Sexual Abuse: Ex Pope Blames General Collapse in Morality for Church Scandal
Pope Benedict XVI Former Pope Benedict XVI has blamed the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal on the effects of the sexual revolution of the 1960s and a general collapse in…
Google Raises Price of YouTube TV By 25%, Adds Discovery, Animal Planet Channels
Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday raised the monthly membership price of its YouTube TV online service by 25 per cent to 49.99 dollars, while adding channels such as Discovery, Animal…
AfDB Makes Strong Case For Increased U.S. Investment in Africa, Support For AFAWA
AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina Sharing his vision on the leading role of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Adesina urged American businesses to engage more with the continent. Speaking at a…
Number of Global Executions in 2018 Dropped to The Lowest in a Decade – Amnesty
The number of global executions in 2018 dropped to the lowest in a decade, a report released on Wednesday by human rights group Amnesty International said. “No less than 690…
Oil Rose to 5-month High Amid OPEC Cuts, U.S. Sanctions, Libya Fighting
Oil prices rose to their highest level since November 2018 on Monday, driven upwards by OPEC’s ongoing supply cuts, U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela, fighting in Libya as well…
Boeing’s 737: Production Cut Decision Knocks its Shares, Those of Suppliers
Photo credit: Reuters Boeing’s decision to cut production of its 737 aircraft hit the shares of its suppliers on Monday, while its own shares were lower in U.S. pre-market trading….
Saudi Arabia Says JMMC will be a key decision point to Extending Oil Supply Cuts
The Saudi energy minister on Monday said it was premature to say whether a consensus existed among OPEC and its allies to extend oil supply cuts but a meeting next…
Rwandan Genocide: UN Chief Warns Against Dangerous Trends of Rising Xenophobia, Intolerance
African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat (from left), Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Rwandan first lady Jeannette Kagame and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker light the flame of remembrance at…
Stop calling migration a ‘crisis’, it is inevitable, a positive phenomenon – Nobel laureate Ellen Sirleaf
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, African migration toward Europe is both inevitable and a positive phenomenon, said Africa’s first female president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson…
Ethiopian Airlines Crash: Family of American Woman Files Suit Against Boeing
The family of an American woman killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the airline, Boeing Co and Rosemount Aerospace Inc,…