By Joke Kujenya UNITED STATES (US) President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday announced a transatlantic tariff agreement to avoid a full-scale trade war, hours before a White House-imposed deadline that threatened sweeping new levies on EU exports. The deal, reached during a one-hour bilateral meet...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent REDEMPTION CAME from 12 yards as Chloe Kelly converted the decisive penalty to crown England champions of Europe once again, following a tense 3-1 shoot-out victory over Spain after a 1-1 draw in the Women’s Euro 2025 final in Basel. Six of the Lionesses had been travelling a long road [&hellip...
By Joke Kujenya APPLUCANTS SEEKING asylum, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), or parole in the United States (US) will now face a revised fee structure as the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) rolls out sweeping changes to immigration-related charges effective July 22, 2025. Announced through a Federal Register notice ...
By Joke Kujenya THE UNITED States House of Representatives has approved a sweeping $9 billion rescissions package, delivering President Donald Trump his second major legislative win in less than six months and setting the stage for a dramatic rollback in federal spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting. Passed by a narrow 216-213 margi...
By Joke Kujenya VISIBLE SWELLING in the lower legs and bruising on the right hand prompted a medical evaluation that confirmed United States President Donald Trump has a common but non-serious vein condition. The White House on Thursday identified the issue as chronic venous insufficiency, a circulatory disorder frequently observed in individ...
By Maryam Adebiyi, JKNewsMedia Reporter UNEXPECTED PRICE rises in June pushed Britain’s annual inflation to 3.6percent, the highest in 18 months, posing a new challenge for the Bank of England as it weighs interest rate cuts against lingering cost pressures in the economy. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (OFS) show ...
By JKNewsMedia with Agency Reports CUSTOMS DUTY revenues surged to historic highs in June, helping deliver a rare $27billion monthly budget surplus and signalling the growing weight of President Donald Trump’s tariff regime as a key funding pillar for the United States (US) government. Treasury data released on Friday confirmed that customs d...
By Joke Kujenya UNITED STATES (US) President Donald Trump has received a formal nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following efforts to secure a ceasefire during the recent 12-day conflict. The letter of nomination was personally handed to Trump during a White House dinner, where Netanyahu com...
By Joke Kujenya GLOBAL AUDIENCE is expected to join mourners in Baton Rouge this weekend as funeral arrangements for the late Rev. Jimmy Swaggart unfold at the Family Worship Center, the church he founded and led for decades. The internationally renowned televangelist, who died on 1st July at the age of 90 following a heart […]
By Joke Kujenya CAPTURED IN Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, a Nigerian man forced into war under Russia’s penal system has emerged as a grim symbol of Moscow’s foreign recruitment drive. Kehinde Oluwagbemileke, 29, had been living in Russia for four years before being arrested on drug-related charges. His prison sentence was commuted on the co...
