It was reported that about 800 Europe-bound migrants were intercepted in the Mediterranean sea off Libya’s coasts by Libyan coast guard. The migrants were taken into Libya’s detention centers according to the report made by the United Nations migration agency on Friday last week. Since 2011 that NATO-backed uprising ousted and killed Moammar Gadhafi, Libya […]
Viewers Corner News correspondent in Moscow reported that President Vladimir Putin on Friday last week signed law extending New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty by five years. The treaty which was signed in 2010 and would soon expire is the last major pact between Russia and the United States. Last week Wednesday, Russia’s lower and upper
The United States has called on Russia, Turkey and United Arab Emirates to halt their military interventions in Libya as demanded in October 23 cease-fire agreement. The United States also warned the three countries to accept Libya’s sovereignty as the country is trying to unify its government, hold elections and end years of war. Stephanie
Luigi Di Maio, the Italian Foreign Minister said last week Friday that Italy has halted the sale of missiles to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. According to the minister, Italy’s action is to send message of peace to Yemen and to protect human rights. The Italian Network for Peace and Disarmament said that
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It was reported that a Dutch Appeals Court has ordered Shell Nigeria to pay compensation to Nigerian farmers in the Niger Delta for oil spills. The court also ordered Shell Nigeria’s parent company to install equipment to prevent future damage caused by leaks in the Niger Delta. The court ruled that Shell is responsible for
Stephan Ernst, a 47 year old German neo-Nazi was on Thursday, 28 January 2021 sentenced to life in prison at the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt for murdering pro-migration politician (Walter Luebcke). The court found Stephen Ernst guilty of shooting dead Walter Luebcke (politician from Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party) on 1 June, 2019. Walter
It was reported that Egypt signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday, 14 January 2021 with Siemens (a German multinational company) for the construction of high-speed train line. The electric rail line project which worth $23 billion would link Egypt’s eastern and northern coasts. It would run from Ain Sokhna on the Red Sea to
Viewers Corner News correspondent in London reported that Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted emergency use approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. This is 23 days after Pfizer published the first data from its final stage clinical trial, stating that the vaccine is 95% effective in preventing the coronavirus. Britain will be
Lawmaker Nadhim Zahawi was on Saturday appointed as vaccines minister by the British government to oversee coronavirus inoculations. Britain is preparing to vaccinate millions of people against the coronavirus immediately the vaccines are approved. It was reported that the United Kingdom medicines regulator is assessing two vaccines to see if they are safe and effective;
Viewers Corner News team believe that Nigeria would get out of recession soon, it is not new and also not the first time recession has hit the country (Nigeria), but then the recent one could be as a result of covid19 restrictions which have affected almost all the countries of the world. Even in the
