US First Lady Melania Trump has made a plea for racial unity, in a live speech from the White House to the Republican party convention. “Stop the violence and looting,” she also said as protests continued over a police shooting in Wisconsin. Mrs Trump urged Americans to stop making assumptio...
Bolt celebrated his 34th birthday with a party in his native Jamaica last week and quarantined himself as a precaution after taking a test on Saturday. “The Covid test was positive, but Usain is not showing any symptoms,” Bolt’s agent Ricky Simms told CNN in an email. Bolt, who retired...
The government announces the policy shift for England after Scottish pupils were told to wear face coverings in corridors. Boris Johnson has abandoned advice that pupils should not wear face masks in English secondary schools. The prime minister performed his latest U-turn in the face of growing pressur...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has withdrawn the “stupid” word he used on a Daily Trust reporter. Fani-Kayode had attacked Eyo Charles, a journalist, who asked him a question at a press conference in Calabar, Cross River last week. Fani-Kayode, in a statement on Wednesday, said: “I met...
The World Health Organisation has said it is working to ensure that COVID-19 vaccine is available and accessible to all countries once a proven vaccine is available. The WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this during a live virtual session of the 70th WHO Regional Committee for Africa. He...
Garcelle Beauvais has been tapped as a new co-host of daytime talk show The Real. Beauvais joins the show following the exit of Tamera Mowry-Housley, who stepped away from the gig in July after six seasons, and the departure of Amanda Seales earlier this year. “I am thrilled to be joining the dynamic, b...
