Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday pardoned 13 people arrested during a string of recent mass demonstrations over the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November. Serbia has been rattled by unrelenting protests in the wake of the deadly disaster at the train station in the northern city of Novi Sad that killed 15 people, following extensive renovations at the facility. According to a statement from the president’s office, six students, a university dean and professor, along with several other academics, were among the pardoned. Dropping charges against those arrested during the protests has been a key…
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Spain’s top prosecutor on Wednesday denied leaking legal documents about the partner of the Madrid region’s influential conservative leader, legal sources said, a case embarrassing Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Alvaro Garcia Ortiz refused to answer anyone but his lawyer during a 90-minute testimony at the Supreme Court, the sources added, in an appearance without precedent in Spanish legal history. The politicised case has pitted Ortiz, nominated by Sanchez’s government in 2022, against the Madrid region’s leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso and is one of several affairs undermining the minority leftist administration. Spanish media published in March last year a…
US President Donald Trump will take a victory lap Wednesday as he signs a bill cracking down on migrant criminal suspects — his first piece of legislation since he returned to power vowing a blitz on illegal immigration. The ceremony at the White House comes as Trump faces pushback over his broader plans to overhaul the government, including a funding freeze that caused chaos and an offer of a severance package to federal workers. The Laken Riley act — which orders the pre-trial detention of undocumented migrants charged with theft and violent crimes — is named for a 22-year-old…
From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrated the Lunar New Year on Wednesday, ushering in the Year of the Snake. In China, people enjoy eight consecutive public holidays for the 2025 Spring Festival, an opportunity to share meals, attend traditional performances and set off fireworks. Train stations and airports across the country have been jam-packed for weeks as millions returned home to spend the holidays with their loved ones in an annual migration that is expected to be a record.…
1 day ago Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, came alive on Tuesday as Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, commenced a three-day visit to the state, inaugurating key projects of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The visit began with the commissioning of an ICT Community Centre at the Kwara State University of Education, a collaborative effort between the National Information… 1 day ago The Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal resumed today in Abuja with explosive revelations from the PDP’s star witness – PW12 – who exposed alleged widespread irregularities in the September 21, 2024, governorship election and attempted to dismantle the case…
The European Union said it will provide the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with €60 million ($62.6 million) in humanitarian aid. The European Commission announced this on Tuesday, following days of intense fighting in the east of the country. The commission said the funding is meant to support displaced populations in and around Goma and those affected by conflicts and epidemics. READ ALSO:Police recover $11m in fight against terrorism, money laundering It said that after days of heavy fighting, the rebel militia M23 entered the strategically important provincial capital Goma in the early hours of Monday. Goma is located…
US President Donald Trump said Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok, while the app’s future in the country faces uncertainty. TikTok is facing down a US law that ordered the company to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or be banned in the United States. Asked late Monday if Microsoft was in discussion for acquiring TikTok, Trump told reporters: “I would say yes.” “There’s a lot of interest in TikTok, there’s great interest in TikTok,” he added aboard Air Force One. He noted that a “bidding war” would also be a good development. A law banning…
The European bottling unit of Coca-Cola said Monday that it had ordered a major recall of Coke, Sprite and other beverages after detecting high levels of chlorate, which poses potential health risks. Coca-Cola said cans and glass bottles containing elevated levels of the substance were distributed in Belgium, the Netherlands, Britain, Germany, France and Luxembourg since November, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Belgium told AFP. “We do not have a precise figure, but it is clear that it is a considerable quantity,” the firm said of the amount of drinks involved. READ ALSO:2025 AFCON: Nigeria draws Tunisia, Uganda, Tanzania in Group…
3 hours ago Betty Otimenyin has assumed duty as the 49th and first female Commissioner of Police (CP) in Edo StateBetty Otimenyin has assumed duty as the 49th and first female Commissioner of Police in Edo State. Addressing journalists shortly after inspecting the guard of honour, Betty said the command under her watch will work to drastically reduce… 5 hours ago The Lagos State Government has lectured property owners and developers on avoiding undue challenges with planning approvals, urging them to embrace its free planning information service. This was disclosed in Alausa, Ikeja area of Lagos State on Monday by…
More than 120 Congolese fighters have been disarmed in Rwanda, the Rwandan army said Monday, as a Kigali-backed armed group entered the Goma, a key city in DRC’s perennially restive east. The east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has endured decades of internal and cross-border violence, with the latest escalation presenting conflicting accounts over how much of the regional capital remained under Congolese control. Clashes between the M23 armed group and Rwandan soldiers in Goma have killed at least 17 people, according to hospitals in the city, with Kigali saying five civilians have also died in Rwanda. “More…