International

30-05-2023 ABUJA: Bola Tinubu, the former Lagos governor who is credited with helping the city-state increase its revenue base, has been sworn in as Nigeria’s new president. He took the oath of office from Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola in a colorful ceremony attended by local and foreign dignitaries on Monday …

30-05-2023 RIYADH: Five months after he shocked the football world by signing for Al Nassr, Cristiano Ronaldo’s first season in Saudi Arabia is set to end with mixed results. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is not going to add to the seven league titles won in England, Spain and Italy …

30-05-2023 ISTANBUL: President Tayyip Erdogan extended his two decades in power in elections on Sunday, winning a mandate to pursue increasingly authoritarian policies which have polarized Turkey and strengthened its position as a regional military power. His challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, called it “the most unfair election in years” but did …

30-05-2023 CHICAGO: Chicago city authorities have said that at least nine people have been killed in city-wide mass shooting incidents with 32 people injured over the Memorial Day weekend with the first life claimed before 1am Saturday in South Seeley, according to several US media outlets. Police found a 33-year-old …

29-05-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated India’s new parliament building amid protests and boycotts. Most opposition parties did not participate, saying they wanted the president instead of Modi to open the building. During the ceremony, some of India’s top wrestlers were detained when they tried …

29-05-2023 BEIJING: China’s first domestically produced passenger jet took off on its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, a milestone event in the nation’s decades-long effort to compete with western rivals in the air. Beijing hopes the C919 commercial jetliner will challenge foreign models like the Boeing 737 MAX and the …

29-05-2023 MOSCOW: Russia has unleashed two waves of air attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killing at least one person and wounding another, according to officials. Kyiv’s air defence systems downed at least 40 drones moving towards the city in the early hours of Sunday, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, …

29-05-2023 KYIV: Ukraine is ready to launch its long-expected counter-offensive against Russian forces, one of the country’s most senior security officials has told media. Oleksiy Danilov would not name a date but said an assault to retake territory from President Vladimir Putin’s occupying forces could begin “tomorrow, the day after …

29-05-2023 INDIANAPOLIS: An Indiana funeral director pleaded guilty Friday to dozens of counts of felony theft after 31 decomposing bodies and 17 cremains were found at his funeral home last year, court records show. Randy Lankford, owner of Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center in Jeffersonville, will pay $46,000 in …

29-05-2023 TEHRAN/ KABUL: At least two people were killed on Saturday in clashes between Taliban and Iranian forces at the Afghan-Iran border, Taliban and Iranian authorities said. Iranian news agency Mehr reported one Iranian border guard was killed in the clashes. “In the clash, one person was killed on each …