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Month: May 2023

Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu sworn in as president, facing divided nation and economic woes

By Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn into office Monday, against the backdrop of a fractured nation, an ailing economy and spiraling insecurity. The ceremony took place amid tight security at the 5,000-capacity Eagle Square venue in the capital, Abuja. A national public holiday was declared and Nigerians without

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Ugandan president signs one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ bills into law

By David McKenzie and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world, the speaker of parliament said, defying international pressure, including from the United States which said it was “deeply troubled.” The bill includes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality’ which includes sex

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Iran supreme leader says he’d ‘welcome’ full diplomatic ties with Egypt; presidency websites hacked

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader says he’d “welcome” the restoration of full diplomatic ties between Egypt and the Islamic Republic. The comments Monday raise the prospect of Cairo and Tehran normalizing relations after decades of strain. Iranian state television quoted Khamenei’s comments as coming from a

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Authorities in Thailand seize more than a ton of crystal methamphetamine thought bound for Australia

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Law enforcement officials in Thailand say they seized more than a ton of crystal methamphetamine in a southern province last week that they believed was bound for Australia. Officials from police and the Narcotics Control Board announced that the 1.2 metric tons of the drug likely came

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Lukashenko ofrece armas nucleares a países dispuestos a “unirse al Estado de la Unión de Rusia y Belarús”

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente de Belarús, Alexander Lukashenko, afirmó que los países que estén dispuestos a “unirse al Estado de la Unión de Rusia y Belarús” recibirán armas nucleares. Las declaraciones llegan días después de confirmar que la transferencia de algunas armas nucleares tácticas desde Moscú a Minsk comenzó. Lukashenko, un aliado

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Hong Kong court rejects publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to terminate his national security trial

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has rejected a jailed publisher’s request to terminate his national security trial, pressing ahead with a landmark case seen as part of Beijing’s crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement. Jimmy Lai, the 75-year-old founder of the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily, faces up

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Uganda’s president signs into law anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s president has signed into law anti-gay legislation supported by many in this East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad. The version of the bill signed by President Yoweri Museveni doesn’t criminalize those who identify as LGBTQ+, a key concern for

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IAEA team in Japan for final review before planned discharge of Fukushima nuclear plant water

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An International Atomic Energy Agency team has arrived in Tokyo for a final review before Japan begins releasing massive amounts of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, a plan that has been strongly opposed by local fishing communities and neighboring countries.

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