US President Joe Biden has blocked the takeover of US Steel by a bigger Japanese firm, delivering on a political promise despite fears the move could hurt Washington’s relations with Tokyo and scare off other foreign investors. Biden cited threats to national security in rejecting the Nippon Steel purchase, saying US ownership was important to…
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency on Friday dispatched investigators to execute a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as hundreds of his supporters are gathered at his residence in Seoul, vowing to block their approach. Investigators of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials were seen loading boxes into several vehicles before leaving their…
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter. Asked about it as he walked into a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded, “I’ll be there.” Pressed on whether he’d spoken to members of Carter’s family, Trump said he’d rather not say. Funeral services…
Funke Akindele’s latest movie “Everybody Loves Jenifa” has become the fastest Nollywood film to gross N1 billion, doing these numbers in just 19 days. So far the movie has grossed N1.03 billion as reported by FilmOne Entertainment. The movie has surpassed the billion naira mark in fewer days than “A Tribe Called Judah,” her previous…
One hundred and seventy-nine people were killed yesterday morning as a South Korean passenger jet crashed and burst into flames on landing, according to local authorities. The accident was one of the country’s worst aviation disasters. The Jeju Air flight was returning from Bangkok with 181 people on board when it failed to deploy its…
