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World News Briefs: Airplane safety alert, drought in Somalia, solar power boosts agriculture in Ethiopia

Overcome World Aviation Risk Conference 2026 in Malta earlier this week, ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar warned that the rise of weaponry is creating an environment where civilian aircraft are increasingly at risk of being targeted or caught in the crossfire. “We must now go beyond the limitations of aviation as we have known it,” Salazar told delegates, stressing …

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The Nigerian Legion deploys 220 new commissioners in Niger

The Nigerian Legion on Saturday graduated 220 new commissioners after completing Course 16 at the Suleja training camp, with the aim of strengthening community service and security support. The passing out parade was confirmed in a statement to journalists in Abuja by the Legion’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Vet AA Soaga-Adetoro. Addressing the graduates, National President Grace Morenike Henry urged …

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For every generation, vaccines work and have saved more than 150 million lives: WHO

During World Immunization Weekwhich took place from April 24 to 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are highlighting the benefits of vaccines at every stage of lifeas well as scientific breakthroughs that have resulted in tried and tested inoculations against contracting malaria, HPV, cholera, dengue fever, meningitis, RSV, Ebola and mpox. This year marks the midpoint of the …

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Panic at the White House, Trump rushed for safety as gunshots interrupted correspondents’ dinner – THIS UPDATE

By Ayo Kehinde Panic briefly gripped Washington on Saturday evening as US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were quickly evacuated by Secret Service agents following gunfire that disrupted the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, in what officials have now confirmed was a coordinated but ultimately foiled attack by a lone gunman. Providing new details just hours …

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