Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese men fighting for Russia in eastern Ukraine, potentially threatening a fragile peace effort in the three-year-old war. Beijing is a close diplomatic ally of Moscow but is not publicly known to have directly aided in the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion, which U.S….
Kuremäe, Estonia, April 9, 2025 Photo: monasterium.ru A number of famous monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church have addressed letters of support for the Holy Dormition-Pükhtitsa Monastery, which is facing persecution by Estonian authorities. The monastery is not formally part of the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church, which is an autonomous body within the Moscow…
Nigerian singer David Adeleke, popularly known in music circles as Davido, has announced plans for his white wedding with his long-time girlfriend turned wife, Chioma. The ‘Skelewu’ crooner, who made the disclosure during an interview on The Breakfast Club, said that his white wedding with Chioma will take place in Miami this August. He also noted during the…
Two women have lost their lives in a puddle while trying to clean up their bodies after the close of work at a local beverage – Zobo processing factory in Gezawa local government area of Kano State. Spokesperson of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Yusuf, in a statement, said the event happened on…
April 9, 2025 Eamonn Fingleton Photo by Guillermo Ferla This is it, folks. The battle for control of the universe has begun. Donald Trump’s plan for a new, tariff-based approach to international trade has generated more heat than light. East Asia’s elite financial bureaucracies in particular are sullenly hostile. As I pointed out here on…
