By Joke Kujenya HEAVY RAINS tore through Texas Hill Country overnight, unleashing flash floods that claimed at least 27 lives and left dozens missing, including over 20 girls from a Christian summer camp near Kerrville. Media reports note that more than 10 inches of rain pounded central Kerr County within hours, causing the Guadalupe River [&...
By Joke Kujenya AFTER MEETING both the Nigerian leader, President Bola Tinubu and Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre, a Nigerian medical student, Bob Chikwem Amadi, has described the moment as profoundly inspiring. On being introduced to the two leaders. Amadi, said President Tinubu’s state visit to Saint Lucia has left a lasting impression on h...
By Joke Kujenya IRANIAN NUCLEAR facilities sustained significant damage in weekend airstrikes carried out by US B-2 bombers, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei has confirmed. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Baghaei declined to provide detailed assessments but acknowledged that the impact was “badly damaging.” “Our nuclear installations h...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter SMOKE AND screams filled the air as a powerful bomb exploded inside a church in central Damascus, leaving at least 20 people dead and 52 wounded in Syria’s first major suicide attack since the fall of the Assad regime. The attack targeted the Saint Elias church in the Dwelaa district […]
By Daanish Anand The government issued a clarification after reports that the Boeing Dreamliner’s black boxes were being sent to the US for analysis. NEW DELHI: The Union civil aviation ministry on Thursday said the probe into the Air India AI -171 crash, is progressing steadily in India, with the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE UNITED States government has announced the resumption of visa application processing for international students, with a new requirement mandating all applicants to make their social media profiles public. In a statement released by the State Department, applicants seeking F, M, and J nonimmigran...
By Joke Kujenya TOUGHENED IMMIGRATION rules are nearing enforcement to block citizens of Nigeria, Ghana, and 34 other nations from entering the United States, even with valid visas, under a stringent new directive by the United States President Donald Trump administration. The sweeping travel ban is set to become a policy, currently being ref...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter THURSDAY, A lone passenger walked bloodied and limping from the wreckage of an Air India Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad, leaving a stunned world grappling with the scale of the tragedy, and the impossibility of his survival. Video footage emerged hours after the Thursday afternoon disaster showing a...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter SMOKE AND flames engulfed a densely populated neighbourhood in Ahmedabad after a passenger jet bound for London Gatwick crashed into residential buildings, killing all 242 people aboard and several on the ground. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner struck a housing complex for doctors and their families min...
By Joke Kujenya GLOBAL ECONOMIC rankings have shifted decisively, with India now surpassing Japan to claim the position of the world’s fourth-largest economy. According to verified statistics by authoritative assessments from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, this milestone marks a critical moment for emerging powers and the broa...
