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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Sunday his government would hike the country's minimum wage by 12% immediately to help workers cope with a surge in consumer prices, driven in part by the war in Ukraine.

Kenya elections: 280 groups petition Uhuru Kenyatta to ensure no internet interference

June 23, 2022

A rail employee checks a flooded railroad track after heavy rains in Shangrao, in China’s central Jiangxi province on June 21, 2022. (Photo by AFP) - China OUT

Hundreds of thousands evacuated in China after heaviest rains in decades

June 21, 2022

Opioid Crisis Lawsuits

US judge to decide how much pharmacies owe over opioid crisis

May 10, 2022

A person in personal protective equipment (PPE) walks a dog at a resident community, as the second stage of a two-stage lockdown has been launched to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Shanghai, China April 3, 2022. REUTERS

China coronavirus death toll rises as Beijing warns of ‘grim’ situation

April 24, 2022

Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki delivers his speech during the national celebrations to mark the 49th Jamhuri Day, the day when Kenya gained independence, at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi December 12, 2012. REUTERS-Noor Khamis-File Photo

Kenyan leader Mwai Kibaki’s legacy stained by re-election violence, graft

April 22, 2022

United States China

US defence chief speaks for first time with Chinese counterpart

April 20, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it was extending the order, which had been set to expire on April 18, until May 3 to allow more time to study the BA.2 Omicron subvariant that is now responsible for most cases in the US.

Coronavirus: US extends travel mask requirement to May 3

April 13, 2022

State of the Union

Joe Biden: We’ll strangulate Russia’s economy

March 2, 2022

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz is greeted by a Bahrain military official during an official visit, at Bahrain International Airport, Bahrain, February 2, 2022. Elad Malka-Ministry of Defence (MOD)-via REUTERS.

Israel defence minister visits U.S. Navy base in Bahrain

February 3, 2022

TODAY.NG Online Newspaper

UN food agency halts work in North Darfur, affects 2 million

January 1, 2022

KUTUM, SUDAN - DECEMBER 10: Refugees are seen gathering around a truck of The World Food Programme (WFP) at a refugee camps are seen on December 9, 2007 in Al Fashir, Darfur, Sudan. WFP aid refugees of War of Darfur, but sometimes the trucks are attacked by the guerrilla solidiers. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

UN food agency suspends North Darfur operation after attacks

December 31, 2021

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it will soon commence the issuance of its enhanced 10 years validity passports in London and Atlanta.

NIDO: 1.5 million Nigerians affected by passport scarcity in Italy

December 27, 2021

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Over 70 people dead as tornado rocks Kentucky

December 12, 2021

But the same bleak conclusion keeps popping up on her screen: the Amazon, the world’s biggest rainforest — the “lungs of the Earth,” the “green ocean,” the thing humanity is counting on to inhale our pollution and save us from the mess we’ve made of the planet — is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs.

Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink

November 4, 2021

Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin speaks to supporters during a rally in Chesterfield, Virginia, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. STEVE HELBER - AP

Republican candidate wins Virginia governorship election

November 3, 2021