The United States of America has reiterated its support for Nigeria's unity amidst widespread propagation of ethnic divisive rhetoric by youths across the country.
Democrats in Congress Sue Trump Over Foreign Business Dealings
President Trump appears to be mucked in fresh controversy following the decision by several Demcratic members of Congress to sue him over his foreign business dealings. The suit was filed by 196 members of Congress made up of 30 from the Senate and 166 from the House.
Angry Former Employee Kills Five In Florida
According to Telegraph UK, a former employee of Fiamma, a business that makes awnings for campers, has shot and killed five persons in Orlando, Florida, before turning the gun on himself.
Donald Trump Withdraws US From Paris Climate Accord
US President, Donald Trump Thursday, withdrew the country from the 2016 Paris Climate Deal.
Trump considers the deal as punitive to the US and the withdrawal is keeping with his widely received election campaign promise to "put America first."
US House Majority Whip Shot By Gunman
US House Majority Whip, Republican, Steve Scalise, was shot Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Virginia, in what sources are calling an apparent "deliberate attack."
Global Backlash Over Trump’s “Harmful” Withdrawal Of The US From Paris Climate Deal
Majority of world leaders have criticised US President, Donald Trump for his withdrawal of the country from the Paris Climate Agreement which seeks a global action plan to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming.
The move has been described variously as harmful, a mistake, a disppointment and even shameful.
Bill Gates Convinces 14 More Billionaires to Social Course
Billionaires Micro Soft founder, Bill Gates and Investment guru, Warren Buffett, have encouraged fourteen more billionaires from around the globe to join their foundation, the Giving Pledge the foundation have announced.
The fourteen individuals and couples from Australia, China, Cyprus, Monaco, Norway, Slovenia, Tanzania, and the United States, have agreed to contribute part of their wealth towards finding solutions to some of humanity’s most pressing challenges in areas such as poverty alleviation, medical and healthcare intervention, agriculture, education environmental protection.
In a statement, Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said: “Bill and Warren and I are excited to welcome the new, very international group of philanthropists joining the Giving Pledge, and we look forward to learning from their diverse experiences.”
The new entrants are:
Leonard H. Ainsworth — Australia
Mohammed Dewji — Tanzania
Dagmar Dolby — United States
Dong Fangjun — People’s Republic of China
Anne Grete Eidsvig and Kjell Inge Røkke — Norway
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou — Monaco,
Cyprus Nick and Leslie Hanauer — United States
Iza and Samo Login — Slovenia
Dean and Marianne Metropoulos — United States
Terry and Susan Ragon — United States
Nat Simons and Laura Baxter-Simons — United States
Robert Frederick Smith — United States
Harry H. Stine — United States
You Zhonghui — People’s Republic of China
Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett created the philanthropists group in 2010 to help make the world a better place.