Asia
6 Jun 2023
Bangladesh has promised that no Rohingya refugee will be returned to Myanmar against their will in a controversial proposed repatriation process, a top United Nations official has said.
6 Jun 2023
Hong Kong's government said Tuesday it had asked the city's high court to ban the song "Glory to Hong Kong", an anthem born out of huge pro-democracy protests in 2019.
5 Jun 2023
Passenger and freight trains were running again on Monday at the site of India's deadliest train disaster in decades, which officials said was caused by failures linked to signal systems
4 Jun 2023
Hong Kong police on Sunday detained several key pro-democracy figures attempting to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen crackdown in China.
4 Jun 2023
Fourteen people were killed and five are missing following a landslide in southwestern China's Sichuan province on Sunday, the local government said.
4 Jun 2023
Three Chinese astronauts working at the country's space station have returned safely to Earth, state media reported Sunday, hailing the mission as a "complete success". The return capsule of the Shenzhou-15 spaceship touched down at a landing site in northern China's Inner Mongolia region, according to state news agency Xinhua. Astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming…
4 Jun 2023
Desperate relatives searched Sunday for loved ones missing after India's worst train disaster in decades, and the death toll was expected to climb above 288 as authorities searched for clues to the cause.
4 Jun 2023
China's defence minister warned Sunday against establishing NATO-like military alliances in the Asia-Pacific, saying they would plunge the region into a "whirlpool" of conflict.
3 Jun 2023
Organising elections without an "inclusive political dialogue" risks worsening violence in Myanmar said a UN envoy on Saturday, a day after meeting a leading opposition figure in Geneva.
3 Jun 2023
Carriages perched on top of each other and lines of bodies collected by rescue workers: as dawn broke on Saturday, it revealed the horror of one of India's deadliest railway crashes.
3 Jun 2023
Heavy rain across parts of Japan has killed one person, left two missing and injured dozens more, authorities said Saturday, with thousands of residents issued evacuation warnings.
2 Jun 2023
A Hezbollah official said Friday there was "no justification" for linking the powerful Lebanese group to an Irish peacekeeper's killing, a day after a judicial official accused five militants of last year's attack.
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Despite the exodus of university teachers and attendant shortage of manpower in public universities nationwide, the non-retention policy of the Federal Government has caused over 5,032 first-class graduates to languish in the job market and far away from the tertiary institutions that erstwhile retained them.
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As the whereabouts of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, remain unknown a week after he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and placed on a watch-list by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)
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Data sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) suggest the economy may be relapsing to cash hoarding again a year after the chronic currency scarcity even as the proportion of currency in circulation that is held outside the banking system has returned to the pre-naira redesign level.
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As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2024 World Malaria Day, the progress in national malaria control is being threatened by the continued rising cost of anti-malaria drugs, which have gone beyond the reach of many Nigerians.
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African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said that Africa's immense economic potential is being undermined by non-transparent resource-backed loans that complicate debt resolution and compromise countries' future growth.
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Ahead of May Day next week, workers are demanding a country that works for all and not just for some privileged few.
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The NPFL has fined Kwara United N6 million for allegedly thwarting the live broadcast of their week 31 game against Akwa United.
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To achieve the global malaria targets 2030, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Malaria Programme has launched a new operational strategy that will change the trajectory of malaria trends.
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President Bola Tinubu and President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, have promised to give fresh direction to the justice sector in the country through a holistic overhaul.
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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has urged the Army to establish military formations in Sambisa Forest and the Mandara Hills, bordering Cameroon and Chad in the North East, to counter terrorism in the areas.