Category: Foreign
34 bishops resign en masse over child abuse scandal
Thirty-four Chilean bishops announced their resignation Friday over a child sex abuse scandal within the Church in Chile that has come to haunt the re [...]
For the first time in 9 years, Warren Buffet loses billions
Warren Buffett has reported a $1.14 billion loss at Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in the first quarter, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company said. Th [...]
Putin sworn in for another 6 years as Russian President
Vladimir Putin has taken the oath of office for a fourth term as Russia’s president, in a ceremony that highlighted his vast accumulation of authority [...]
WhatsApp’s Jan Koum quits over disagreements with Facebook
The CEO/co-founder of WhatsApp, Jan Koum is leaving the company over disagreements about privacy and encryption. Jan Koum will also step down from Fac [...]
Melanie Trump, like a prisoner in White House – Brigitte Macron
French First Lady, Brigitte Macron has said that Melanie Trump has become a virtual prisoner in her own home. Mrs Macron said this after her three-day [...]
Zimbabwe legalises cannabis for medical, scientific use
Zimbabwe has legalised production of cannabis for medicinal or scientific use, according to new regulations. A statutory instrument entitled Productio [...]
Sirleaf receives £5m Mo Ibrahim Prize for leadership
Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf described herself as an imperfect leader when she accepted the prestigious $5m Mo Ibrahim Prize for Ac [...]
Prince Williams and wife, Kate name their third child
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Williams and Kate Middleton have announced that they have named their third child and second son, Louis Arth [...]
Sierra-Leone’s president sacks ambassadors and workers above the age of 60
Sierra Leone’s President, Julius Maada Bio has sacked all political appointees at the country’s foreign missions including ambassadors and information [...]
World’s first total penis, scrotum transplant done by US surgeons
For the first time, a team of US surgeons from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, has managed to transplant the penis and the scrotum from [...]