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He (Putin) wants to see people stop dying – Donald Trump The war in Ukraine may be approaching a resolution as former U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding ending the conflict, according to an exclusive report from the New York Post. During an interview aboard Air Force One, Trump acknowledged multiple discussions with the Russian leader but refrained from revealing specific details about their conversations or the number of times they had spoken. “He (Putin) wants to see people stop dying,” Trump stated, reinforcing hopes that peace negotiations could soon take…

Donald Trump’s shock tactics may have pushed Beijing away from negotiating table, experts say China and the US risk renewing a full-blown trade war unless the two largest economies can defuse the dispute before Chinese tariffs on $14bn of American exports take effect on Monday, analysts warned. President Donald Trump last week unveiled an extra 10 per cent tariff on Chinese goods to force Beijing to do more to tackle fentanyl-related exports to the US and Mexico and threatened more if China retaliated. When the US duties took effect three days later, Beijing immediately hit back, announcing additional 10…

By Craig Simpson Officials from David Lammy’s department set to meet Caribbean delegation demanding trillions of pounds, sources claim Sources said David Lammy’s department will meet members of the Reparations Commission of the Caribbean Community Credit: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire The Foreign Office is to open talks on slavery reparations with Caribbean officials demanding trillions of pounds from the UK, sources have claimed. Members of the Reparations Commission of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), a political grouping of 15 states that has long demanded compensation from former colonial powers, are planning to come to Britain in April. According to Caribbean sources, a meeting has been planned as…

Forces from Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a weeks-long offensive they hope will draw increased international support, according to officials and Reuters reporters. The advances come against an IS faction that has gained in importance and was the target last week of the first air strikes of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new administration. Before those strikes, Reuters reporters who gained rare access to the village of Balidhidin, which IS controlled for a decade, saw Puntland security forces patrolling and residents circulating on foot near the carcasses of army trucks destroyed in recent fighting. The village is…

Judge issues temporary order restricting access by ‘Doge’ to multitrillion-dollar system Elon Musk’s crusade to slash US government spending suffered setbacks on Thursday after a federal judge barred the Treasury department from handing data from its payments system to outsiders and one of the billionaire’s staffers was forced to resign over racist social media posts. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly put the temporary order in place after Musk boasted that his team at the “Department of Government Efficiency” (Doge) was “rapidly shutting down” Treasury remittances. They apparently gained access to the system that disburses trillions of dollars, including social security payments and…

For sometime now,the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has been having a running battle both with the Kaduna State House of Assembly over his indictment by the lawmakers ,and same for the presidency for his recent criticisms of the APC -led administration. In this analysis, Damilola Olufemi examines the possible links between the ongoing imbroglio and the 2027 presidential race. Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has been embroiled in a controversy surrounding a ₦423 billion indictment by the Kaduna State House of Assembly. The lawmakers had in 2024 accused El-Rufai’s eight years- led administration of…

A worthwhile idea is straying into cruelty and, possibly, illegality IT AMOUNTS TO a bonfire of rainbow tape. Donald Trump has declared war on DEI, or diversity, equity and inclusion. He is already reshaping American institutions. Companies are abandoning programmes that they had put in place to increase the racial and gender diversity of their workforces (or at least renaming them to avoid Mr Trump’s ire). The whiplash has been most severe inside the federal government. There, Mr Trump’s people, in the form of Elon Musk and his DOGEtenants, are uprooting DEI staff, programmes and contracts with unseemly relish. A reasonable idea for reform is…

New research reveals the danger of ‘fatty muscles’, but there are steps you can take to protect yourself against this hard-to-detect risk Hiding in plain sight, fat can be notoriously difficult to spot. It doesn’t always spill over the top of your waistband or push against the buttons of your shirt; instead, it lurks deep inside us, undetected by BMI tests, building up in organs and tissue where it does more damage to your health than the visible subcutaneous fat that many of us stress about when we look in the mirror. One place that fat can accumulate is in and…

“We know that coming forward for prostate checks can be daunting, but it could save your life. We encourage men to consult the prostate cancer symptoms advice available on NHS.uk and to see their GP if they are concerned.” – Professor Peter Johnson Prostate cancer has now overtaken breast cancer as the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK, according to new analysis. The alarming rise in cases has prompted renewed calls for a national screening programme to improve early detection and save lives. According to the Independent Newspaper, NHS data shows that 55,033 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer…

By Alade Adisa “There was enough evidence that the government of President Obasanjo was reluctant to find the killers of Bola Ige.” – Chief Bisi Akande When Chief James Ajibola Ige, SAN, was murdered on December 23, 2001, few days after resigning his position as Nigeria’s Minister of Justice, some thought it would be a matter of days before the assailants would be arrested and brought to justice. Their optimism was because Ige, a chieftain of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, was not only close to then President Olusegun Obasanjo of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, but was also regarded…