Macron says ‘social media is damaging our democracies’
President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that social media was "damaging our democracies" as France struggled to contain weeks of protests marked by street violence and looting.
US Customs impounds more than 14,000 fake Nike shoes from China
The United States Customs and Border Protection officers have impounded 14,806 pairs of fake Nike shoes that, if genuine, would’ve been worth a total of more than $2 million (N721 million). The shoes arrived from China at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport in containers marked as “napkins.” What was inside weren’t napkins at all, but […]
Trump defends his Syria pullout against Republican criticism
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected criticism from fellow Republicans over his decision to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syria and dismissed worries that captured Islamic State fighters might escape in the chaos of a Turkish attack. Trump’s abrupt move on Sunday to remove 50 U.S. troops out of northern Syria, which has […]
Japan yet to completely emerge from deflation ―Economy minister
Japan’s economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura has said on Thursday that the country has not fully emerged from deflation and that the government and the central bank will take all necessary steps to ensure a sustained economic recovery. “We haven’t reached a situation where we can say Japan has completely emerged from deflation,” Nishimura told parliament. […]
China imports 900 Danish breeding pigs after African swine fever
One of China’s top pig farming companies imported 900 breeding pigs from Denmark this week, China’s customs said on Wednesday, in the first import of live pigs in a year. The animals bought by C.P. Pokphand Co, China’s fifth-largest pig producer, arrived on a charter flight in August and spent over a month in quarantine […]
Ugandan woman becomes first black woman to visit every country
Ugandan woman, Jessica Nabongo has become the first black woman to visit all the countries in the world after visiting 195 countries. She set out to visit all 193 countries in the world in 2016, and on October 6 arrived the last on her list, Seychelles, according to a post on her Instagram page. She […]
