The United States has imposed new sanctions against Russia in response to cyber-attacks and interference in the country’s 2020 presidential elections. The new sanctions are targeted at thirty-two Russian entities, and include the expulsion of diplomats. President Joe Biden approved the measures in an Executive Order over what the White House views as Russia’s harmful foreign activities.…
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…
US hardcore rapper, DMX has died at the age of fifty, five days after suffering a heart attack. The performer, whose real name was Earl Simmons, had been placed on life support and died with his family by his side. His family in a statement said he was a warrior who fought till the very end. They…
The family of George Floyd; the black American man whose killing by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, sparked the Black Life Matters protests, has called for justice. Forty-five-year-old Chauvin was recorded on video as he knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes until he died. Chauvin has since been sacked from the police, and…
United States President, Joe Biden, says his country will have enough Covid-19 vaccines for every adult by the end of May this year. President Biden’s assurance means the US would hit its vaccination target two months earlier than expected. Biden said the vaccination drive must be extended, and people should be convinced to take it. He also…
