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Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Thursday invited Pope Francis to visit his country, during a meeting at the Vatican, where he also asked for help to return children forcibly taken to Russia. “I invited His Holiness to visit Ukraine in person,” Shmyhal told reporters at the Foreign Press Association in Rome a few hours…
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The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has disclosed that 13 buses bringing back about 1,500 Nigerians from the conflict-ravaged Sudan are expected to arrive soon in Aswan, Egypt. The NiDCOM Chair made this known to newsmen Thursday in Abuja. Dabiri-Erewa added that Air Peace Airline would be leaving for Egypt tonight while…
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President Yoon Suk Yeol celebrated Seoul’s “stronger than ever” alliance with Washington in a joint meeting of Congress Thursday as the partners unite to deter North Korea’s nuclear threat. Yoon is on a week-long US state visit to mark the 70th anniversary of the friendship, amid saber-rattling from the North, the war in Ukraine and…
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The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed that the first set of Nigerians to be evacuated from Sudan will arrive in the country on Friday. Dabiri-Erewa made this known to journalists on Thursday at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja during the 70th session of the State House Ministerial Briefing organised by…
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that the United States was working with Sudan’s warring generals to extend an expiring, shaky ceasefire that he helped broker. Blinken said he expected to say more “in the coming hours” on the situation in Sudan, where the army has renewed air strikes on rival paramilitaries in the…