island, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Tuesday. The quake has insofar killed at least 46. In a letter to Indonesian President Joko Widodo the Crown Prince, who […]

Players of Iran’s national soccer team chose not to sing their country’s anthem at their opening World Cup match against England on Monday. This was in an apparent show of support for protesters back home. The players were silent as the anthem was played at the Khalifa International Stadium, where Iranian fans gathered in the […]

The world’s longest-serving president has sought re-election to continue his 43-year rule in Equatorial Guinea. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, has presided over a regime marked by alleged human rights abuses including torture and disappearances. Some opposition candidates are standing, but they are not expected to win. The president has a strong grip on […]

Jason David Frank, one of the original members of the Power Rangers has died at age 49. This was confirmed by TMZ on Sunday. Sources close to Frank confirmed that he passed away from suicide at the age of 49. However, the Associated Press reported Justine Hunt, Frank’s manager, said in a statement that Frank […]

A Saudi’s real estate company has signed a deal with the Trump Organization to build a project worth over $4 billion. Saudi Arabia’s Dar Al Arkan real estate company has signed a deal with the Trump Organization to develop a signature Trump Resort worth $4 billion in Muscat, Oman. The 100-meter-high hilltop development is set […]

Enner Valencia’s two first-half goals led Ecuador to a dominant 2-0 victory over Qatar on Sunday. This ler the home nation froze on their big night with an error-strewn display that left them as the first World Cup hosts to lose their opening game. Valencia already had a third-minute header ruled out by VAR for […]

Emmanuel Macron has accused Russia of feeding disinformation to further its “predatory project” in Africa, where France has had military setbacks. In an interview with TV5 Monde on the sidelines of a conference of Francophone nations in Tunisia, he said there was a “predatory project” pushing disinformation into African countries, which was “a political project […]

Elon Musk has allowed former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Twitter account to be restored after users on the social media website voted 52% to 48% to allow the former leader’s return. Trump’s once-blocked account reappeared on the platform Sunday, minutes after company owner Musk announced he was lifting the 22-month suspension on the former president […]

A Saudi national has been sentenced to death for smuggling drugs. The national was caught with banned amphetamine tablets near the country’s northern border with Jordan. This was reported by Saudi Press Agency on Sunday citing the Ministry of Interior. Mohammed bin Saud al-Ruwaili was found guilty of smuggling the illicit substance and sentenced on […]

Qatar’s emir said the World Cup gathers people of all beliefs. Qatar’s Bedouin roots, embodied in a tent-shaped stadium, were on display on Sunday as the country’s emir opened the World Cup at a ceremony during which he kissed his father’s hand and welcomed the world to soccer’s biggest event, the first time it has […]

The United Nations’ Security Council needs to take “significant measures” in response to the latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch by North Korea, foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations said on Sunday. The Security Council is set to discuss North Korea in a meeting on Monday at the request of the […]

By Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu “While under-representation and misrepresentation are decried as the twin destiny of Islam in global television, what is often neglected by studies is the extent to which the contemporary nexus between television, sport and religion is actually providing a platform for both propagation and socialization.” – Prof Musa. Occurrences and concurrences […]

Mayor Eric Adams has signed legislation to address the city’s growing rat problem. Friday’s news conference had almost as many rodent jokes as the number of rats running around the city. “Ending this rat tale … No more Mickey Mouse … Thank you to my rat pack … Pizza rat, if you’re listening, pack your […]

South Africa’s state logistics firm Transnet has said on Saturday it has reopened one of the two lines on the North corridor which was closed earlier this month following the derailment of a train carrying export coal. The logistics company said that operations have commenced and Freight Rail teams are working to clear the staged […]

Police in Suffolk County are investigating after a hidden camera was discovered inside a bathroom at Bay Shore High School. Students at the school said they felt disgusted by the discovery. “Normally you see things at other schools and you never think it’ll happen at yours,” said one student. “I think it’s concerning that such […]

Elon Musk posted a Twitter poll Friday night on whether former president Trump should be returned to Twitter — and as of 10 p.m., those favoring Trump’s comeback led those opposed, 53% to 47%. At that hour, about 4 million people had answered Musk’s extremely simple poll: “Reinstate former President Trump,” he wrote, with two […]

Elizabeth Holmes, the ex-CEO of Theranos, has been sentenced to 11.25 years in federal prison. She was convicted of fraud and conspiracy after misleading investors about her blood-testing startup company. The federal judge decided that the sentence is with three years of supervised release. Holmes will self-surrender on April 27, which likely allows her to […]

Ghana’s Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Friday has said he was “truly sorry” for the country’s economic hardships but defended himself against accusations by lawmakers that he was unfit for the job. Ofori-Atta has been criticised for his handling of what has become Ghana’s worst economic crisis in a generation. This came at a time […]

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) officially announced his bid on Friday to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader in the House of Representatives. Just a day after Pelosi stepped down, the Brooklyn lawmaker asked fellow Democrats to support his historic bid to become the first Black leader of either party in either chamber of Congress. […]