(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Joe Biden, plans to run for another term in office, he announced on Twitter on Tuesday. “Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up for democracy. “To stand up for their fundamental freedoms. I believe this is ours,” Biden tweeted. “That’s why I’m running for reelection […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Population Division has said India is about to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation in the coming days. UN Population Division Director, John Wilmoth, said this at a news conference on Monday at UN headquarters in New York. Wilmoth said the main driver of this trend was the fertility […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 20.2 million people in Germany have immigration background, according to a new report released on Thursday by the German Federal Statistics Office. This amounts to 24.3 percent of the total population of the European nation. Nearly one in four people living in Germany, according to the report, have an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund (SCSF), which is founded by rapper turned business mogul Jay-Z and his philanthropist mother, Gloria Carter, has urged eligible students to apply for the annual scholarship. This is coming as the deadline for this year’s scholarship is fast approaching. The SCSF helps students advance their education by giving […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa early Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of casualties, authorities said. “At night, the enemy carried out an attack by UAVs of the Shahed-136 type on the Odesa region,” Yuriy Kruk, head of the Odesa district military administration, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UK unemployment edged higher in the three months to the end of February, official data showed Tuesday, as the economy continues to be impacted by high inflation. The rate increased to 3.8 percent from 3.7 percent in the three months to the end of January, the Office for National Statistics said in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Climate Investment Funds (CIF), a premier multilateral climate finance mechanism at the forefront of climate action in developing countries, has promised to continue to mobilize resources to support African countries. Established at the request of G8 and G20 countries in 2008 as one of the largest fast-tracked climate financing instruments globally, CIF […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Svenja Schulze has reaffirmed that Germany will continue to work together with local leaders and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Mali after withdrawing its troops next year. The minister said as Germany prepares to withdraw the Bundeswehr from Mali by next year, the ongoing development aids in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, urges member states to be committed and pray for global peace, noting that “peace is needed today more than ever before”. Guterres made the call at a religious event at the UN Headquarters in New York on Friday to observe a moment of prayer for peace. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday banning most abortions after six weeks, hours after the White House called the measure “extreme and dangerous.” “We are proud to support life and family in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said in a statement. The bill bans women from having an abortion in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – China’s National Health Commission on Monday unveiled the latest plan for COVID-19 vaccination,. The commission said that the plan aims to raise the immunity levels of certain groups and further reduce the risks of severe infection and death from the virus. The plan was issued by the State Council Joint COVID-19 Prevention […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two bodies were found in the rubble of a building that collapsed in Marseille following a major explosion, French authorities said Monday, as rescue workers scrambled to find at least six people still unaccounted for. More than 24 hours after the four-storey building imploded, with residents reporting a strong smell of gas, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Israeli military said early Sunday that it struck several targets in Syria after rockets were fired toward Israel amid Easter celebration. Six rockets were launched toward the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights starting late Saturday, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) said. This has further heightened tensions in the region after a flare-up in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World food prices declined for the 12th consecutive month in March, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported on Friday. It said that it was the first time the index had fallen for a full year. FAO’s broad Food Price Index slipped to 2.1 per cent in March, and it […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tech executive and investor who worked on the Android and Cash apps, Bob Lee, has been stabbed to death in San Francisco. The 43-year-old founder was killed at 2:35am on Tuesday when officials were called to the 300 block of Main Street near the entrance of a high-rise, according to DailyMail on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that China had a “major role” to play in finding a path to peace in Ukraine, as he kicked off a three-day visit to Beijing. Speaking at a gathering of the French community in Beijing ahead of a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. former President, Donald Trump, and front-runner for the Republican nomination in 2024 has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty when he appeared at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on Tuesday in New York, according to media reports. The former president […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Donald Trump was set Tuesday to plead not guilty to criminal charges in a New York courtroom in an unprecedented case that threatens to upend the 2024 White House race. Trump is the first sitting or former American president to be criminally indicted — a historic development that has propelled the United […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Sumatra island in western Indonesia on Monday, shaking homes of panicked residents but causing no casualties or damage. The quake’s epicenter was at sea southwest of Padangsidimpuan city in northern Sumatra at a depth of 84 kilometers (52 miles), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said that Africa’s energy transition would require an estimated $100 billion annually between 2020 and 2040. Dr. Adesina noted made the observation while speaking at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, hosted by the German government. The annual Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue […]
