World Peace

May
01
2023
By Amos Oge Kalu
Biden, Marcos to discuss countering Beijing in South China Sea

Biden, Marcos to discuss countering Beijing in South China Sea

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Moves to check Beijing’s aggressive expansion into the trade routes and strategic islands of the South China Sea will headline talks Monday between President Joe Biden and his Philippines counterpart Ferdinand Marcos at the White House. Marcos is on a four-day trip that follows last week’s state visit to Washington by President Yoon Suk Yeol and a meeting at the White House between Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in January. “It is clear that we’re in a deeply consequential period in terms of our Indo-Pacific engagements,” a senior US official told reporters ahead of Marcos’ arrival. “It’s really…
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Dec
21
2022
By Amos Oge Kalu
Taliban bans women from attending universities in Afghanistan

Taliban bans women from attending universities in Afghanistan

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The Taliban regime has announced the closure of universities to women in Afghanistan, BBC reports. A letter by the higher education minister indicated that the move is until further notice and is expected to take effect immediately. It further restricts women’s access to formal education, as they were already excluded from most secondary schools. One Kabul University student told the BBC that she had been crying since she heard the news. After the Taliban took over the mantle of leadership of the war-torn country last year, universities introduced gender-segregated classrooms and entrances, where only female students could be taught by…
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Dec
03
2022
By Amos Oge Kalu
Biden vows to meet Putin if he has interest to end war

Biden vows to meet Putin if he has interest to end war

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President of the United States, Joe Biden has said he would hold talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin if he desires to end the war in Ukraine. Biden made this statement on Thursday while addressing journalists alongside French President Emmanuel Macron, who is on a state visit in Washington DC. Biden said he would meet Putin “if in fact there is an interest in him deciding that he’s looking for a way to end the war”. While Biden said he had not seen Putin’s desire, he and Macron asserted they would continue to stand against Russia’s war. In reaction,…
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Nov
02
2022
By Amos Oge Kalu
Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu on course to victory after 97% of votes counted

Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu on course to victory after 97% of votes counted

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Former Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is on course to return to power in one of the most right-wing coalitions in Israel’s history. There are indications that the development is causing jitters among Palestinians and Arab neighbours, who fear it could heat up tensions in the Middle East. With approximately 70 percent of the votes counted, Netanyahu’s conservative Likud and its allies are on track to control a majority in the parliament. “We are on the brink of a very big victory,” a smiling Netanyahu told cheering supporters at his Likud party election headquarters, his voice hoarse from weeks of…
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Oct
06
2022
By Amos Oge Kalu
North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

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North Korea fired a ballistic missile at Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, prompting Tokyo to activate its missile warning system and issue a rare warning for people to take shelter. The latest launch, which the United States called “reckless and dangerous,” comes in a record year of sanctions-violating weapons tests by North Korea, which recently revised its laws to declare itself an “irreversible” nuclear power. The last time Pyongyang fired a missile at Japan was in 2017, at the height of a period of “fire and fury” when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un exchanged…
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