A Turkish woman was rescued Friday after spending more than 100 hours trapped in the rubble of her earthquake-hit home underneath her husband’s dead body, a German non-profit organisation said. The post Turkish woman rescued from quake rubble after over 100 hours appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
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France’s President Emmanuel Macron will on Friday to dine with Spain’s exiled former king Juan Carlos I and Peruvian Nobel-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa, the writer’s son said. The post Macron to dine with ex-Spanish king, Vargas Llosa: writer's son appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
An IMF team left Pakistan on Friday after crisis talks with the government failed to deliver a deal on financial aid that would help the South Asian country avert economic collapse. After months of deadlock, the International Monetary Fund delegation arrived last week for last-ditch negotiations with a government fearing the political consequences of enforcing bailout conditions in an election year. Pakistan’s economy is in dire straits, stricken by a balance-of-payments crisis as it attempts to service high levels of external debt amid political chaos and deteriorating security. Inflation has rocketed, the rupee has plummeted and the country can no…
US lawmakers on Thursday unanimously denounced China’s use of a suspected spy balloon that flew over North America last week. The vote allowed lawmakers to agree on a bipartisan stance on Beijing, after several balloon-related political skirmishes. The balloon’s days-long flyover from Alaska to South Carolina captured the attention of regular Americans and officials alike, before the US military shot it down off the country’s east coast Saturday. The House of Representatives passed a resolution “condemning the Chinese Communist Party’s use of a high-altitude surveillance balloon over United States territory as a brazen violation of United States sovereignty.” Republicans had…
The European Union on Friday said it felt “satisfaction and relief” after Nicaragua freed over 200 detained opposition members and expelled them to the United States The post EU relieved by release of Nicaragua dissidents appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
Ukraine said Russia launched “massive” missile and drone attacks on Friday, a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky visited some European countries to push for long-range weapons. The post Ukraine reports 'massive' Russian attacks appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
*Targets Ambitious Growth in Kenya Flutterwave has welcomed the withdrawal of claims against the company in July 2022 by Kenya’s Asset Recovery Agency (ARA) and said it looks forward to expansion in the country. The fintech company said it has fully cooperated with all stages of the review. This update resolved the challenge, which began when ARA obtained an ex-parte order to review the bank accounts of several foreign-owned technology firms, including Flutterwave Payments Technology Limited Kenya (Flutterwave Kenya). Flutterwave’s recent highlights include obtaining a Payment Services Provider and Facilitator License in Egypt, a Switching and Processing License by the…
The bodies of seven Cypriot students killed in the powerful earthquake that hit Turkey have been returned home, with Turkish media reporting that 19 children in the group died. The post Bodies of Cyprus students killed in Turkey quake flown home appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
It wasn’t the nuclear missiles, ranks of goose-stepping soldiers or medal-bedecked generals that captivated most attention at North Korea’s recent military parade: it was a 10-year-old girl. Alongside the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, the girl — likely Kim’s second child Ju Ae — inspected a guard of honour in the most recent of a slew of high-profile appearances that have sparked fervent speculation she has been anointed his heir. AFP takes a look at what we know: Who is she?For years, North Korean state media never mentioned Kim’s children, although Seoul’s spy agency has said he has three with…
Beijing condemned on Thursday US President Joe Biden’s comments that Xi Jinping faced “enormous problems”, saying the remarks were “extremely irresponsible”. The latest rhetorical skirmish between the United States and China came after last week’s downing of a Chinese balloon that Washington said was part of a spy fleet spanning five continents. Following a brief warming after a November G20 meeting between Biden and Xi, US-China relations have once again nosedived, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week calling off a visit to Beijing over the balloon fracas. The US has alleged the high-altitude device — which crossed directly…