May 2022
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• Ukrainian troops defending the city of Kharkiv have reached the state border with Russia, the regional governor said on Monday. It was not immediately clear how many troops had reached the Russian border and where. • Ukrainian border guards fought off an incursion by a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the northeastern region…
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Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on Monday thanked the U.S. for supporting Finland’s NATO membership after meeting with a group of visiting U.S. senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Niinisto officially announced Finland’s application for NATO membership on Sunday. Apart from McConnell, the U.S. delegation also included senators Susan Collins, John Barrasso and John Cornyn. China says…
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1. Background of Nike Nike is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world’s largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major…
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Majestic dresses inspired by the Middle Ages and the Tudor’s have been on the catwalks of the fashion weeks since 2018 under Jordan Dalah’s name. And as any designer who has walked out Central Saint Martins, but firstly leaving his mark, Jordan Dalah continues to amaze with its search for intricately extravagant yet so memorable…
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Charlotte Hicks was feeling surprisingly serene after Esse Studios’s Australian Fashion Week runway debut. “It’s the setting. You can’t help but let go and unwind and just lose yourself in this incredible space,” she said postshow, gesturing to the vaulted granite ceilings of the architectural jewel that is the Sydney Opera House. Her mood jibed…
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As a scorching heatwave dries up water sources in the state’s biggest city, veterinary doctors and animal rescuers said rescuers in India’s western Gujarat state are rescuing dozens of exhausted and dehydrated birds dropping to the ground everyday. In the hottest pre-summer months in recent years, large areas of South Asia are drying up, leading…
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Cuba’s state cigar monopoly, Habanos S.A., reports that sales of its famous hand-rolled cigars have rebounded strongly after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, posting record sales in 2021. Many consider Cuba’s hand-rolled cigars, which include brands such as Cohiba, Montecristo and Partagas, as the best in the world. Travel restrictions in 2020 caused by…
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Russia has probably lost around a third of the ground forces it deployed to Ukraine and its offensive in the Donbas region “has lost momentum and fallen significantly behind schedule,” British military intelligence said on Sunday. “Despite small-scale initial advances, Russia has failed to achieve substantial territorial gains over the past month whilst sustaining consistently…
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World leaders began descending on the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to offer condolences on the death of President Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who was succeeded by his half-brother and de facto leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed. Sheik Mohammed, now ruler of wealthy Abu Dhabi emirate, steered the Western-allied Gulf state, an OPEC oil producer…
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Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest, a clear show of popular support for the group’s war-ravaged nation that went beyond music. The band and its song “Stefania” beat 24 other performers early Sunday in the grand final of the competition. The public vote from home, via text message or the Eurovision app,…
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Britney Spears says she has lost a baby early in her pregnancy. Spears announced the loss on Instagram Saturday in a joint post with her partner, Sam Asghari. The pop superstar, who gained her freedom from a court conservatorship that controlled her life for more than a decade, said in April that she was expecting…
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THE Nigerian Bar Association’s dis-inviting of Nasir El-Rufai from debasing its platform at its last conference due to the pressure of open bar initiative that a man who has outright disregard for the rule of law is not a good teacher for lawyers on the subject is a good example of constructing amoral finishing post…
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AUDITORS, ETHICAL JUDGEMENT AND WHISTLEBLOWING Itsaso Barrainkua and Marcelo Espinosa-Pike[1] examined widespread claims that professionalism among auditors has decreased. The assumption was due to a shift in paradigms and particularly because the global audit market is mostly controlled by profit-seeking individuals, groups and organizations. The book focused on auditors’ commitment to professional ethics, independent enforcement…
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The police in Sokoto have categorized one of the prime suspects in the murder of Deborah Samuel as a foreign intruder from the neighbouring Niger Republic. Officials said the suspect could not be found in the metropolis despite being captured on camera proclaiming his role in the lynching and burning of the 200-level student of…
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A coup to remove Russian President Vladimir Putin is underway and it is “impossible to stop it,” according to Ukrainian Major Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the country’s military intelligence chief. The defeat of Russia in Ukraine, Budanov explained to Sky News in an exclusive interview, will not only lead to Putin being removed, but also to disintegration. “It…
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A gunman in military-style clothing opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, in what authorities called a “hate crime and racially motivATED violent extremism,” killing 10 people and wounding three others before being taken in custody Saturday afternoon, law enforcement officials said. The gunman was identified as Payton Gendron, 18,…
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