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France back in virus lockdown as Europe cases top 10 million

France back in virus lockdown as Europe cases top 10 million

France entered a new lockdown on Friday as the resurgent coronavirus pandemic increasingly forced other countries to consider following suit, with Europe passing 10 million total infections and the United States posting a daily record of 90,000 cases. From midnight, France’s 65 million people were largely confined to their homes, needing written statements to leave, […]

Two accomplices in Kenya’s Westgate attack jailed for 33, 18 years

Two accomplices in Kenya’s Westgate attack jailed for 33, 18 years

A Kenyan court Friday handed prison terms of 33 and 18 years respectively to two men accused of conspiring with the Al-Shabaab extremists who attacked Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall in 2013, killing 67 people. Mohamed Ahmed Abdi and Hassan Hussein Mustafa, both 31, were found guilty on October 7 of conspiring with and supporting the […]

US 2020: Between the ‘sleeping’ Joe and the ‘talking’ Trump

US 2020: Between the ‘sleeping’ Joe and the ‘talking’ Trump

In a Democratic System of Government, the election is an essential process of choosing a leader or other representatives by popular vote. One of such is the forthcoming Presidential election in the United States of America slated for November 3 where over 50 million voters will be deciding who leads them in White House for another four years.

Massive protest against abortion ruling planned in Poland

Massive protest against abortion ruling planned in Poland

Poland is gearing up for the largest protest yet against a recent top court ruling that tightens abortion laws, with protesters from across the country expected to demonstrate in Warsaw on Friday evening. Daily protests have swept many Polish cities since a ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal on Oct. 22 declaring that abortions due to […]

Push for police reform stutters ahead of US election

Push for police reform stutters ahead of US election

Thomas Waltower, a computer coding trainer in Minneapolis, had hoped that outrage over the killing of African American George Floyd in the city in May would force an overhaul of the police. But “it started off with a big push; and now it’s quiet,” he said, as political parties fight shy of the issue ahead […]