A separate Israeli strike in Khan Younis killed 11 as the United Nations polio vaccination drive continues in the north.At least 14 people, including two children and a woman, have been killed in an Israeli air attack on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence agency and hospital officials. Witnesses told Al Jazeera that people were waiting for food when Israeli jets struck jets struck the United Nations-run al-Jaouni school in Nuseirat camp in central Gaza on Wednesday. Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, who visited the site, said he saw a “tremendous amount of destruction”…
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A New York City police officer has reached a $175,000 settlement with the city in a lawsuit that illuminated the use of the “courtesy cards” that officers dole out to friends and relatives to get out of traffic stops and other minor infractions, according to an agreement filed in Manhattan federal court Monday. The deal brings an end to a lawsuit brought last year by Officer Mathew Bianchi that claimed he’d been punished by his superiors for failing to honor the cards, though the settlement itself makes no substantive changes to how the cards are used by NYPD officers. The laminated cards,…
The ECOWAS Commission, in partnership with the German Federal Foreign Office, the European Union, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and in close collaboration with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretariat in Vienna, Austria has organised an inter-regional study visit aimed at enhancing cyber diplomacy. The head of the delegation is Mr. Sédiko Douka, the Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitisation. The study visit, scheduled to take place from September 9 – 13, 2024, will bring together diplomats from ECOWAS Member States and other regions, including the Americas and the Asia. This visit aims…
Afrobeats Star Oxlade Announces ‘Oxlade From Africa’ World Tour, Starting with North AmericaNigerian singer, songwriter, and performer Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman, better known as Oxlade, has officially announced his highly anticipated ‘Oxlade From Africa’ world tour.Following the announcement of his debut album, ‘Oxlade From Africa’, set to drop on September 20, 2024, Oxlade is gearing up for an exciting global tour. The tour will kick off in North America, giving fans a chance to experience his captivating performances up close. Taking to his social media to announce the tour, the falsetto singer wrote:From Surulere to the global stage. #OFA World Tour begins October…
The international break was supposed to be a reset for Arsenal, who drew its last Premier League match after Declan Rice was sent off with a red card. Instead, the break brought the Gunners more anxiety as they watched their Norwegian captain Martin Odegaard limp off the field with an ankle injury during a UEFA Nation’s League match against Austria on Monday night. Norway’s team doctors are optimistic that the ankle is not broken but concede Odegaard could miss several weeks. The injury comes as Arsenal approaches a gauntlet on its schedule.A thin Arsenal squad will face off with London…
The US vice president and Democratic nominee has failed to back Aysenur Eygi’s family’s call for an independent investigation.Washington, DC – Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has decried the killing of American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces, but the United States vice president stopped short of endorsing requests for an independent investigation into the incident. In a statement on Wednesday, Harris called the fatal shooting of Eygi in the occupied West Bank last week “tragic” and “unacceptable”. She also urged “full accountability” for the killing. “Israel must do more to ensure that incidents like this never happen again,”…
Justin Timberlake is due in court on Friday, where he is expected to plead guilty to a lesser charge related to his Hamptons intoxicated driving arrest from a few months ago, according to a Suffolk district attorney spokesperson. It’s not clear what the misdemeanor might be knocked down to, nor what if any fine might be involved. Timberlake had his license suspended because he refused to take a breathalyzer at a traffic stop while in Sag Harbor back in June. He previously pleaded not guilty to a drunken driving charge, and his attorney insisted in early August that he was…
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved $400,000 in grant funding for the Liberia Pension Sector Intervention Project, to support the expansion of pension coverage in Liberia. The grant is being sourced from the Capital Markets Development Trust Fund (CMDTF), a multi-donor trust fund, managed by the African Development Bank that supports development of efficient and diversified capital markets in African countries. The CMDTF is funded by donors including the Ministry for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands and the Ministry of Finance of Luxembourg. Liberia`s National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP), the only existing pension…
Nigerian singer Portable has sparked fresh controversy after ordering his associates to beat a car dealer who failed to deliver his new car from the US.Basically, the incident was captured in a livestream, where Portable was seen yelling at the car dealer, who was seated on the floor, visibly distressed and pleading with him.”Where is my car? I will destroy your life. Where is my car? Are you trying to kill me or scam me? Where is my car?” Portable shouted. Also, he expressed frustration over the delay. He claimed the dealer had failed to deliver his vehicle, shipped from…
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