Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and snatched at least 30 students in the latest of a string of such kidnaps. The abduction happened at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization on the outskirts of Kaduna, nearly 400 miles from the capital Lagos. The gang struck at around 11.30pm on Thursday, according to
Month: March 2021
The Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is suing HSBC in Hong Kong after a case it brought in English courts was dismissed. The company is seeking documents from the bank which it says the United States possesses but “deliberately and wilfully withheld” when requesting the extradition of its chief financial officer, Meng Wenzhou, from Canada –
Italy is set to impose another national lockdown over the Easter weekend to combat growing numbers of coronavirus cases. It will see non-essential shops closed from 3 April to 5 April, with people only allowed to leave their homes for work, health or emergency reasons, according to a draft government decree seen by Reuters news
Joe Biden has said that all American adults will be eligible for a vaccine by 1 May. In his first primetime address to the nation as US president, Mr Biden said his goal is to get the country “closer to normal” by 4 July, so Americans can celebrate Independence Day with their loved ones. He
The family of a man who was fatally run over by a bulldozer that the police were using to chase him have been given $475,000 (£340,000) in compensation. Gregory Longenecker, 51, was being pursued by officers after he was caught growing 10 marijuana plants in Pennsylvania. The pursuit took place on public land, with Pennsylvania
Breonna Taylor’s mother has said her daughter “deserves justice” – a year after she was shot dead in a botched police raid. Ms Taylor, 26, was killed when officers in Louisville, Kentucky, carried out a “no-knock” warrant and broke down her apartment door. Her boyfriend thought it was someone breaking in and fired a single
The European Medicines Agency has launched an investigation into the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab after reports of blood clots in vaccinated people. At present there is no firm evidence to suggest the two are linked and incidents of clotting have not been reported in the UK. The Danish Health and Medicines Authority has suspended the use of the
New York governor Andrew Cuomo is facing accusations that he groped one of his aides at his official residence late last year. It is the most serious allegation against the embattled governor to date after he was accused of harassment by five other women. An unidentified female aide was summoned to the governor’s executive mansion
There are, of course, two versions of the complex story that still binds Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, decades after their break-up. Farrow’s is that Allen sexually assaulted their adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, when she was seven years old, with the little girl’s description of alleged abuse captured on video. Allen, who has strenuously denied
As much of the world desperately seeks COVID vaccines, there is evidence in France that millions of people are reluctant to have a jab. The most recent polls suggest around half of the adult population may refuse a vaccination – leading health professionals to worry about public safety long term. Vaccine scepticism is high in
The UK has seen a steep drop in COVID-19 cases, hospital admissions and deaths – but the picture in much of the rest of Europe is very different. Sky News analysis has found cases are rising in three-quarters of European countries, with the highest increases happening in central and eastern Europe. Only nine of the
A former Suits co-star of the Duchess of Sussex has led the reaction to Piers Morgan’s departure from Good Morning Britain. Patrick J Adams used Twitter to hit back at Morgan’s criticism of Meghan, saying there were “plenty of bridges for him to find work under”. Image: Patrick J Adams did not hold back on
Myanmar has recalled its ambassador in Britain after he called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader detained when the country’s military seized power last month. Kyaw Swar Min had released the statement on his own accord, state-run TV news channel MRTV said. “Since he did not conduct himself in accordance
A French schoolgirl has admitted to lying about a teacher before he was beheaded in an Islamist terror attack last year. Samuel Paty, 47, was killed after showing images of the Prophet Muhammad to his class during a lesson on free speech last October. On Sunday, French newspaper Le Parisien revealed that the girl, known
Emotions are higher than expectation outside court in Minneapolis. People shouting for justice for George Floyd over an undercurrent of concern this trial won’t go their way. His sister Bridgett Floyd, who was representing the family in court, addressed supporters outside: “He was so family oriented. He loved his family. He loved his daughter. Gianna
The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine was able to combat the Brazil variant of COVID-19, it has been revealed. Scientists tested the blood of people who had received the jab and found it fared well against a laboratory made version of the virus similar to the one first discovered in Brazil. The research, published in the New