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The US House on Wednesday passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine. Loud explosions were heard across Kyiv...
President stumps for Senate nominee Michael Whatley in North Carolina and urges voters to ‘crush the communists’Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday, imploring North Carolina voters to “pretend I’m on the ticket” and “crush the communists” in the November elec...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday set out her priorities for the European Union for the coming year, with a focus on closer ties with Canada, protecting children online, tackling climate change and supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia. Her State...
President Donald Trump visited North Carolina in his first campaign stop since the GOP’s Dallas midterm convention, seeking to boost Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley, who is trailing Democrat Roy Cooper in the polls.
More than a week after the Lindsay Clancy trial ended in a hung jury — with a lone holdout refusing to acquit the 36-year-old for killing her young children — the media has continued to probe how one man forced a mistrial in the triple-murder case. “I hope that guy can sleep well...
Germany's chancellor is on the brink. We map out what happens next.
An American flag outside the US Capitol at dusk in Washington, DC. © Eric Lee / Bloomberg The US House of Representatives has passed a bill authorizing President Donald Trump to slap tariffs on countries purchasing Russian energy and impose tougher sanctions on Moscow over the U...
WATCH: McConnell returns to the Senate for the first time since his June hospitalization pbs.org
WATCH: Senate Democrats block cryptocurrency bill, demanding more limits on Trump's investments pbs.org
WATCH LIVE: Trump campaigns for GOP Senate candidate Michael Whatley in North Carolina pbs.org
How Democrats and activist groups are planning to push back if Trump tries to interfere in midterm elections pbs.org
Munitions experts say that bombs of that size are almost never dropped by US forces in densely populated areas, and US military officers have said such bombs are unsuitable for urban combat.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has begun a major review of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, with plans to introduce life skills and critical thinking into the nation’s tertiary admission test.
ABUJA — The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to approve wage awards for workers to cushion the impact of rising petrol prices, which it said had worsened the economic hardship facing Nigerians.
The remains of the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bamanga Tukur, have been laid to rest at his residence in Yola South, Adamawa State.
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chibudom Nwuche, on Tuesday described the death of former PDP National Chairman, Dr Bamanga Tukur, as a major loss to Nigeria. Nwuche, who served as Deputy National Chairman of the PDP under Tukur between 2012 and...
Maritime stakeholders have demanded that port modernisation must be measured by improvements in cargo movement, vessel turnaround time, logistics costs and export capacity, rather than money spent on infrastructure. This is even as they said that Nigeria can only emerge as the le...