TikTok to invest $8.8 bn in Thailand over five years
The social media platform owned by China’s ByteDance is the latest in a string of big tech names to announce major spending projects in the kingdom, after Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
Author: Wadh Kassim
Nigerians displaced as rents double in inflation-hit Lagos
With a population of more than 20 million, the country’s sprawling, ever-growing economic capital has for years struggled to keep up with housing demand, with some 3,000 people added to its population per day.
Senate Drafts New Bill To Regulate Fire And Rescue Services in Kenya
The proposed legislation seeks to establish a Fire and Rescue Service Professionals Board, which will oversee the examination, training, registration, and licensing of fire and rescue services professionals.
Israel Frees Hundreds of Palestinian Prisoners After Body Handover
Israel freed hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, shortly after saying Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over coffins believed to contain the bodies of four hostages.
North Korea has deployed more troops to Russia: Seoul
South Korean and Western intelligence agencies have said that more than 10,000 soldiers from the reclusive state were sent to Russia last year to help it fight a shock Ukrainian offensive into the Kursk border region.
One killed by drone in Russia’s Belgorod
Russia’s defence ministry said Thursday it had shot down 19 drones overnight across the country and in annexed Crimea, with other authorities reporting one person killed in the Belgorod region.
Russia Attacks Ukraine with 177 Drones, Killing One in Kyiv
Russia and Ukraine launched dozens of drones at each other Wednesday in an aerial assault that left energy facilities damaged, one dead and at least four wounded in Ukraine, officials said.
Chad Holds Senate Polls to Cement Political Transition
Chad held its first elections for the Senate on Tuesday, the final stage of a political transition that began four years ago when Mahamat Idriss Deby was proclaimed leader after the death of his father.
Nigerian Footballer Dies after Falling from a Shopping Mall Balcony In Uganda
It is alleged that Lawal, who was a striker for Vipers SC, was visiting a Tanzanian friend in one of the residential apartments within the mall when the incident occurred.
DR Congo PM says ‘more than 7,000 Dead’ in War-Torn East
DR Congo’s prime minister said Monday that “more than 7,000” people have been killed in the east of the country since January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 group seized two major cities.
