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W African in crash path of China’s out-of-control rocket
Sopuruchi Onwuka Incident concerns are very high as the world monitor the uncontrolled re-entry of large debris from a Chinese rocket which is expected to crash along a path that features the West African coasts. Global space agencies are in…
Hunger looms as Russia blocks 218 vessels with Ukraine’s grain exports
Some 218 merchant ships laden with cargoes of grain from Ukraine have been stock at loading quays after Russia pulled safety guarantee from the Black Sea Grain Initiative by withdrawing from the UN brokered agreement to allow food exports from…
Oil windfall: S. Arabia bathes in dollar rain
In African and American members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), fiscal crisis sustains the traditional narrative of resource curse where poverty grows in the midst of oil revenue windfall. But in the Middle East where Saudi Arabia…
Europe solidifies decision to ban new combustion cars by 2035
The threat to sustainable oil demand is increasing in Europe where the regional economic bloc has decided in concrete terms to end use of petrol for vehicular transportation in the next 13 years in line with already running emission reduction…
Fire kills 11 at Uganda school for the blind
Eleven children have died after a fire broke out in the early hours of Tuesday at a school for visually impaired children in Uganda. Four others are in a critical condition and are being treated in hospital. The cause of…
World’s dirtiest man dies
The dirtiest man in the world, Amou Haji, died on Sunday, October 23, 2022, in the village of Dejgah in the southern province of Fars, Iran. The news was published by the Guardian, citing the IRNA news agency, which pointed…
Weed, cash luggage destinationed to Nigeria seized at US Airport
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has confiscated over 10 pounds of marijuana in a checked bag on its way to Nigeria, according to reports sourced online by The Oracle Today. Local news outlets reported that CBP found the bag…
Red Bull founder, Dietrich Mateschitz, dies at 78
Owner and co-founder of Red Bull, a global brand in energy beverages, Dietrich Mateschitz, has been announced dead following a battle with cancer. Mateschitz who once claimed to drink 10 to 12 cans of the beverage every day died at…
Boris Johnson withdraws from UK PM race
Boris Johnson pulled out of the contest to lead the UK’s ruling Conservative Party, leaving Rishi Sunak on the brink of becoming the next prime minister. Johnson, who left office last month after a series of scandals rocked his premiership,…
Smithsonian returns stolen Benin bronzes to Nigeria
More than a century after being looted from Nigeria, a set of Benin bronzes are going home, the Smithsonian Institute has declared. The beautiful pieces of art and brutal testimonies of colonial history, according to the institute, are a collection…
