Author: Solomon Alaka

TOKYO — Japan’s top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa abruptly canceled a scheduled visit to Washington on Thursday, citing unresolved technical issues related to the implementation of the U.S.-Japan trade agreement. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi confirmed the decision, stating that “certain points required further technical discussion” during coordination with U.S. officials. The trip was intended […]

BERLIN — German banks halted PayPal transactions worth more than €10 billion this week after a failure in the company’s fraud-checking system allowed suspicious direct debits to bypass standard security protocols, according to reporting by Süddeutsche Zeitung. The disruption occurred when PayPal’s fraud detection filters were either fully or partially disabled, resulting in a surge […]

“Today the world looks on in horror as the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory continues to deteriorate to levels not seen in recent history,” said Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, speaking from Jerusalem. He began by focusing on Gaza, which is “sinking deeper into disaster, marked by […]

Gunfire tore through the dark. Night after night, the 44-year-old physician from Guinea clung to the hope that the besieged city would hold somehow. Then, one morning in late January, the call came: he and the remaining international staff had to be evacuated immediately. “We took the last flight out,” he recalled. Hours later, Goma […]

BALTIMORE — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadoran national whose earlier deportation was deemed unlawful by multiple federal courts. The arrest, which took place Monday at ICE’s Baltimore field office, has reignited concerns over executive compliance with judicial mandates. Ábrego García was previously deported in March despite a […]

BRASÍLIA — Nigeria and Brazil have signed five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) covering trade, aviation, science, finance, and diplomacy, marking a new phase in bilateral relations aimed at translating shared intentions into actionable partnerships. The agreements were formalized during President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state visit to Brazil, where he met with President Luiz Inácio Lula […]