Irobiko Chimezie
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BEIJING: China on Friday (Apr 4) announced a slew of additional tariffs and restrictions against US goods as a countermeasure to sweeping tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. The commerce ministry said it would impose additional tariffs of 34 per cent on all US goods from Apr 10. Agriculture trade took another hit as Chinese…
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NBA star Stephen Curry has a deal with a Random House Publishing Group imprint that you could call a three-point play. The 11-time All Star with the Golden State Warriors has agreed to release three books through One World, beginning Sept. 9 with “Shot Ready,” which Curry is calling a “personal reflection” on his life on and off the…
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A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training, sounded alarms in the cockpit of the passenger plane Friday. Delta 2983 was departing Reagan Airport around 3:15 p.m. and heading to Minneapolis-St.…
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at curbing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts among federal contractors and grant recipients. Judge Matthew Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois halted the Labor Department from requiring federal…
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Múte B Egede sees the move as deliberately provocative, following Donald Trump’s threats to take control of the island. Greenland’s prime minister has hit out at a planned visit to the island by senior US officials, calling the move “highly aggressive” in light of Trump’s threats to take control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory. Múte…
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The 30-day pause in airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure that Donald Trump got Vladimir Putin to agree to lasted perhaps a few hours. The White House had claimed “we’ve never been closer to a peace deal” before the phone call between the two leaders yesterday. Instead, Mr Trump appears to have achieved little in his conversation with Mr Putin, whose…
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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night declared a state of emergency in Rivers State. Tinubu made the pronouncement in a nationwide broadcast to the nation. The president said he was “greatly disturbed about the political crisis” in the state and accused Governor Siminilayi Fubara of demolishing the State House of Assembly building. Tinubu said having…
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Serie A might consider India as a potential host for the Italian Super Cup, in an effort to broaden the tournament’s global audience, the Italian league’s commercial and marketing director Michele Ciccarese has said. The Italian Super Cup, which is played between the winners and the runners-up of the previous season’s Serie A and Coppa…
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A scrappy Naomi Osaka came from behind to beat Yuliia Starodubtseva 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the first round of the Miami Open on Tuesday for her first win since January’s Australian Open. Osaka dropped the first set and trailed 4-2 in the second against the tournament qualifier before finding her rhythm in front of a…
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Ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas seem “to have broken down completely overnight”. The end of the first phase of the ceasefire two weeks ago created a “tricky, delicate moment” – especially as the Trump administration was occupied with talks to end fighting in Ukraine. There are 59 Israel hostages still being held by Hamas…
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The Trump administration is considering targeting the citizens of as many as 43 countries as part of a new ban on travel to the United States that would be broader than the restrictions imposed during President Trump’s first term, according to officials familiar with the matter. A draft list of recommendations developed by diplomatic and…
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President Bola Tinubu on Friday said he won’t be a religious bigot in addressing the security challenges in the country. The President stated this when receiving the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) at the State House in Abuja. “This insecurity, everyone is affected, Christians, Muslims alike. I have no religious bias; I won’t be…
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President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio risks jail for allegedly disobeying an order of the Court as Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan commenced her contempt proceedings against the Senate. In a notice of disobedience of Court Order signed by the Registrar of the Court pursuant to Section 72 of the Sheriff and Civil Process Act 2004 and…
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The European Union has announced retaliatory trade action with new duties on U.S. industrial and farm products, responding within hours to the Trump administration’s increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%. The world’s biggest trading bloc was expecting the U.S. tariffs and prepared in advance, but the measures still place great…
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The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it needed to be briefed by the United States on the outcome of U.S.-Ukrainian talks in Saudi Arabia before commenting on whether a proposed ceasefire in Ukraine was acceptable to Russia. Ukraine said on Tuesday it was ready to support a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia,…
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin vowed to slash spending by 65%. “This agency will NEVER again waste any of your hard-earned tax dollars. I made a pledge to cut 65% of @EPA total spending this year. Here’s how we are going to do it:,” Zeldin posted Tuesday on X with a short video. Zeldin, a former…
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