World leaders are accusing Russia of endangering the safety of an entire continent after its forces attacked a nuclear power plant and sparked a fire. A fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after it was attacked by Russia. Ukraine’s Emergency Services managed to extinguish the fire, which broke out at a building outside the plant’s…
North Korea says it has successfully tested a new hypersonic missile, which it calls Hwasong-8. North Korean state news outlet reported that the new missile was one of five most important new weapon systems in the country’s five-year military development plan. The launch is another indication of Pyongyang’s growing weapons technology despite strict sanctions.
Henrietta H Fore has resigned as the Executive Director of the United Nations Children Fund. Fore confirmed in a statement that she had informed the UN Secretary-General and UNICEF Executive Board President of her decision, saying she intends to devote her energy to her husband’s serious health issue. Part of the statement reads: “To serve the world’s…
The fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer in the US city of Brooklyn Center in Minnesota was an accident, the police chief has said. Daunte Wright, 20, was shot after the officer meant to use a Taser, but mistakenly drew her gun instead. The officer was later named as Kim Potter who has…
An international aid agency, Save the Children, says Islamist militants are beheading children as young as eleven in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado. The agency observed in its report that more than two thousand, five hundred people have been killed, while seven hundred thousand others have fled their homes since an Islamist insurgency began in Mozambique…
The World Trade Organisation has confirmed Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its first African and first female Director General. The WTO had been without a leader for nearly six months, and Okonjo-Iweala became the sole contender for the top job after her South Korean rival withdrew from the race. In a televised acceptance address from…