LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran claimed responsibility Sunday for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in northern Iraq, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard earlier this week. Iraq’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned Iran’s ambassador to protest the attack,…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fiji has recorded 991 cases of leptospirosis with 29 deaths this year, 53 cases of typhoid with five deaths and 965 confirmed cases of dengue fever, according to the Health Ministry. Fijians are being urged to be aware of the symptoms associated with leptospirosis, typhoid, dengue and diarrhoea (LTDD) cases and to…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Ukrainian family seeking asylum from the war back home was turned away from the U.S. border in San Diego on Wednesday after attempting to reach family in California, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. A spokesperson from Customs and Border Protection told the Union-Tribune that the agency is “looking into the situation.”…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil prices have plunged after the United Arab Emirates said it supported increasing production. Brent crude, an international benchmark, fell more than 17% at one point after the statement by the UAE, a member of the powerful oil cartel Opec. The fall follows weeks of skyrocketing oil prices due to supply disruptions…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plane carrying former U.S. President Donald Trump made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Saturday evening after experiencing an engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico, a source familiar with the matter confirmed on Wednesday. The plane, a Dassault Falcon 900, had gone about 75 miles (120 km) from a…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of Defense on Wednesday explained its reasoning for rejecting Poland’s recent offer to transfer MiG-29 fighter jets into U.S. custody for delivery to Ukraine, describing the proposal as “high risk.” “The intelligence community has assessed that the transfer of MiG-29s to Ukraine may be mistaken as escalatory and could result…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), an international association of Christian communications, kicked off its 2022 annual convention in Nashville this evening. A press statement made available to Newsrangers revealed that no fewer than 3,500 broadcasters, journalists, producers and representatives of media organizations gathered at the Gaylord Opryland to kick off a week…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukraine will repatriate troops and equipment, including helicopters, involved in U.N. peacekeeping missions in Africa and Europe to bolster defences at home in the face of Russia’s invasion, a U.N. official said. Russian troops invaded Ukraine nearly two weeks ago, shelling, bombing and besieging its cities and towns and forcing more than…