INTERNATIONAL NEWS

  Wales on Monday bans any physical punishment for children which includes any type of corporal punishment, including smacking, hitting, slapping and shaking. The “smacking ban”, as it was known, was brought in under the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020 and marks the end of the common law defence of […]

    Attacks on hospitals and schools in Ukraine are putting around six million children in acute danger, the humanitarian organisation Save the Children said on Monday. Roughly one in five children has had to flee their home country to escape the war, while those children who remain in the war zone are lacking food, […]

  A China Eastern Boeing 737 with 132 onboard was hit by an accident and caused a mountain fire in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the number of casualties is not clear yet, CCTV reported on Monday afternoon. The plane, MU 5735 took off from Kunming Changshui airport in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province at […]

The Government of Chad and the humanitarian community have inaugurated the country’s 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan to support the vulnerable populations and refugees in the country. The Humanitarian Response Plan will prioritize food security and nutrition, health emergencies, and addresses the impacts of climate change, according to UN Spokesperson, Mr Stéphane Dujarric, briefing journalists in […]

Russia has imposed sanctions against US President Joe Biden, his son, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, other US officials, and “individuals associated with them,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday. “In response to a series of unprecedented sanctions prohibiting, among other things, entry into the United States for top officials of the […]

The United Kingdom Embassy in Nigeria has announced a temporary suspension of study, work, and family visa applications, as priority is now being placed on applications made under the Ukraine Family Scheme. The Embassy announced this in a statement shared on Tuesday on their official social media handles. According to the Embassy, the Ukraine Family […]

The European Union council is set to meet March 10 – 11, 2022, to discuss how to reduce energy dependency, in particular on Russian gas, oil and coal, amongst other things. The members of the Union said the informal meeting will hold in Versailles, France. According to the statement by the Union, the event will […]

Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has announced its intention to cap the number of non-Jewish refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine at just 5,000, The New Arab reported. This is in addition to the 20,000 Ukrainians who were already in the country prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and have been told they won’t […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Striking harder at Russia’s economy, President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered a ban on Russian oil imports in retaliation for Vladimir Putin’s onslaught in Ukraine. The major trade action, responding to the pleas of Ukraine’s embattled leader, thrust the U.S. out front as Western nations seek to halt Putin’s invasion. ALTHOUGH Americans will feel pain, […]

  BRUSSELS, March 7 (Reuters) – European Union leaders will discuss Ukraine’s application to join the 27-nation bloc in the coming days, the chairman of EU summits Charles Michel said in a tweet on Monday. “The EU’s solidarity, friendship and unprecedented assistance for Ukraine are unwavering. We will discuss Ukraine’s membership application in coming days,” […]