Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman who created Italy’s largest media company before transforming the political landscape, died aged 86. Silvio Berlusconi’s gaffes, quips and quotes.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to “hold hands” with Russian President Vladimir Putin and bolster strategic cooperation on their shared goal of building a powerful country, state media KCNA reported.
Gender inequality has remained stagnant for a decade, according to research by the United Nations, as cultural biases and pressures continue to hinder women’s empowerment and leave the world unlikely to meet the UN’s goal of gender parity by 2030.
WAR IN UKRAINE
Ukraine said its troops had recaptured a fourth village in a cluster of settlements in the southeast, a day after reporting the first small gains of a counteroffensive against Russian forces. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged that his military was engaged in “counteroffensive and defensive operations”.
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US NEWS
Evan Corcoran, a lawyer hired by Donald Trump to fend off a federal investigation into his handling of sensitive documents, is now a central figure in the Justice Department’s criminal case against the former president. Daily Insight Nigeria discusses why he has become important to the prosecution’s case.
Trump used the first public appearance since his federal indictment to ratchet up attacks on the Justice Department, accusing prosecutors, without evidence, of a politically motivated campaign to keep him from the White House.
A portion of a vital highway on the East Coast, I-95, collapsed in Philadelphia after a tanker truck carrying gasoline caught fire underneath an overpass.
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