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King Charles Officially Named As King Of Australia, New Zealand

September 11, 2022 6:56 pm

King Charles III has been officially named as the main monarch (King) in Australia and New Zealand on Sunday.

In Canberra, Governor-General David Hurley had also proclaimed “Prince Charles Philip Arthur George to be King Charles III, by grace of God, King of Australia”.

At a similar ceremony in Wellington, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hailed Charles, saying he “has long had an affection for Aotearoa New Zealand, has consistently demonstrated his deep care for our nation”.

The two ceremonies had also been relative formalities.

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Both former British colonies have …

Mixed Reactions As Russia Pulls Back Troops In Kharkiv

September 11, 2022 3:55 am

Russia’s Defense Ministry on Sunday morning announced that it has resolved to pull back troops from two areas in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counter-offensive has made tremendous advances in the past week. 

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the news is coming days after of apparent advances by Ukraine south of Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city, in what could become the biggest battlefield success for Ukrainian forces since they thwarted a Russian attempt to seize the capital of Kyiv at the start of the almost seven-months war.

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Strike UNIBEN Staff Commits Suicide Over Financial Crisis

Strike: UNIBEN Staff Commits Suicide Over Financial Crisis

September 11, 2022 3:52 am

Amidst the ongoing strike in the country’s universities, a data entry staff of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prince Carter Oshodin, reportedly committed suicide on Saturday over his inability to cope financially.

He was reporrted to have taken his own life yesterday in Umelu community in Upper Sakponba area of Benin City.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that although the non-academic staff union to which the deceased belonged called off its strike recently, the members were yet to be paid their salaries. The deceased, who described himself as Craze J. A on his Facebook page, had a message on …

Five Perish As New Zealand Boat Collides With Whale

Five Perish As New Zealand Boat Collides With Whale

September 10, 2022 9:18 pm

Five people have been reported dead after a boat had flipped over in waters off of New Zealand’s South Island on Saturday, with some alleged “indications” that the vessel had capsized after colliding with a whale.

The boat, which had 11 people on board who were mostly from a bird-watching group, had capsized in calm waters soon after 10 am at Goose Bay, about 15 kilometres (nine miles) south of Kaikoura, according to local officials.

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A rescue operation that shad panned nearly seven hours ended when a police …

Queen Elizabeth: UK Police Announces Plans To Step Up Security

September 10, 2022 8:17 pm

As the British government prepares to stage their first state funeral in nearly six decades, the security officials are also planning what has been slated to be the “biggest policing and protective operation” in UK history.

The Police has also announced that they are dusting off long-standing plans to keep safe attendees — including some of the global political leaders and royalty — at Queen Elizabeth II’s historic funeral, as well as the millions which had been predicted to flock to London around the time of the event.

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No date …

UK Rail, Postal Staff End Strikes Following Queen’s Death

UK Rail, Postal Staff End Strikes Following Queen’s Death

September 10, 2022 7:01 am

British railway and postal workers, at the forefront of sector-wide strikes over a cost-of-living crisis, have suspended upcoming walkouts following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Communication Workers Union had planned to continue a 48-hour stoppage Friday but it was called off ‘out of respect for’ the queen, CWU general secretary Dave Ward said in a statement following the queen’s passing in Scotland on Thursday.

The Trades Union Congress said it had postponed its four-day annual conference due to have begun Sunday.

‘The UK’s trade union movement sends our condolences to the Royal Family on the death of …

17 Civilians Killed By Rebel Group In DR Congo

17 Civilians Killed By Rebel Group In DR Congo

September 10, 2022 6:56 am

Seventeen people died yesterday during a militia attack on a village in northeastern DR Congo, a local civil society head announced.

Gunmen from the feared CODECO militia stormed Mbidjo in Ituri province’s Djugu territory during the morning, said Jules Uwechi, chairman of the village’s civil society group.

‘They opened fire, set houses ablaze, and pillaged the property of villagers… I myself narrowly escaped,’ Uwechi said in the provincial capital Bunia.

‘When we went back we found 17 people had been killed — seven women, eight men, and two children.’

Eleven of the bodies had been buried in a mass …

US Must Develop Chips To Keep Up With China, Biden Admits

US Must Develop Chips To Keep Up With China, Biden Admits

September 10, 2022 6:42 am

President Joe Biden while speaking yesterday at a ceremony to break ground on a semi-conductor plant that making sophisticated computer chips is a matter of US national security in the face of an ‘assertive’ China.

‘All of this is in our economic interest, and it’s in our national security interest as well,’ Biden said at the site where Intel plans to build a $20 billion factory.

Biden made the trip to highlight recent legislation passed at his behest setting aside $52 billion to boost US semiconductor production. He said the initiative was part of the broader rivalry between the United …

At Least 700,000 People Commit Suicide Annually – WHO

At Least 700,000 People Commit Suicide Annually – WHO

September 10, 2022 6:34 am

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that more than 700,000 people commit suicide globally every year with 77 percent of all global suicides occurring in low and middle-income countries.

Dr Walter Mulombo, WHO Country Representative to Nigeria, made this disclosure in a message to commemorate the 2022 World Suicide Prevention Day.

Mulombo said that the day which was being celebrated on Sept. 10 yearly was aimed at raising the much-needed awareness that suicide was preventable.

“For every suicide, there are likely 20 other people making a suicide attempt and many more have serious thoughts of suicide.

”Suicide is the …

Man Killed By Co-Worker After Quarrel Over Election In Brazil

Man Killed By Co-Worker After Quarrel Over Election In Brazil

September 10, 2022 6:27 am

A supporter of Brazil’s president used a knife and an axe to kill a backer of the main opposition leader after an argument about politics, weeks ahead of presidential elections, according to police.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the killing occurred on Wednesday, the day of Brazil’s independence bicentennial, near the town of Confresa, Mato Grosso state, in Brazil’s central-west region, a stronghold of President Jair Bolsonaro.

The 24-year-old suspect, who was not identified, killed Benedito Cardoso dos Santos, a 42-year-old farm worker who supports presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, police said. Da Silva, a former …

Why Buhari Must Sack Ngige, Ehanire - HURIWA

Why Buhari Must Sack Ngige, Ehanire – HURIWA

September 9, 2022 4:21 am

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency sack the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, and his Ministry of Labour and Employment counterpart, Chris Ngige.

This call was made by the National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, lambasted both ministers for alleged poor management of human resources.

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The group went on to blame the education minister accusing him of ‘principally responsible for jeopardising the educational right of millions of Nigerians youths, who have …

14 Perish, 26 Missing As Boat Sinks Off Northern Brazil

14 Perish, 26 Missing As Boat Sinks Off Northern Brazil

September 8, 2022 10:24 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that an illegal passenger boat had also sank on Thursday along Brazil’s northern coast thereby killing at least 14 people with another 26 still unaccounted for.

The Local media had posted some images of rescuers using a canoe to bring victims to shore near Belem, the capital of Para state, and bodies laid out on the beach with sheets draped over them.

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It had also been revealed that the boat’s owner had recently had another …

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