Turkish authorities detained several journalists from their homes, a media workers’ union reported Monday, in what it said was a crackdown amid escalating protests triggered by the imprisonment of the mayor of Istanbul and top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Sunday, a court formally arrested Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and ordered him jailed pending a trial on corruption charges. His detention on Wednesday sparked the largest wave of street…

As if the game of golf at the moment was not bizarre enough, Tiger Woods confirmed on Sunday night that he is in a relationship with the former daughter-in-law of President Trump. Woods, 49, is in the habit of making his sport draw breath with his social media posts, as he proved with the recent revelation that he has undergone yet more surgery – this time on his Achilles –…

Delectable Nigerian actress, Iyabo Ojo has announced a financial reward for the return of the missing phones of her colleague, Mercy Aigbe. The phones got lost during the star-studded premiere of Iyabo Ojo’s latest movie, Labake Olododo, held at Imax Cinemas in Lekki, Lagos, on Sunday, March 23rd. At the red carpet event which was attended by numerous celebrities, the celebrations took a sour turn when Mercy Aigbe discovered her…

Martin Sorrell’s advertising group, S4 Capital (SFOR.L) declared its first-ever dividend on Monday, sending its shares up more than 10%, even as it warned that clients would remain cautious in the near term amid increasing macroeconomic uncertainty. Shares in the company, which have lost nearly 18% over the past year, rose as much as 13% to 37.28 pence as S4 proposed a final dividend of 1 pence per share for…

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that starting Monday, local authorities in England will be required to publish annual reports laying out the state of their roads and how many potholes they’ve managed to fill, as failure will risk crucial funding. Starmer said the move would force councils to ‘prove they’re delivering for their communities’ as If they don’t, they face missing out on a share of £1.6 billion in…

Pope Francis appeared at the window of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, offering a blessing for the first time since being admitted on February 14. The 88-year-old pontiff was discharged shortly afterwards, and doctors advised that he would need at least two months of rest at the Vatican, BBC reports. Dr. Sergio Alfieri, one of the doctors treating the Pope, revealed that during the past five weeks, Pope…

The main rival to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on Sunday arrested and charged with corruption. Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, is expected to be selected as the opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) 2028 presidential candidate in a ballot on Sunday. He denies the allegations and says they are politically motivated. “I will never bow,” he wrote on X before he was remanded in custody. His detention sparked…

British finance minister Rachel Reeves is eyeing spending cuts for government officials who work in departments to the value of over 2 billion pounds ($2.58 billion) a year by 2029-30. Reeves will likely announce belt-tightening measures to get back on track to meet her fiscal rules next Wednesday when she delivers a half-yearly budget update speech alongside fresh economic and public finance forecasts from Britain’s fiscal watchdog. She is expected…

Britain’s green energy tycoons are at war, Greg Jackson, the chief executive of Octopus Energy, is taking on Dale Vince, Ecotricity founder, in a fight over the best way to achieve net zero. At the heart of the battle is a radical new scheme being considered by Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, called zonal pricing, under which Britain would be divided into zones with different power prices. In a round…

Social media users criticise the announcement, with one questioning whether the headteacher will also cancel Christmas. In England, conflicts between Muslim and Christian communities in UK primary schools have surfaced in various contexts, reflecting the nation’s diverse and evolving educational landscape. A primary school has scrapped its annual Easter celebration and service to “respect diverse religious beliefs.” However, the announcement has been criticised online, with some suggesting that Christmas celebrations…

Argentina’s presidential office has issued a preventive measure to suspend Telecom’s acquisition of Telefonica’s local unit, claiming the pending merger could lead to excessive market concentration. Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica (TEF.MC) said in February it was selling its unit in the country to Telecom Argentina (TECO2m.BA) for $1.245 billion as part of a strategy to reduce exposure to Latin America, prompting a pledge from President Javier Milei’s government that it…

London’s Heathrow Airport resumed full operations on Saturday, a day after a fire knocked out its power supply and shut Europe’s busiest airport, causing global travel chaos. Some flights were cancelled or delayed as the travel industry scrambled to reroute passengers and fix battered airline schedules after the huge fire at an electrical substation serving the airport. Resumed flights had begun on Friday evening, but the shuttering of the world’s…