German airline giant Lufthansa more than doubled its profits in 2023, extending a rebound from the coronavirus pandemic even as it faces fresh risks from a wave of industrial action. The group reported Thursday a net profit of 1.67 billion euros ($1.82 billion), up substantially from a figure of 791 million euros in 2022. It…
A court in Bangui provisionally released on Wednesday one of the Central African Republic’s (CAR) main opposition leaders and adjourned his defamation hearing until next week. International human rights groups regularly condemn the crackdown on all opposition forces in CAR, ranked by the United Nations as one of the four least developed countries in the…
By Odunmorayo Oke 05 March 2024 | 6:54 pm Albert Einstein College of Medicine, a medical school in the Bronx, New York, has announced that it will offer free tuition to all its students, thanks to a historic $1 billion donation from Ruth L. Gottesman, Ed.D., the chair of the Einstein Board of…
The Federal Government, on Saturday, says train services on Port Harcourt to Aba route will start operation by the end of March. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Port Harcourt-Aba rail project is part of the larger Port Harcourt-Maiduguri railroad project initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Mr Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director,…
Famine in the Gaza Strip is almost inevitable unless the Israel-Hamas war changes, the United Nations said Friday. The UN and other humanitarian actors have not yet declared a state of famine in Gaza, despite worsening conditions in the Palestinian territory since the war started with the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7. However,…
