A massive fire has engulfed Sierra Leone’s State House in Freetown, the official residence and office of the president, prompting a full-scale emergency response as fire crews battle to contain the flames. The blaze, which began around 4:00 p.m. GMT on Saturday, April 12, tore through the third and fourth floors of the historic structure,…
Ecocide is now being championed by thought leading climate-vulnerable nations — including Vanuatu, Samoa, Fiji, and most recently the Democratic Republic of Congo — as a proposed amendment to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This bold move for environmental justice would elevate mass environmental destruction to the same legal status as…
President Donald Trump’s administration issued an emergency order on Friday targeting a 25% increase in logging quotas following multiple wildfire disasters in recent months. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an emergency order on Friday to increase timber production in the United States and designate an “emergency situation on National Forest System lands.” Department of…
Police in Eniwa, Hokkaido, have arrested an 80-year-old man on suspicion of attempting to kill a 74-year-old male resident at the senior housing complex where they both live. According to police, Hiromi Sasaki slashed the victim on the cheek and neck with a kitchen knife at around 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Hokkaido Broadcasting Corp reported….
The United States mission has changed the interview requirements for Nigerian applying for visa to America. The mission announced the changes in a statement posted on its website on Friday. The changes will take effect on April 22. In the new arrangement, the mission directed visa applicants in Abuja and Lagos to take along a…
