Nigeria news today headlines : Saturday 22nd August 2020
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Over Half Of Japanese Firms Oppose Holding Olympics In 2021
The Olympics were originally planned for this year but were been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. More than half of Japanese companies believe the Tokyo Olympics, originally planned for this summer but postponed for a year due to the novel coronavirus, should be cancelled or put off again. Of some 13,000 companies that responded …
US Backs Iraqi Progress On Budget Deal With Kurdistan Region
The Trump administration is backing Iraqi Prime MInister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s efforts to urgently conclude a budget deal with Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). “I urged Baghdad to clinch a budget deal with the Kurdistan Regional Government,” said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking at a press conference Aug. 20 following a meeting in Washington with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein. …
Greek PM Denies Illegally Pushing Migrants Back To Sea – Report
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis denied renewed claims of illegal pushbacks of asylum-seekers at sea and accused Turkey of peddling “misinformation” about his country’s “tough but fair” border management, Agence France Presse reported on Thursday. “If there’s any incident that needs to be explored, if there’s any exaggeration at any given point, I’m going to be the …
Saudi Aramco Suspends US$10b China Oil Refinery Venture
Saudi Arabia’s state oil company has suspended a deal to build a US$10 billion refining and petrochemicals complex in China, according to people familiar with the matter, as the company slashes spending to cope with low oil prices. Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Aramco, decided to stop investing in the facility in China’s Northeastern province …
COVID-19: Saudi Arabia Records 1,213 New Cases
Saudi Arabia 1,213 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry, marking the Kingdom’s lowest daily increase in nearly four months.
Fires Claim Five, Threaten Thousands Of Homes In California
Wildfires that blackened skies, took at least five lives and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes were blazing through California on Thursday, straining firefighting resources by the sheer vastness of the battle lines. Three major collections of fires – dozens in all – carved their way through forest, canyon country and rural …
Lukashenko Accuses US, Europe For Orchestrating Belarusian Protests
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko accused the US and Europe of organizing the protests in his country, BelTA news agency informed on Friday. “The US is planning and directing it, and the Europeans are playing along,” he said, adding that “a special center” has been established near Warsaw. “You know, when there is unrest nearby and tanks and planes …
Former Sailor Details Sexual Misconduct By SEALs Pulled From Iraq
US Navy intelligence specialist Colleen Grace was asleep on a remote airbase in Iraq in 2019 when she was woken up by knocking on the door next to her room and then a voice she recognized. The voice belonged to a Navy corpsman she knew. He was upset and speaking loudly to the Army colonel …
Teen Who Reported Gang Rape By 30 Men In Israel Now Under Police Guard
The teenager who says she was gang-raped by 30 men in Israel was under police guard Friday amid a barrage of online threats — as the owner of the hotel where the girl said the crime happened claimed there’s no proof that it occurred there, according to reports. The 16-year-old girl sparked protests across Israel …
One Dead And Nine Injured As Major Blaze Forces Guests To Climb Down Balconies
A fire at a luxury hotel on the Costa del Sol popular with British tourists and celebrities has claimed the life of one man and injured nine others. The Sisu Boutique Hotel in Puerto Banus, near Marbella, burst into flames around 6am on Friday and took at least three hours to put out. While the …
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