Author: News Desk

Italy: The most wanted mafia boss in Italy, Mr. Matteo Messina Denaro, who had been hiding out for three decades, has been arrested by the Carabinieri police. Mr. Denaro, who was arrested at a healthcare centre in Palermo, the capital of Sicily, is alleged to be a Cosa Nostra mafia boss. The mafia boss was given a life sentence in absentia for his role in the 1992 murders of anti-mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino. “Today, January 16, the carabinieri … arrested fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro inside a sanitary structure in Palermo, where he had gone for therapeutic treatment,” Mr.…

United States: A new research has stated that the human urge to help and pet animals has begun from the earliest years of life. In the study published by the journal Human-Animal Interactions, the scientists describe how toddlers were twice as likely to hand over unreachable toys and treats when dogs showed an interest in them. The study made by observing children as young as two years old found that they went out of their way to help dogs get toys and tasty treats that were placed beyond their reach, despite never having met the animals before. The study observed…

Saudi Arabia: Barcelona won the Spanish Super Cup with a 3-1 victory over Real Madrid for the first time since the competition was revamped and moved to Saudi Arabia. In a lucrative deal for the Spanish football federation, Robert Lewandowski, Gavi, and Pedri each scored a goal on 15th January 2023 at King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh to give Barcelona its first Super Cup championship since 2018 and the first since the competition’s Final-Four format began in 2020. Additionally, it was Barcelona’s first title since Lionel Messi left the club for Paris Saint-Germain in 2013 and since former player, Xavi took…

Strasbourg, France: The president of the European Parliament will formally announce a number of reforms to clean up the international assembly in an effort to head off a corruption crisis that has rocked the body. However, a lot of MEPs and observers think Ms. Roberta Metsola’s requested modifications don’t go far enough to be able to reestablish the institution’s credibility. Belgian prosecutors are looking into allegations of fraud in the European Parliament that benefited Morocco and Qatar. $1.6 million in cash were found during the police raids. Qatar has denied any role in the incident’s wrongdoing. Morocco claims that because…

United Kingdom: Prime Minister Mr. Rishi Sunak has announced that the UK government intends to amend the law to give police more authority to control protests following demonstrations with people blocking roads or marching slowly. In recent years, the country has witnessed several protests that have shut down large parts of central London and blocked traffic on key highways, urging the police to have more power to stop the disturbance. The government passed legislation to address the issue in 2022, but is planning to go further with a new set of laws known as the Public Order Bill. The bill…

Davos, Switzerland: The “Survival of the Richest” report published by Oxfam International has stated that the richest 1 percent bagged nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world population put together since 2020. In the annual inequality report released during the World Economic Forum annual meeting, Oxfam further stated that billionaire fortunes are increasing by $2.7 billion a day even as at least 1.7 billion workers now live in countries where inflation is outpacing wages. While ordinary people are making daily sacrifices on essentials like food, the super-rich have outdone even their wildest dreams. Just two years…

United States: R’Bonney Gabriel of the United States was named the 71st Miss Universe. Amanda Dudamel from Venezuela and Andrena Martnez from the Dominican Republic lost out to Gabriel, who last year made history by becoming the first Filipino-American to win Miss USA. The pageant was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, with 84 women from around the world competing for the crown. When Gabriel entered the Top 5, she was asked, “Miss Universe recently made an inclusive change allowing mothers and married women to compete this year. What’s another change you’d like to see and why?” https://twitter.com/MissUniverse/status/1614472872382304256?s=20&t=Zf6-HzE-bzNxNSLMeLRokA In her response,…

Nepal: A plane carrying 72 people crashed in Nepal, killing at least 40 people. Rescuers and crowds gathered around the aircraft wreckage as thick black smoke billowed from the crash site. In social media footage, the plane flew low before beginning to spin. A spokesman for the airline cited that, it was carrying four crew members and 68 passengers, including two infants. According to a spokesman for the Nepal aviation authority, at least 40 bodies have been removed from the accident site near Pokhara International Airport. “We expect to recover more bodies, The plane has broken into pieces.” army spokesperson…

Israel: Over 80,000 Israelis have protested in Tel Aviv against the new right-wing coalition government’s plans to restructure the judiciary. The reforms would make it easier for parliament to overturn Supreme Court rulings, among other things. The protest is the biggest since Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government took power in late December 2022 in Israel, a country of just over nine million. “The situation is worrying and scary,” stated 22-year-old protester Ms. Aya Tal, who works in the high-tech industry. Other rallies were held in Jerusalem, outside the prime minister’s and the president’s residences, and in the northern city of…

Tanzania: The opposition leader and former presidential candidate of Tanzania, Mr. Tundu Lissu, has stated that he will return home soon from exile in Europe to “write a new chapter” after the government’s decision to lift a ban on political rallies. Recently, President Ms. Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted the six-and-a-half-year ban on political rallies as part of her reconciliation strategy after taking over the presidency following the death of her predecessor, Mr. John Magufuli. The ban, imposed by Magufuli in 2016, allowed elected politicians to conduct rallies in their constituencies but barred other political rallies and protests. “With the lifting…