Author: Ekemini
Chauvin And 3 Former Officers Face New Charges Over George Floyd’s Death
Derek Chauvin now faces a charge of second-degree murder in addition to earlier charges, and three other former Minneapolis police…
Australia Heading For Recession After Economy Contracts
Australia is heading for its first recession in nearly three decades after the economy shrunk in the January-March quarter, with…
Oil Prices Rise As Saudi Arabia And Russia Reach Deal on Output Cut
Oil prices rose Wednesday as Saudi Arabia and Russia reportedly reached a deal on output cuts while weekly U.S. supply…
Nigeria’s Economy Is Set To Shrink As Business Activity Tumbles
Nigeria’s economy is likely to contract in the second quarter, according to three gauges of business activity that highlight the…
Walmart Removes Firearms From Sales Floor In Some Stores As Protests Continue Across U.S.
Walmart said it’s removed firearms and ammunition from some of its stores’ sales floors, as protests sparked by the death of…
San Francisco Sees ‘Unprecedented’ Drop In Rent Prices
After years of people bemoaning the state of San Francisco, a city stifled by skyrocketing rent prices and overrun by…
Apple’s 2021 iPad Pros Could Have 5G
Apple’s 2021 iPad Pros could have 5G, thanks to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 5G modem, according to Apple leaker L0vetodream on…
Snap Says it Will No Longer Promote Trump’s Content Within Snapchat
Snap announced Wednesday it will no longer promote President Trump’s content within Snapchat’s Discover feature. Snap shares were down more than…
Demand For All Things Stay-At-Home May Be Over – Goldman Sachs
The money-making stay-at-home stock trade of 2020 — fueled entirely by the push of people into quarantines because of the…
Trump Administration To bar Chinese Passenger Carriers From Flying To U.S.
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday barred Chinese passenger carriers from flying to the United States starting on June 16…
S.African Airlines Look To Restart Operations, Believes Recovery Could Take Three Years
Two of South Africa’s biggest private airlines will start flying between local airports this month after the government eased lockdown…
Nigeria Will Stand By You, Buhari Tells AfDB President Adesina
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Dr. Akinwumi Adesina of Nigeria’s support in his bid to seek a second term in…
Tesla Worker Tests Positive For COVID-19 After New York Factory Reopens
A Tesla employee has tested positive for COVID-19 at the company’s solar panel factory in Buffalo, New York, according to…
Sweden ‘Could Have Done Better’ In Tackling Coronavirus Outbreak, Chief Epidemiologist Admits
Sweden’s chief epidemiologist, who advocated a no-lockdown strategy to combat the coronavirus epidemic in the country, is conceding that more…
Hackers And Hucksters Reinvigorate ‘Anonymous’ Brand Amid Protests
The amorphous internet activist movement known as Anonymous staged an online resurgence in the past week on the back of…
Netflix, Disney Join Other Big Brands In Support Of George Floyd Protests On ‘Blackout Tuesday’
Hollywood is voicing its support for the “Black Lives Matter” movement, which manifested itself online Tuesday via a viral social…
House Prices See Largest Monthly Fall For 11 years, Says Nationwide
House prices fell 1.7% in May from the previous month, the largest monthly fall for 11 years, according to the…
Wall Street Advances On Signs Of Economic Rebound
U.S. stocks posted modest gains on Tuesday as market participants looked past widespread social unrest and pandemic worries to focus…
EasyJet Plans To Reopen 75% Of Route Network By August
EasyJet says it hopes to resume flights on 75% of its route network by the end of August, although the…
In Leaked Audio, Zuckerberg Expressed ‘Disgust’ With Trump’s Posts
On Friday afternoon, Facebook made one of its most controversial content moderation decisions in company history. After President Trump posted…
EU, UK Leaders To Meet Later This Month To Resume Brexit Talk
The European Union’s top executive and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet this month for talks that could give…
Nigeria: Senate Passes 2020-2022 MTEF/FSP
The Senate on Tuesday passed the 2020-2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) of the Federal Government.…
Eight U.S. States Cast Ballots On Biggest Voting Day Since Coronavirus Pandemic
Eight states and the District of Columbia are holding primary elections on Tuesday, the biggest test yet of officials’ readiness…
Nigeria: Reps Approve Buhari’s $22.7bn Loan Request
The house of representatives has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow $22.7 billion. The green chamber approved the request at…
Oil rises to $38 as OPEC+ Discusses Production Cut
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies led by Russia are moving closer to a compromise on extending…
Qatar Petroleum’s $19 Billion LNG Vessel Order Boon For South Korean Shipbuilders
South Korea’s ailing shipbuilders have been thrown a lifeline in an increasingly tough market with a $19 billion order from…
WHO Says Coronavirus Isn’t Losing Potency: ‘This Is Still A Killer Virus’
The World Health Organization cautioned world leaders Monday about reports that the coronavirus is “losing potency,” saying “this is still…
Parisian Cafes Allowed To Open Outdoor Terraces
The Cafe de Flore in Paris, once a favourite drinking hole of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, spread its…
Global Shares Cruise To Three-Month Highs, Dollar Shows The Strain
World stocks climbed towards three-month highs on Tuesday as the global coronavirus recovery effort won out over U.S.-China tensions and…