Washington — The United States welcomed Thursday’s announcement by Sudan’s sovereign council to allow the use of the Adre border crossing with Chad for three months, while continuing efforts to bring both sides of Sudan’s warring military factions to the negotiating table. The opening of the Adre border crossing is a long-awaited move by aid organizations…
The Chief of Staff to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, Alhaji Shehu Wada Sagagi, has taken legal action against the Economic Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, APC Youth Merger Group, Mujahid Zaitawa and the Kano State Police Commissioner, seeking the protection of his rights in the alleged case of palliative diversion…
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that an informational pamphlet for the state’s voters can refer to a fetus as an “unborn human being” for a November ballot measure on whether to guarantee the constitutional right to an abortion. The justices in their deci…
For most of human history, cosmic events weren’t understood to be the simple result of physics—instead, they were messages from the divine or omens regarding the future. This is especially true for a total solar eclipse, where the moon entirely obscures the sun, bringing nighttime for a few bizarre minutes during the day. …
Steps are being taken toward human clinical trials for the precision measurement of the intestinal microbiome. Researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering have made remarkable strides in developing a small, pill-sized device that can be swallowed to traverse the gastrointestinal tract, providing a comprehensive sampling of the microorganisms present within it…
As the hearing of the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media on the allegation of sexual harassment in the media industry continues, family lawyer and women”s rights advocate Lorna Kapunan said rape can still be applied to married couples…
Stonehenge’s “altar stone” likely originated in present-day Scotland, a study found. It raises questions about how ancient humans transported the stone such a long distance.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday (August 14) he held a meeting on the security and humanitarian situation in Russia’s Kursk region where the Ukrainian military has been advancing in an unprecedented cross-border assault. ‘Security, hu…
Her shooting occurred nearly two years after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died while in police custody over an alleged headscarf violation, sparking nationwide protests over women’s rights and against the country’s theocracy…
Netflix has picked up the film rights to Shelby Van Pelt’s best-selling novel “Remarkably Bright Creatures” with veteran actress Sally Field in talks to star. The story deals with the unique relationship between a lonely woman working as a janitor at an aquarium and a giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus living at the facility…