The Jamaican government has made a move towards removing King Charles as its ceremonial head of state in order to become a republic. On Dec. 10, Jamaica’s Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte tabled the Constitution (Amendment) Republic Act 2024 in the House of Representatives, the Lower House of Parliament, introducing the legislation to…
South Korean lawmakers have voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, with the opposition declaring a “victory of the people”. Out of 300 lawmakers, 204 voted to impeach the president on allegations of insurrection, with 85 against, three abstentions, and eight invalid ballots. The motion was carried after some…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. It appears to be the latest attempt by the Meta boss to build a closer relationship with the incoming president. The donation comes just weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump privately at…
The Taliban’s refugee minister was killed in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, December 11, the interior ministry said. Khalil Haqqani is the uncle of current Taliban Interior Minister Sarajuddin Haqqani, who leads the powerful Haqqani network in Afghanistan. The Haqqani network has carried out a string of major…
Carmen Bryan, the lady who got pregnant with Jay-Z’s baby during a nine-year affair, has spoken about the rapper on Instagram in the wake of allegations that he r@ped a 13-year-old girl. The 52-year-old wrote on Instagram: “These days people don’t defend what is right, they defend who they like! And that’s why we…
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced changes to its immigrant visa process, set to take effect on January 1, 2025. In a statement shared on its official X page on Tuesday, Dec. 10, the embassy revealed that applicants with scheduled interviews will now be required to visit the Consulate General in Lagos…
Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad illegally transferred $135 billion to Russia, Khalid Bey, an intelligence officer for the ousted Syrian regime, has told the Turkish newspaper Turkiye Gazetesi. Rebel forces swept into the capital of Damascus on Sunday, December 8, ousting President Bashar al-Assad and taking control of the country. Assad’s removal was met with…
Celebrity couple, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly have reportedly ended their relationship, just weeks after announcing they were expecting their first child together. According to TMZ, the couple parted ways during a trip to Vail, Colorado, over Thanksgiving weekend, where tensions reached a boiling point.The outlet claimed the split stemmed from Fox discovering something…
Syria’s former prime minister, Bashar al-Assad, has agreed to hand over power to his rebel counterpart, the outgoing prime minister, Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali, told Al Arabiya TV, according to Reuters. The leader of the Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) met with the Assad regime’s outgoing prime minister to discuss the transfer of…
Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Sunday, December 8, adding that a deal has been done to ensure the safety of Russian military bases, including a strategically important naval facility in Tartous. Russia’s…
