At least 15 people have been killed by Israeli airstrikes on two former schools housing displaced people in northern Gaza, the civil defence force in the coastal strip reported on Thursday. The Israeli military said on Telegram that the former schools were now used as command and control centres by the Islamist Hamas militia to […]
NSU partners with German university for study abroad program
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Soon, students at Norfolk State University (NSU) will have the opportunity to study abroad in Germany. NSU President Javaune Adams-Gaston and several faculty members recently visited the University of Siegen, located in Siegen Germany, in order to sign a partnership agreement. The agreement allows for student and faculty resea
Macron pledges to rebuild Mayotte after Cyclone Chido devastation
France will do everything it can to rebuild the overseas territory of Mayotte, which was devastated by Cyclone Chido, French President Emmanuel Macron said during a visit to the small group of islands in the Indian Ocean on Thursday. Cyclone Chido swept across Mayotte with winds reaching 220 kilometres per hour on Saturday, leaving a […]
Kenya announces plan to combat rising gender-based violence as 100 women are killed in four months
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan government on Thursday declared gender-based violence the nation’s most pressing security threat, with 100 women killed in the past four months alone, most of them by men who were known to them, including intimate partners. Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi referred to the escalating crisis as “the elep
Zelensky open to allowing transit of non-Russian gas through Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday signalled openness to allowing the transit of non-Russian gas through his country to Central Europe. If a receiving country was able to guarantee that the gas is not of Russian origin and that Moscow is not profiting from the fuel, then there is a possibility to allow transits after […]