R. Kelly Gets Extra Prison Time After Latest Sex Abuse Conviction
Disgraced singer R. Kelly must spend an extra year in prison on top of a 30-year sentence he is already serving. Kelly was jailed in June 2022 for three decades…
US Senators Seek Answers From Meta On Whether User Data Was Accessed By China, Russia And Others
Top US lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee want answers from Meta on a newly disclosed internal investigation it conducted in 2018 that found tens of thousands of software developers…
Canadian Teen Wins $48m Lotto Jackpot On First Try
When Juliette Lamour won a lotto jackpot on her first try, the sensible teen immediately turned to a financial adviser, or Dad, as she calls him. The 18-year-old just scooped…
US Ambassador Heading to Africa as Part of Biden’s Big Push
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is the second Cabinet member heading to Africa as part of President Joe Biden’s big push to engage with the world’s second-largest continent.…
U.S. and Ghana GovernmentsP to Improve Fish Standards
The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Fisheries Ministry, has announced the Safe Fish Certification and Licensing Scheme. It was under the…
Ukraine war: Kyiv rejects Putin’s Russian Orthodox Christmas truce
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence minister to impose a 36-hour ceasefire on the Ukrainian front line. The ceasefire – from 12:00 Moscow time (09:00 GMT) – coincides…
US: Three days. Eleven votes. Still no US House Speaker
The Republican leader of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, has failed in his latest bid to get elected speaker in a paralysis of US government not seen since the…