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Zelensky Heads To The US To Try To Rescue $60bn Package

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is going to Washington D.C, to try to rescue a threatened US defence package to Kyiv worth billions of dollars. The aid has become embroiled in US domestic, partisan politics. It will be Mr. Zelensky’s third visit to the US since Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, voting for the […]

Usher Speaks On Performing At The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show

Usher on Why He’s Excited To Perform at the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show… It’s happening. It has happened, ladies and gentlemen!! It’s been a lot like to keep secrets from my own kids at home. Yeah. A very, very close knit group of people knew and were really excited about the entire […]

Donald Trump Charged With Plotting to Overturn 2020 Election Defeat

Former US President Donald Trump has been criminally charged with plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat. He is accused of four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the US, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. The indictment caps an inquiry into events surrounding the January 6, 2021 riot at the […]

Putin Threatens to Retaliate with Cluster Bombs if Ukraine Uses U.S. Weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to retaliate with cluster bombs if Ukraine uses U.S.-supplied munitions against his forces. Putin said in a video clip released by Russian state TV on Sunday issued a warning to Ukraine not to deploy the largely internationally outlawed cluster munitions that were shipped recently by the United States. Cluster munitions […]

Actors Join Writers In Massive Hollywood Strike

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has announced it will go on strike, marking the start of the largest Hollywood shutdown in decades. About 160,000 performers will stop work at midnight, and they will join the Writers Guild of America, which has been striking since May 2. SAG members want a fairer split of profits from […]

United States President Joe Biden Announces 2024 Re-Election Bid

US President Joe Biden has announced that he will seek re-election for the presidency in 2024. Now 80 and already the oldest president in US history, Biden had long signalled he would run for another four-year term. In a video to launch his bid to retain the White House, he cast the next election as […]

Teenage Brothers Face Murder Charges For The ‘Sweet 16’ Party Shooting

Two teenage boys have been charged with murder after the shooting at a 16th birthday party in Alabama that killed four and injured 32 over the weekend. Brothers Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, were arrested on Tuesday night, and are each being charged with four counts of reckless murder and that more […]

Man Charged With Shooting Teenage Boy Who Rang Wrong Doorbell

An 84-year old householder in the US state of Missouri, Andrew Lester, has been charged with shooting a teenager who rang the wrong doorbell while picking up his younger brothers. Mr Lester, who is white, allegedly shot 16-year old Ralph Yarl, who is black, once in the head and once in the arm last Thursday […]

Four People Killed In Mass Shooting At A ‘Sweet 16’ Birthday Party

At least four people have been killed in a mass shooting at a 16th birthday party in the US state of Alabama. Twenty-eight people were injured, some critically, after shots were fired at the Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio in the city of Dadeville on Saturday. High school senior Phil Dowdell, a star athlete, has been […]

American actor, Jamie Foxx Hospitalised After Medical Complication

American actor, Jamie Foxx has been rushed to the hospital after suffering an undisclosed medical condition. The news was made known by his daughter, Corinne Foxx on her Instagram page yesterday. She claimed her dad had suffered a ‘medical complication’ that required him to be taken to the hospital, while adding that he was now […]